just one, updated with pic! entry #15

[what was i thinking]

i got ducks for my dec swap. we thought they were muscovies. must not be. there was a small egga and a larger egg. the smaller egg is pipped and it is day 25.
now what do i do? thought i had a while still. hopefully it will get some company when the other egg hatches.
can it go in the brooder with the chicks?
what do i feed it?

 

[ChickenToes]

I think it will be fine in the brooder with your other chicks as long as the chicks aren't that old. If they're a lot bigger than your duckling than I would separate the duckling.

Feed the duckling non-medicated chick starter and plenty of water.

 

[shelleyd2008]

Day 25 is actually not early. Maybe a day early, but that's it. It will take the duckling a full day at least to hatch after it pips. Whatever you do, do not open the bator!! You can leave it in there for 3 days to make sure none of the others are going to hatch. How many do you have left?

 

[what was i thinking]

it is early if you thought it was a muscovy! there is all kinds of things in my bator right now. the only other duck even close is the other "muscovy"
as for chicks in the brooder, i have some that hatched last weekend. but there is also 1 that is 5 weeks old and one that is a month old in there.
i also have non medicated game starter that i feed my quail, that is what they should have right. if that is the case, then i will just put this little duckie in a tote by itself.

 

[luvmychix]

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25 days is VERY early for Muscovy eggs..... Muscovy eggs take 35 days to hatch while all others take 28 days...... all can give or take a few days but, 10 days for muscovies are way too early

I would say it is NOT muscovies or at lest mixes with the moscovy being the daddy not the momma... but that just me... maybe...

 

[what was i thinking]

ya i was very surprised to hear something coming from my bator. then i saw a pip. i have been turning right up til then.

 

[shelleyd2008]

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It seems like the person you got your eggs from had a bunch of different ducks, and only one was a muscovy, so the chances that the eggs are muscovy are pretty slim. How many other duck eggs do you have in there?

 

[what was i thinking]

one other one from the swap and i got some two weeks ago from someone else. but i have only one from them.

 

[what was i thinking]

still no baby duckie. pipped 26 hours ago.

 

[shelleyd2008]

Just sit on your hands!!! It takes forever!! I have one trying to hatch right now. It was the first one to pip. It pipped yesterday about 9 a.m.


THEY TAKE FOREVER!!! IT WILL HAPPEN!!! Ducks are definitely a test of patience!!