Little muscovies

[smccormicksmall]

We just hatched 10 muscovy eggs in our incubator recently. The mom stopped laying on them half way through and we had to take over. The first 8 came within 3 days of each other. There were 2 really small eggs that came a whole week later. Both of these little ones are tiny even now 2 weeks later. Has anyone encountered this having such "mini" looking Muscovies?

 

[JaeG]

Have you got any other Muscovy hens that could have added a couple of eggs to the pile? That would account for them hatching later. And if they were a young bird that would account for the smallness of the eggs.

I'd love a photo if you have one. We recently hatched out 5 Muscovy ducklings and they are the most adorable little things.

 

[Miss Lydia]

I’d love to see them to please!

 

[Isaac 0]

X3 on the pictures!

 

[Kaiori]

One of the scovies from my first hatch seemed to not eat much. It started falling behind the rest in growth. I tried hand feeding mash and it would eat just fine but I'd never see it eat from the cup when it was with the rest of the ducklings. When they would all get up to go eat, it would stay behind, crying bc it was "alone". There was no bullying, it just didn't eat until I would feed it. Really bizarre. Then it finally started eating on its own and started getting bigger. But it ended up being the size of the ducks from my second hatch, 7-10 days younger.

She's grown a good bit since but is still smaller than the rest. I wonder if she'll stay small when she's an adult.

So.. Not sure how relevant this is but, yuh. lol Got a small one but for a different reason. For the record, I set the biggest eggs I can under my scovies. I avoid hatching the smaller eggs. Trying to go for larger sized scovies over time.

 

[smccormicksmall]

Here are pics of the 10 and a pic of the little ones.