molting or depressed duck--with a happy ending

[nickie]

Wow, just came across this thread again... So it seems we've settled on her being broody and she is on eggs. How long til hatch?

 

[chicks4fun]

I am having a hard time figuring a hatch date. The only close-by eggs that I found were mixes of Khaki Campbell x Pekin and Muscovy Pekin. Seems like the Muscovy has a much longer time than the pekins & campbells. I gave her five eggs on June 9th. I am guessing mid-July.
She stays with them most the day but every morning right outside the coop I put a large tub of water, big enough for her to get inside & large bowl of feed. She runs out, quacks at all the chicken, eats & drinks, then takes a splash bath and goes back to her eggs. I notice when she comes out she covers her eggs with straw & feathers. I guess she is doing what she should. I am new to ducks & was not planning on ducklings yet but she needed something after her loss.
Any & All advice is appreciated

I really have no idea what I'm doing.

 

[chicks4fun]

I gave a long-winded answer above but I am guessing a hatch date between July 7-14????

 

[Amiga]

Have you had time to check out some of the threads about hatching? Then you would be a little more familiar with how it works and what to watch out for.

 

[nickie]

I got this tidbit of advice from the broody chicken thread... She knows more about being a duck than you ever will. Let her do her thing and you just sit back, watch, and learn something.

Good luck.

 

[chicks4fun]

I got this tidbit of advice from the broody chicken thread... She knows more about being a duck than you ever will. Let her do her thing and you just sit back, watch, and learn something.
Good luck.

good advice

 

[chicks4fun]

Have you had time to check out some of the threads about hatching? Then you would be a little more familiar with how it works and what to watch out for.

I have started looking recently. I am so happy to have BYC as a resource. I don't know how many mistakes this site has saved me from since I started with chickens. Now it will help me learn ducks too.

 

[chicks4fun]

Update on my duck:

She is happily sitting on her adopted eggs.



Now that I've looked at the eggs I wonder if anyone knows about the different shades of egg colors.
I bought these on craigslist . . . the boy who had the ducks had a pekin male, pekin female, khaki campbell female and muscovy male.
So does anyone know if different breeds of ducks lay different shades of egg-shells? If so what do you think I have?
Just wondering. . . . . . three are cream and two more white. . . .

 

[nickie]

My pekin lays white eggs. My rouen lays lighlty tinted pink eggs. Cayugas lay black/grey eggs. Not sure about khakis or muscovies.

 

[chicks4fun]

thanks---this will be interesting, I hope they hatch