Momma quit sitting

[smccormicksmall]

I have a Muscovy that is about a week from hatching her eggs and she came out last night for her daily feeding and didn't go back to her nest. The nest is under my porch and humidity has been over 90% the last few days. Will these eggs still hatch without her?

 

[sourland]

No, if you want to hatch them, you will have to place them in an incubator.

 

[Miss Lydia]

I doubt it. If you can get them out an have an incubator you could try finishing them in it.

 

[Isaac 0]

I have a Muscovy that is about a week from hatching her eggs and she came out last night for her daily feeding and didn't go back to her nest. The nest is under my porch and humidity has been over 90% the last few days. Will these eggs still hatch without her?

Most likely not, You could buy an incubator and set them in their or you can try to replicate it as much as possible using a heat lamp.

 

[Matthewstee]

Maybe don't feed her, until she sits on the ducks, that seems kind of cruel though.

 

[Isaac 0]

Maybe don't feed her, until she sits on the ducks, that seems kind of cruel though.

Why do you think restricting her feed will make her want to sit on the eggs?

 

[Matthewstee]

Maybe the duck will think the are not doing something right, and then remember to sit, on the eggs, I honestly don't know, I have never had that problem.

 

[Miss Lydia]

My Muscovy are so dedicated they will even brood on nothing I can prove it. So for her to just give up makes me wonder if she was brooding with out security something scared her off the nest. That’s why the OP needs to get the eggs and check them for any clues as to why she got up.

 

[Matthewstee]

Maybe there is something wrong with the duck, healthwise.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Could be for sure brooding can take a lot out of them.