I have a muscovey who is currently on a nest that is due to hatch the 22,nd of August .
So heres the storey ----
She started off with 15 eggs . I candled them on day 7 and one was infertile but i left it in the nest while 14 others had viable viens and such growing .
About 3 days ago i whent in to check on her and see how she was doing and there was an with the center of it rippd off and a dead duckling hanging out . I though maybe she had accidently cracked it by moving around or something
the next day when i whent in to check on her again another eggs was lying out side the dog house with the egg cracked the same way and a duckling dead hanging out . At this point i thought maybe another duck or goose was doing this to her eggs so i put up a pen on the out side of the dog house so that she had enough room to walk around but she couldnt get out and nothing could get in .
About an hour later i checked on her agian and there was another egg the same way .
so i took the pen away thinking she did it because she didnt like the pen
Just wet in there and there was a duckling dead on the ground with it yolk sack attached . I am now down to 8 eggs so she must off did this to more eggs and i havent seen it .
I cant take the eggs away from her becasue my incubator has turkey eggs in it and i was told not to mix eggs . There is no way that its a predator doing this because i am out there litteraly all day doing stuff .
Wat is her problem ? Any advice ? any one have this happen to them ??
Sorry the storey is so long
So heres the storey ----
She started off with 15 eggs . I candled them on day 7 and one was infertile but i left it in the nest while 14 others had viable viens and such growing .
About 3 days ago i whent in to check on her and see how she was doing and there was an with the center of it rippd off and a dead duckling hanging out . I though maybe she had accidently cracked it by moving around or something
the next day when i whent in to check on her again another eggs was lying out side the dog house with the egg cracked the same way and a duckling dead hanging out . At this point i thought maybe another duck or goose was doing this to her eggs so i put up a pen on the out side of the dog house so that she had enough room to walk around but she couldnt get out and nothing could get in .
About an hour later i checked on her agian and there was another egg the same way .
so i took the pen away thinking she did it because she didnt like the pen
Just wet in there and there was a duckling dead on the ground with it yolk sack attached . I am now down to 8 eggs so she must off did this to more eggs and i havent seen it .
I cant take the eggs away from her becasue my incubator has turkey eggs in it and i was told not to mix eggs . There is no way that its a predator doing this because i am out there litteraly all day doing stuff .
Wat is her problem ? Any advice ? any one have this happen to them ??
Sorry the storey is so long
