Muscovy babies hatching!

[Jbently28]

Got the shallowest thing I could find for their water, and just as expected this happened

 

[Miss Lydia]

If course their ducks! lol

 

[Jbently28]

My 2nd mama ended up hatching 4 black barred and 2 black wild types. All are doing well and now I can finally rest. It's been a long 2 days waiting for all these babies to make their appearance lol. Every last baby already has a home waiting on it. I just have to figure out now who gets to stay here with us to live out their lives.

 

[Miss Lydia]

That’s awesome will they get to pick the ones they want? Congrats to you and of course Mamas!

 

[Jbently28]

That’s awesome will they get to pick the ones they want? Congrats to you and of course Mamas!

Absolutely! I have 3 people wanting them and then another gentleman on our local chicken swap page messaged me and he wants any that I have left after the others pick out their babies. I couldn't be happier with this hatch

 

[Jbently28]

My other mama brought her 7 babies out this morning. Everything has gone smoothly and they seem to be doing a wonderful job at comothering them.

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[Flockincrazy]

I've kept ducks for years, but this is my first time hatching out muscovies. This particular mama is setting on 17 eggs. So far I have counted 6 heads. My other broody mama's eggs should start hatching out today or tomorrow as well. She only has 6 eggs. I thought her clutch was a week behind until I candled them about a week ago. Apparently she had starting setting on them without me knowing. Mama of the 17 is a lavender and white and mama of the 6 is black. Daddy is a black and white pied. My other female muscovy is a blue fawn who had been laying eggs in the same nest as my lavender. Her eggs have since been moved, but some of her eggs may have ended up in this clutch. My lavender mama was purchased at about 5 months old and she has wry tail. Hoping and praying it is not genetic in this case. We purchased her at a local chicken swap. She was crammed in a dog kennel with many others and loaded into our travel carrier so quickly that we didn't notice until we brought her home. She is super sweet though so we would never dream of rehoming her just because of a deformity. Fingers crossed all of the eggs hatch. I already have homes for the majority of them. I'm sure a couple of females will be staying though. I plan on pulling most of them and letting mama raise the keepers.View attachment 2174774View attachment 2174775View attachment 2174776View attachment 2174777View attachment 2174778

My 10yo daughter is screaming there so cute

 

[Jbently28]

@Miss Lydia I have a question for you. Of my 6 barred babies, I have 2 are that are a much brighter yellow than the others. Does this mean there is a chance of them being white with colored tails rather than barred. Or is it just a coincidence? I'm trying to choose which 2 are staying and it's so hard deciding. I want to make sure I am keeping the best ones for future breeding purposes.

 

[Jbently28]

You can see here in this pic what I'm talking about with the one on the left in the water

 

[Flockincrazy]

@Miss Lydia I have a question for you. Of my 6 barred babies, I have 2 are that are a much brighter yellow than the others. Does this mean there is a chance of them being white with colored tails rather than barred. Or is it just a coincidence? I'm trying to choose which 2 are staying and it's so hard deciding. I want to make sure I am keeping the best ones for future breeding purposes.

That usually means male and female