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[chicken hawk 33]

What does it mean when the muscovy keeps her self up off the eggs But is still in the nest

 

[Miss Lydia]

What does it mean when the muscovy keeps her self up off the eggs But is still in the nest

She is cooling the eggs. very important not to over cook the ducklings

 

[TherryChicken]

So sorry Ren2014

 

[Buck Oakes]

I lost five of my wonderful babies today

 

[audy5000g]

Wonderful mosquito eaters!!

 

[mymilliefleur]

I lost five of my wonderful babies today

Oh no! What happened?

 

[Buck Oakes]

Something got them I had them in the backyard ( the fenced off part) instead of putting them up bc their pen/coop was muddy ( it's open air, and I didn't put on the roof when it rained) so I left them in the backyard and something got them my grandmother told me after school when I got over here and she was nice enough to put them in the freezer for me before I bury them I took them out and held them one last time, whatever got them it only ate one, the other 4 it just killed no reason at all, it wasn't even hungry just I don't know sorry for the long paragraph

 

[MandyJ]

Something got them

I had them in the backyard ( the fenced off part) instead of putting them up bc their pen/coop was muddy ( it's open air, and I didn't put on the roof when it rained) so I left them in the backyard and something got them

my grandmother told me after school when I got over here and she was nice enough to put them in the freezer for me before I bury them

I took them out and held them one last time, whatever got them it only ate one, the other 4 it just killed

no reason at all, it wasn't even hungry just I don't know

sorry for the long paragraph

It was probably a dog, it was probably playing with them. So sorry! That's terrible! How old were they?

 

[Buck Oakes]

Their ages varied, Farm I had since 6th grade, as well as Mallard, Crest was born on April 11 2014, Smew on July 31 2014, and Celeste on August 22 2014

And I know it wasn't a dog, no holes were dug, it climbed over, so raccoon or bobcat

 

[chicken hawk 33]

What's the earliest a muscovy can hatch