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Coupe said:
I have a hen who just started laying..she has about 6 eggs in a nest, do first time layers normaly go broody?I havnt seen her sit on the nest or anything...
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if Muscovy yes, but she'll have to build her clutch first and 6 eggs most likely isn't enough. lol if you don't want her to sit take the eggs.
 
Coupe said:
Yes shes a muscovy..I would love her to sit on them.im just worried the eggs will go bad
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That's always a possibility in the heat we all have had recently, what I do is when they are out of the nest I take a washable maker and number the eggs so when they finally begin to brood I can take out the first ones laid and leave the freshest. you might not get as large a hatch but at least you won't have to worry as much about an egg rotting and exploding in the nest and contaminating the other eggs.
 
Miss Lydia said:
That's always a possibility in the heat we all have had recently, what I do is when they are out of the nest I take a washable maker and number the eggs so when they finally begin to brood I can take out the first ones laid and leave the freshest. you might not get as large a hatch but at least you won't have to worry as much about an egg rotting and exploding in the nest and contaminating the other eggs.
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I have noticed she has been rolling one egg out of the nest..does she know somthing I dont? Maybe its a bad eg
 
Most of my babies are chocolate or lilac.I have one thats a really dark gray like a very dark storm cloud. I hope will be a duck but will keep even if its a drake.I am thinking drake. A few are a very light baige nearly all white. One is all white except he has chocolate barring on his chest with a pink bill and feet. wish he was a girl to. All my black ones are drakes. Out of 31 babies i think only 6 are drakes maybe 7. Its hard for me to tell with different ages plus this is my first year raising baby muscovys. But i love it!!!
 
Normaly they will lay about 15 eggs, then they go sit on them. So your duck is not there yet. But every duck is different :)
Here are some more pics of my ducks.. I hope to be a proud owner of a blue duck next year, but i`m still surching..!





 

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