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I've used many chicken hens to hatch duck eggs. They've always done great and I've used mallards for chicken eggs but wondering if muscovies would end up breaking them. Muscovies are a little heavy. Hens with ducklings are funny when it rains and the ducklings want to play in it or when they jump in puddles. Poor momma hens get all hysterical and run in circles trying to get them out of the water. Ok maybe that's not so funny IDK.
Ducks hatching chicks always concerned me that they may try to lead chicks into water so haven't done it as much as the other way around and always kept them penned with shallow water sources only.
My muscovies are doing great at hatching and mothering but I need to hatch far more chicks then ducklings so hoping it would work out.
 
The Moonshiner said:
I've used many chicken hens to hatch duck eggs. They've always done great and I've used mallards for chicken eggs but wondering if muscovies would end up breaking them. Muscovies are a little heavy. Hens with ducklings are funny when it rains and the ducklings want to play in it or when they jump in puddles. Poor momma hens get all hysterical and run in circles trying to get them out of the water. Ok maybe that's not so funny IDK.
Ducks hatching chicks always concerned me that they may try to lead chicks into water so haven't done it as much as the other way around and always kept them penned with shallow water sources only.
My muscovies are doing great at hatching and mothering but I need to hatch far more chicks then ducklings so hoping it would work out.
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I think its funny..:oops:
My silkie got so flustered when tje ducklings played in the water till one day she just gave up and laid down next to them and watched. Then they got out of the water and snuggled under "momma" and all was fine from then on..:)
Id worry about the water and chicks issue too. What about pulling the chicks after they hatch and putting them in a brooder? I know it may upset the momma but she would get past soon.:confused:
 
Ya I could do that but prefer not to.
I hatch and brood hundreds of chicks a year.
Hoping to lessen the incubator and brooder needs and work load for myself.
I'm getting old and selfish I guess.
I've already decided to eliminate my laying flock and replace with a bunch of broody prone hens but I just can't get passed how well the muscovies do.
Maybe I can time things out so I'll be hatching from muscovies at the same time as hens and can pull from muscovies and put with hens that hatch smaller clutches.
D@mn that sounds selfish putting heavy work load on hens.
IDk I have till next spring for a game plan.
 
The Moonshiner said:
Ya I could do that but prefer not to.
I hatch and brood hundreds of chicks a year.
Hoping to lessen the incubator and brooder needs and work load for myself.
I'm getting old and selfish I guess.
I've already decided to eliminate my laying flock and replace with a bunch of broody prone hens but I just can't get passed how well the muscovies do.
Maybe I can time things out so I'll be hatching from muscovies at the same time as hens and can pull from muscovies and put with hens that hatch smaller clutches.
D@mn that sounds selfish putting heavy work load on hens.
IDk I have till next spring for a game plan.
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Im in that same getting old boat.. its not selfish.. it's self-presrvation! :old
I think that sounds like a good plan honestly...:)
 
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Here are my two.

Blackie and Amelia. Both girls. :)

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