My scovies hatched!!!!!!!

[bemba]

Thanks guys...... awwww group hug

Well actually I used a cheap $200 incubator made in russia, says it has had great success from the pesants and farmers in Europe

But what I did was take the eggs out of the bator and let them sit room temp for roughly half an hour then sprayed them with water and put them back in, and I did this daily after day 7 and untill 3 days proir to hatching. It replicates the fluctuation in temp when mum gets off for a break, and since doing this I have had great hatch rates!

Oh great, I was hoping that was a barred!!!! As for the darker 1..... heavy barred sounds really nice! I have decided to keep 1 of them to use as a broody to hatch out my Call duck eggs, I really think the yellow is a boy and the 2 coloured are girls! At a day old how can you tell, I hear you say! Well the yellow 1 is much more solid and its feet are bigger now!!!! Could be wrong...... but hey lets see if I get it right

The fourth pic is of my Buff banded rail chicks (native australian bird) They have more personality than muscovy ducks........ Did I just say that out aloud

Here is a pic of an adult rail

 

[nataliewt]

Wow the rail is really neat looking! I take it they are very friendly if raised by hand? They look so wild looking!

Thanks for the incubating info.

 

[PrinceSandwich]

Do you need a permit to own banded rail birds? are they rare?

 

[bemba]

Anytime Nat, they are super tame..... soooo different than any domestic fowl.
Rails are a native to Australasia, they are common but rarely seen as they are very secretive and habitat is usually swamp land, these guys will be released in time, if that doesn't work they will be taken to a bird sanctuary to be reps for their species.

 

[bemba]

Oh and yes licence req

Prince.... your avatar looks like a sebright x silkie am I anywhere near?

 

[vlapinta]

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I am a new duck owner. What does "barred" mean? please explain

Vicki

 

[bemba]

It is a colour variety in muscovies

 

[bemba]

just going thru all my old posts, I was right, the muscovy's turned out 2 girls and a boy, the girls have had babies since.