The Broody Duck Thread for 2014

[luvmypets]

Im not sure. They could be a mix of Buff, Cayuga, Blue Swedish Black Swedish.



My guess is miracle
Full cayuga

No name
cayuga/buff

 

[holm25]

Im not sure. They could be a mix of Buff, Cayuga, Blue Swedish Black Swedish.



My guess is miracle
Full cayuga

No name
cayuga/buff

Cool mixes was mom a Cayuga???

 

[luvmypets]

no she was a black swede.

 

[holm25]

no she was a black swede.

OHHHHHHHHHHH

 

[121zues]

haha here are the cuties in HD I still cant believe after waiting for mama duck they ended up with a mama chicken. Miracle no name

they are so sweet looking

 

[121zues]

Well I candled my eggs and 4 were no good so I have 8 left. Mama is freaking crazy I swear she needs a Valium lol. Hopefully have a better hatch rate this time and here is an updated photo of olaf and his mama he's growing so fast he will be bigger than her soon

 

[Miss Lydia]

Well I candled my eggs and 4 were no good so I have 8 left. Mama is freaking crazy I swear she needs a Valium lol. Hopefully have a better hatch rate this time and here is an updated photo of olaf and his mama he's growing so fast he will be bigger than her soon

They sure are pretty, and 8 is a nice number.

 

[121zues]

They sure are pretty, and 8 is a nice number. 

thank you mam these little ducklings sure are addictive

 

[Onlyducks]

Question: I have another muscovy that has decided to go broody—under a car (it never moves). I already have one under my shed—though she's close to the 35 day mark. Should I gather up the duck and the eggs and put her in a blocked off part of the pen away from the other ducks. I've never had ducks try this broody stuff so much. I take the eggs out of the pen daily, but eventually one decides to lay elsewhere and then to stop coming back to the pen at night. Is it best to pen up the wanderer and let her sit in a separate part of the pen? I'm thinking if another does this, they can brood together, right? (Share the pen, I mean.)

 

[lbrykowski2011]

Question: eggs are do to hatch in a few days and when i was feeding and watering mama, i noticed an egg was out of the dog house, like 5ft away. Is there any reason she would do this and should i leave it out or put it back in with her? Also, when I peeked in at her, 1 of the eggs was real dark, almost black, is it dead? Thanks