Trouble hatching ducks

[ducks4me]

My Muscovy hen should hatch her ducklings around or on July 18. She started with 18 eggs. We are down to 7. They just keep being rotten. Anyone know the possible cause/s?

 

[casportpony]

My Muscovy hen should hatch her ducklings around or on July 18. She started with 18 eggs. We are down to 7. They just keep being rotten. Anyone know the possible cause/s?

How hot has it been where you are? Is the nest in the shade? Is the nest clean?

 

[Lil Drake40]

Maybe they aren’t even fertile instead of growing ducklings they are going bad?

 

[chickens really]

My Muscovy hen should hatch her ducklings around or on July 18. She started with 18 eggs. We are down to 7. They just keep being rotten. Anyone know the possible cause/s?

Not fertile...Too hot?..

 

[dotporter]

Usually if I have a lot of eggs go bad it's because of bacteria around the water dish. The duck picks up bacteria on her feet and transfers it to the eggs.

I always use vinegar under water dishes to help prevent this.

 

[chickens really]

Usually if I have a lot of eggs go bad it's because of bacteria around the water dish. The duck picks up bacteria on her feet and transfers it to the eggs.

I always use vinegar under water dishes to help prevent this.

Hmmm? Never heard of that...?

 

[dotporter]

Hmmm? Never heard of that...?

The bacteria on feet or the vinegar?

Muscovy are really wet and messy little buggers. In really warm weather, the water station can get pretty gross. Even if I use something meant to keep them from making a mess, they still do.

Vinegar under the water dish helps keep down any happy warm bacteria that might decide that water and duck crap is a great place to set up shop.

 

[chickens really]

The bacteria on feet or the vinegar?

Muscovy are really wet and messy little buggers. In really warm weather, the water station can get pretty gross. Even if I use something meant to keep them from making a mess, they still do.

Vinegar under the water dish helps keep down any happy warm bacteria that might decide that water and duck crap is a great place to set up shop.

I have Ducks and a Duck is a Duck..Wild Ducks live in worse conditions than mine and I have 3 Hens successfully setting eggs and due to hatch. So unless your place is not a proper set up I never heard that vinegar helps?..

 

[dotporter]

I have Ducks and a Duck is a Duck..Wild Ducks live in worse conditions than mine and I have 3 Hens successfully setting eggs and due to hatch. So unless your place is not a proper set up I never heard that vinegar helps?..

Oh, ok. I didn't know that regular ducks do the nesting duck bomb. Three sitting moms all going out and doing the green bomb of doom at once is PRETTY gross, isn't it?

 

[chickens really]

Oh, ok. I didn't know that regular ducks do the nesting duck bomb. Three sitting moms all going out and doing the green bomb of doom at once is PRETTY gross, isn't it?

All Broody Birds Poo like that..Can't be helped..