Will my 1 year old muscovys hatch a hatching egg?

[Minjojojo]

I have two female muscovy ducks that I raise in my backyard.
From my lurking on this website I learned that muscovys are good hatchers/mothers.
If I get a few hatching eggs from online and give them to my muscovys, will they hatch them, or would I need an incubator? If they see a random egg, would their mothering hormones take over and sit on them, or do they need to be in broody mode/season to do that?
Also, if I am aiming for 1~2 hatchlings, how many hatching eggs should I order?

 

[sourland]

When they go broody you can get some eggs for them to hatch. They are excellent at setting, hatching, and mothering.

 

[Mosey2003]

They need to go broody first. You can make them a nest with fake eggs and see if they'll bite. I would order a dozen if you're having them shipped.

 

[Minjojojo]

They need to go broody first. You can make them a nest with fake eggs and see if they'll bite. I would order a dozen if you're having them shipped.

A dozen eggs?? In theory that means I could end up with 10 unwanted ducklings...in your experience, if you order a dozen, how many tend to hatch, realistically?

 

[sourland]

Shipped eggs - hatching % can be all over the place. Far better to pick up some local eggs and expect perhaps a 80 % hatch rate.

 

[red horse ranch]

You aren't likely to end up with 10 ducklings. Shipped eggs usually have a very poor hatch rate.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

I ordered 6 hatching muscovy eggs from Murray McMurray and ended up with 3.

 

[Minjojojo]

I ordered 6 hatching muscovy eggs from Murray McMurray and ended up with 3.

What were the sex ratio of the three that hatched?

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

What were the sex ratio of the three that hatched?

All hens. I also hatched 9 of my own eggs and got 6 hens and 3 drakes, so I had a great year.

 

[Mosey2003]

A dozen eggs?? In theory that means I could end up with 10 unwanted ducklings...in your experience, if you order a dozen, how many tend to hatch, realistically?

If they're being shipped, especially from a private entity, you might only end up with 2 out of a dozen. Or none.

Not to sound harsh, but if you can't deal with a few extras, you probably shouldn't hatch. Would be better off buying ducklings that are what you want.