Ok...we've got the hen FINALLY sitting on the nest. For the last couple of weeks, she was getting up and coming off the nest to eat and wash. Now, these past...
Dear Renie, When you see her get off and go into water for a while and then come back to her nest, your little ones will be hatching out soon after that. For...
A setting duck will normally get off the nest at least once a day for a drink/bath, to poop, and feed ~ this from day 1 of incubation. I can't imagine going...
Renie- my little duck that is sitting on eight eggs also was getting off to eat and clean for as much as thirty minutes every two days and so I put a little...
Something happend to my muscovie last night. This morning there are eight cold eggs in an unmolested nest and no mamma to be found. I put all eight eggs in...
Scott, I think it would be worth putting the eggs under the swan to return them to normal incubating temperature and then candling within a day or so to see if...
Thanks for the advice. I've never candled an egg before and I assume that at approx 20 days of incubation that the longer I wait the more they should be...
I'm not sure but it was mentioned ( and I cannot argue ) that the predator got the setting mom the 2nd day after I provided her with the food bowl right next...
Renie - Hey, I am new in the grup but wanted to respond to your question a bit. I know wveryone has ideas as to whether she is or is not getting up. But I...
Scott They can actually cool down for a certain amount of time with no actual problems. Putting them under the swan was a good idea. It all depends upon how...
Hi Renee, I know you have alot of answers here but from all the hens I have that sit, in my experience they get up a lot while sitting in the beginning then...
Hi Scott, I'm sorry to hear about the disappearance of your Muscovie. How cold did the eggs get and for how long? It's very unusual for a mother Muscovie to...
As I wrote in a later message, we did find the carcass which had the beak or bill totally chewed off and small part of underside and internal organs. yes we do...
My husband has put food nearer to her, but not water. When our chickens are broody...they don't get up for anything...lol Renie ... From: Scott Perkins To:...
Berni, One thing I have to disagree on is that Possum's do not eat ducks (unless dead already), they do eat eggs though. Possums are actually VERY timid...
Well...I would attempt to do that...BUT...she's got herself wedged in the outside pantry/toolshed.... I'm a little too big to fit in there...hubby usually...
Scott, Not sure where you have your swans nesting but put some music out there near, it will help with predators to a degree. This must be a racoon, your...
renie Probably a couple weeks then, and you should have plenty of little ducklings. Kim ... From: Renie McCrary To: muscovyduckgroup@yahoogroups.com Sent:...
thank you :) Renie ... From: Marshall and Kim To: muscovyduckgroup@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 12:49 AM Subject: Re: [muscovyduckgroup]...
Scott, At 20 days you will definitely be able to tell if they were viable, the movement would be the key to their living state. What you're looking for is an...
I would love to have some Muscovies but So Cal is so far from So Carolina. Pebble __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo!...
What about pond owner? Do you think pond owner? What kind of swan do you have and do you have swan eggs for sale. Pebble __________________________________ Do...
In my new place I have had to restrict my birds from hiking about on nearby roads. Their enclosure is big and they have a pond and a small house I made for...
How many ducks per square foot of a duck house. We have a pretty good size area the size of a small bedroom and patitiioned it in half. One half are 5 adults....
My ducks are pets and I have this big area under the house (a walkout basement ) that is their stall . We purchased a heater for that room last year and that...
Swan eggs are not for sale. there are only 3 left that the swan is setting on and we are trying to figure out how to safeguard for 2 more weeks. The swan is...
I thought that Swans sat as long as muscovies but I think that particular swan was already sitting prior. In MA we swans are more protected than people and we...
