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    Comment by 'newbie ducks' in article 'Incubating And Hatching Muscovy Eggs'

    remember it's a lot of trial and error when it comes to Muscovy eggs. The candling pic is just a guide its okay if your off by a week or 2. It takes normally about 35 to 38 days for them to hatch if you go by the actual due date. let the incubator do it's job. I don't have other the monitors &...
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    Comment by 'newbie ducks' in article 'Incubating And Hatching Muscovy Eggs'

    hope all goes well
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    Comment by 'newbie ducks' in article 'Incubating And Hatching Muscovy Eggs'

    best way to tell is when you candle it see if there is any movement inside the egg or if any kind of breathing motions going into the air sack. i keep my humidity at 70% and temp 100. I mist them lightly 1 time a day except for the last 3 or 4 days. don't worry the humidity will raise up, but...
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    Weird question about rooster booster

    I been adding the powder rooster booster in my cats & dogs water bowls just a little bit like about around a pinch of it for about 2 weeks now. the weather been in the triple digits, humidity off the chain helps keep them hydrated I got 2 black cats one short hair her about 2 yrs old now & 1...
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    Muscovy Help

    they all muscovies. I think as for now going by their beak I'm thinking the 2 I hatched are girl's their beaks look slimmer than the boys.
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    Muscovy Help

    another one hatched today I think I keep this one it's way too friendly to be outside with Oreo.
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    Muscovy Help

    I felt it was the right thing to do since the ones that did hatch belonged to her sister that had died best to be with the family they will all take great care of them. Oreo was on break this morning I put the one that I hatched yesterday from the incubator in her nest while she was gone they...
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    Muscovy Help

    how long do I keep them in incubator? and when can I give them water & food?
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    Muscovy Help

    great news the one that had crack in shell that I fixed it just hatched around 7pm tonight. I didn't have to assist it looks like it's a fighter see how it goes & I got 1 egg still in incubator see if it hatches soon or not. I kept that one for just incase its shell was a bit smaller than the...
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    Muscovy Help

    Need Muscovy egg experts took pics of them today. sorry not the greatest pics it is hard to do it with one hand. If you find a good pic can you tell me about how old they are. They all look to be the same age inside them. I got 7 eggs their mom got killed been incubating them since June 13th...
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    Comment by 'newbie ducks' in article 'Incubating And Hatching Muscovy Eggs'

    not sure if you are still online on this site. I got 7 muscovy eggs in a nature right 360 forced air incubator today I quickly candled them make sure they doing ok. from the top of egg to pink starts is where air sack is. they look to be around 18/19 days old they are alive, I'm in north florida...
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    Need Help

    thank you I will look for thermometers
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    Need Help

    no its a digital n360 automatic forced air egg turner from tractor supply. I just bought the thing last night to put them in. I have it set on default for 21 days which I wrote on my calendar about how many weeks they might be at & wrote the date I got them on the eggs & 99.5 temp & humidity...
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    Need Help

    okay so just leave them in there got it. sorry I'm new to using an incubator. just trying to save the little ones life best I can. its an n360 air forced incubator just set it up last night been checking on it today. the air vent is all the way open. the temp is set to 99.5 & humidity shows it...
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    Need Help

    yes I know about the laws I e-mailed FWC back when their sister was 1st over here in march & hatched babies. she got 4 left out of 22. then her sister oreo & paula both shared the same nest, but oreo ended up doing all the work & 23 hatched around may 14 now has 4 left. now oro & daddy duck been...
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