Problems in Muscovy Duck Eggs
Hatchability Problems in Muscovy Duck Eggs and Artificial Insemination Process
Thank you for your valuable information. I wonder if it's possible you provide information about the protocol of incubation of Muscovy duck eggs (temperature, humidity, turning, cooling, etc.).
Thank you for this interesting article. Do you have information about level of contamination in the incubation process in ducks? I have a friend that washes the eggs for hatching and we are having high level of contamination. How do you handle the dirt on the eggs coming from the floor and nest?
Gerardo Rosales
Please never do wash eggs for any reason whatsoever. Even if its to be eaten, it gets contaminated easily.
The best to be done is careful scraping either with a razor or soft Sam paper to get rid of that dirt.
Thank you for this information but I want to know the duck eggs specific pathogen free (SPF eggs) or not? using for production of vaccine or For hatching ??. Anyway need fumigation for eggs before incubation process. Avoid placing eggs contaminated with the outer shell a lot and broken and candling for eggs daily after 6 to 7 days from incubation discard the infertile and contamination this procedure low level of contamination.
I have gone through the articles and photos provided. Habitability and gestation period of hatching eggs is mostly related to god given chromosome numbers and mostly body wt of the species. Artificial insemination in poultry is very successful in chicken and mostly in commercial AI system in layers and broiler there is no need for dilution of semen as sufficient males are preserved for the purpose. In poultry the proper diluent for expanding the volume is getting in to complicate situations. Again the AI methods ie collection of semen and insemination are also needed good handling practices.
In this article the author has deliberately not mentioned what is their hatch ability results in details. The results would suggest what to do next? For any efficient hatching performance number of factors are involved including breeder management to handling of incubators. Even hatching egg handling also impact results.
When we know the Muscovy ducks are heavier ducks it takes around 35 days for completing hatching unlike lighter ducks. There is good scope for the author to spell out the detail results of hatching per batch then only some debate can be made. thank you sir. dr m rath
Evonik Animal Nutrition
United States
