Muscovy eggs take about 35 days to hatch. If you have 4 drakes and one hen she will need protection from the drakes or they will try to continue to mate her and disrupt the nest. The hen will stay on the nest coming off once a day to eat drink and take a quick swim. It is possible to take a bit of chicken wire and make an enclosure around the nest to keep the drakes away. I have had muscovies sit on nests of 26 eggs and hatch 19 at a time. Good luck

That must be it. Strange that she hasn't layed any eggs for months. But then it is winter and out of 18 hens I am only getting between 9 & 12 eggs a day. Maybe she just stopped for the winter? Maybe she needed more light then I gave her? I got a second blue egg today. If they can't change the color egg they lay then you are right and I am confused!! lol. Wouldn't be the first time. I'm just happy to be getting blue eggs again. Thank you for your help. Stacy

Thanks Sandy! I know where there is some... but it may not be enough. My sister just moved back to Jenks from Ft Worth and I found some in a field near her new house and also growing along side the road... though I'm not sure exactly what variety it is. I'm thinking maybe green? The flowers were very greenish with the slightest hint of pink. But again, that may not be enough, so I'll definitely take you up on that knowledge when the time comes! ~Laura

Very odd things happening with my houses this year. I had bluebirds in one house that laid 5 eggs. For the most part I try to stay away so they don't get spooked. In this case the next time I checked there was one fledgling that I saw but he didn't seem ready to fly away yet. But when I checked 2 days later there were no babies or eggs. The nest was empty. This box was protected with the mesh on the opening. I'm hoping time just flew by and the brood hatched and fledged in my absence! Will the parents start a new brood in the same nest or should I clean the box out for them to start over? I had another box that had activity, 5 eggs layed and a week later no eggs or babies. I fear they were killed since it was an old house from last year and it did not have the protective metal mesh at the opening. I have a nest nearby with the mesh protection. I kept checking and there was no activity or eggs. Then suddenly there was one egg!! I assumed the mom would lay more. I checked for 2 days, still only one egg. The third day the egg hatched with a tiny bald with a little fuzz baby bird. I kept watching from a distance and I did not see the male or female going into the house. I skipped looking inside the box today. I wanted to stay totally away. Tomorrow I will check again. I hope the little guy is okay.... Is it unusual for a female to lay only one egg? I'm thinking that perhaps the pair that were in the other box moved to this box when a predator got their other eggs..... Thus only one last egg to lay??? The box with the one egg is about 20 feet from the empty box. Perhaps this is part of that brood? Can the mom or dad move an egg or did she just lay it in a different box?? I have another box about 100 feet from that one protected with the mesh that some sparrows have taken over. They have built a nest and hang out in front of it on the mesh opening and on top of it but no eggs for well over a month. Perhaps they are the culprits that got the 5 bluebird eggs. Very strange that they built a nest and aren't using it. I know they will build several, one as a decoy or to give the female a choice, but I don't see that they've done that unless they are planning to take over the bluebird box. I will be keeping a watch on that....