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Thank you! I’m pretty sure she’s female because of the quack but it was confusing me because of the greenish tint on the head. I saw on another thread that both female and male mallard ducklings can have the greenish tint when they are young before their first molt too.

The mom is a khaki and the dad is a mallard. I was wondering what the gender of the 2 month old duck is because even though she mimics the mother ducks quack I can see some shades of green on the head. (She hatched out of the egg with a weird looking wing we tried setting it right but it didn’t...

Only two of them ended up hatching and unfortunately the first one died in his sleep :( . But here’s a picture of the second one and he’s doing well! :)

Only two ended up hatching and unfortunately the one that hatched first ended up dying in his sleep :( . But here’s a picture of the second one and he’s doing well! :)

So far just this lil guy but the others are still scratching and peeping :)

So far it’s just this lil guy still but the others are still scratching and peeping in the eggs :)

UPDATE: One of them has fully hatched this morning and is peeping his lil head off 🤣 The others aren’t far behind! *Will upload pictures when they are moved to the brooder*

UPDATE: One has fully hatched this morning and is peeping his lil head off 🤣 The others are not far behind. *Will upload pictures when they are moved to the brooder*

I figured that is what happened. I’ve just never had them that close to hatching when the power went out. Hopefully in the next few hours they will be out!!

UPDATE: One of the eggs have externally pipped! The others idk about yet as the one was all I could see through the tiny window on the incubator.

So yesterday the power went out for a few hours while incubating on day 27. I put some hot water in the incubator and put a towel over it to keep the heat and humidity up. I also candled them yesterday when the power came back on and they were still moving. Today they are barely moving and they...

The eggs haven’t pipped yet. And I don’t think I should take them out to candle them again because I don’t want to accidentally hurt them. They are possibly Khaki x Pekin or Khaki x Mallard and I don’t know if that has anything to do with it either. They are possibly just slower now though...

Thank you for the reply! I’ve been really worried about them all day. I did see them wiggle earlier when the power came back on! Hopefully they start pipping soon :)

I’m on day 27 of incubating my duck eggs and the power went out for around 6 hrs. I know that during days 26-28 they are supposed to be on lockdown and not moved or anything. But I put some hot water in the incubator to keep the eggs warm I didn’t move them at all. Would the power being out for...