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Originally Posted by
JazminesZoo 
Well Christine braved my place & made it out alive ~ & yes she ended up leaving eggs in my Bator & took 2 Ancona ducklings too! (her hubby will be so pleased
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Couldn't talk her in to a rooster 
I need to come see you just to see what I end up leaving with! 
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Originally Posted by
JazminesZoo 
Maybe we can swap birds ! A muscovy for a cayuga or ancona? WE ARE SO making the day of fun Chinatown!
I have had a couple mishaps too ! I had my hubby help me eggs put eggs in the bator & he dropped one, & he said he isn't touching my eggs again ~ I guess he has butter fingers! & once I had a flashlight under my chin too & dropped it & cracked my eggs! Happens even to us incredibly perfect peeps!
They are frozen and skinned. I wasn't going to hand-pluck them this last time around.
I picked up a quitter egg recently and it crushed in my hand. Eww.
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Originally Posted by
ChristineR 
Haha
Hubby is going to be super ****** when he gets home. I may end up bringing some drakes to your place afterall!
Or I'll just tell him I will and then he'll eventually forget about it.
Thanks for incubating the eggs for me. And thanks for showing my how to sex the ducklings. I'll have to practice.
Get one of those magnifying lamps for crafting and fly tying. Made it so much easier. Still not sure if I'm that accurate, will see soon.
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Originally Posted by
dominicsaturday 
One of my ducks was eaten by a coyote when her eggs were 3 weeks old. I took them inside and made a home built incubator (white styrofoam cooler).
Well, needless to say, I didn't expect these eggs to be successful. Today, 2 of the eggs are already starting to crack through their shells! I can hear some of the others peeping and tapping.
I have been misting the eggs with water up until today. Should I continue to do so?
What special advice do I need to know for hatch day. These are pekin ducklings and I cannot wait to see these little yellow balls of puff.
So excited.
Thanks for any help in advance.
Good luck with your hatch! The advice everyone before me gave is sound advice. Keep us posted!
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JazminesZoo 
I have pekins coming out of every which end ! 74 started hatching yesterday & still going strong this morning!
My hatch isn't going so well. Looks like we're going to have five out of 17. Two mishaps, several late quitters and one that committed suicide in the egg. Argh.
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Originally Posted by
Kevin565 
How can you say no to this face 
Are you still hearing them chirp?
I can say no to that. I think that's one of those azz-kicking birds.
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Originally Posted by
dominicsaturday 
I can still hear some chirping.
Just watch and wait. Ducks are sloooooooow hatchers.