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Help! Switching incubators messed us up? Ducks have deformed feet and are wobbly!

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Hi there,

Our first hatch went perfectly a few weeks ago and then we switched incubators and put the remaining khaki/runner and pekin/swedish eggs in a different incubator (with no fan). Day 28 came and went and then finally on Day 33 they hatched but with difficulty, some deformed feet (which seems to be righting itself now, 3 days later..), wobbly heads, inability to flip when they fall onto their backs, some "stuff" still attached to bellies. etc. One hatched from the wrong, non air sac end. What's the deal?

Thanks for all!!!

Melissa - 8 pekins, 5 pekin/swedish, 6 swedish, 9 khakis, 9 golden layers, 5 runners, 1 crested, 1 magpie, 1 cayuga, 2 muscovies, 5 mallards, 3 chinese geese, 4 silver laced wyandottes, 2 golden laced wyandottes, 3 cuckoo marans, 2 white orpingtons, 3 rhode island reds, 1 black orpington, 5 alpacas, 3 Nigerian dwarf does, 1 black lab, 1 cat. And 2 kids!

 

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Melissa - 8 pekins, 5 pekin/swedish, 6 swedish, 9 khakis, 9 golden layers, 5 runners, 1 crested, 1 magpie, 1 cayuga, 2 muscovies, 5 mallards, 3 chinese geese, 4 silver laced wyandottes, 2 golden laced wyandottes, 3 cuckoo marans, 2 white orpingtons, 3 rhode island reds, 1 black orpington, 5 alpacas, 3 Nigerian dwarf does, 1 black lab, 1 cat. And 2 kids!

 

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Hi there,

Our first hatch went perfectly a few weeks ago and then we switched incubators and put the remaining khaki/runner and pekin/swedish eggs in a different incubator (with no fan). Day 28 came and went and then finally on Day 33 they hatched but with difficulty, some deformed feet (which seems to be righting itself now, 3 days later..), wobbly heads, inability to flip when they fall onto their backs, some "stuff" still attached to bellies. etc. One hatched from the wrong, non air sac end. What's the deal?

Thanks for all!!!

these are things that can happen with hatched for no reason.

its not because you switched incubators

sometimes these things just happen

its a zoo here:

12 call duck....2 geese -1 female saddleback pom. ....1american buff.

10 peafowl chicks <3

2 bantam cochins....

5 silkie hens and 4 splash juvis....

6 goats.....2 ponies....3beef cows.

an african grey parrot....2 fish tanks...

6hermit crabs... 3 betas... a turtle

and some guineas (all ages)

 

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its a zoo here:

12 call duck....2 geese -1 female saddleback pom. ....1american buff.

10 peafowl chicks <3

2 bantam cochins....

5 silkie hens and 4 splash juvis....

6 goats.....2 ponies....3beef cows.

an african grey parrot....2 fish tanks...

6hermit crabs... 3 betas... a turtle

and some guineas (all ages)

 

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Yep these things can go wrong in any style bator for any reason.

Still air incubators require higher temps than those with fans for incubation.

We use still air hatchers for lock down all of the time with no issues. All incubation is done in a cabinet bator with fans.


It could be genetic, or a number of other factors for the problems.

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Celtic Oaks Farm LLC NPIP
Send us an EMAIL Like Us on Facebook Visit us on the web CELTICOAKS.COM
2013 waiting list ==== Our Swaps ==== Our Breeds (photos)
We CAN ship to VA (permit pending) & HI (permit required for each box)
Shipping live birds Article
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