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6/23/12 at 9:48am

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hello i was wondering if the egg have to be moving a lot for them to hatch i now they internally piped yesterday and i can hear them chirpping in the eggs but they dont move much at all is that a bad thing? any advise is appreciated!

i have two cats, love to farm and be around all kinds of animals have raised duck and geese before but its been a long time! my little cat is obsessed with the duck eggs!

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6/23/12 at 1:23pm

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I am not one to say... having only hatched once... but mine didn't move a lot either...

That being said, I only had 3 out of 7 hatch...

Every once in a while one would "tremble" ever so slightly... but that is it... mostly they eggs just sat there...

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6/23/12 at 1:34pm

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I don't ever see movement until they are actually zipping and the same goes for hearing peeping. The only time I heard peeping from the shell was one who could not pip or zip. Sit back and relax, its fun yet stressfull.

Edit: Not saying that peeping is not normal most others report hearing them maybe my incubators are too noisy.

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6/23/12 at 1:37pm

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P.S. Have you been dreaming about your eggs? I know I sure did! I dreamt about those dang eggs for a week, until they finally hatched! :) It is so stressful!

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6/23/12 at 4:25pm

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ya i keep getting up to see if the hatched yet very stressful!! i cant wait for them to just pop out

i have two cats, love to farm and be around all kinds of animals have raised duck and geese before but its been a long time! my little cat is obsessed with the duck eggs!

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6/23/12 at 4:57pm

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What are you hatching, hopefully not chickens on day 27?

I think by looking at your signiture I answered my own question. Yeah Ducks or Geese?

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6/24/12 at 6:06am

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ya they r duck eggs rescured! the first one piped the shell this morning so fingers crossed they will all hopefully hatch soon!!!

i have two cats, love to farm and be around all kinds of animals have raised duck and geese before but its been a long time! my little cat is obsessed with the duck eggs!

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6/24/12 at 6:49am

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Ducks don't just pop out like chickens do. So it could be tonight and tomorrow before you see any real action.

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6/24/12 at 7:10am

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I dreamt that my duckling got run over

Then I woke up.

I have one female black Swedish duck, Quackers.

She is the world to me and I don't know what I would do without her.

I also have a hamster, 20 gallon fish tank, and two cats.

I am clearly an animal lover and that will NEVER change.

I have one female black Swedish duck, Quackers.

She is the world to me and I don't know what I would do without her.

I also have a hamster, 20 gallon fish tank, and two cats.

I am clearly an animal lover and that will NEVER change.

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6/24/12 at 7:19am

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aww that would be a bad dream!! i now have four piping though the shells and making lots of noise my cat loves sitting on top the incubator and listening

i have two cats, love to farm and be around all kinds of animals have raised duck and geese before but its been a long time! my little cat is obsessed with the duck eggs!