noobie egg questions

So far either I have all females or I'm doing it wrong. I'm leaning towards I'm doing it wrong...hahaha! I'm going to read more and watch more videos and hopefully find a male or two. I'm not keeping any of the babies and I planned on selling them straight run but I wanted to learn how to vent sex as I know I'll want to keep some down the line to replenish my flock and it will be majorly helpful to know the sex of the ducks when they're still babies.

Also, I had 4 stubborn eggs that didn't hatch before I left this morning. When I came home, 3 were born. The last one is the one that started cracking out the bottom of the egg on the "O" side. The newest babies had turned the egg in the process of hatching and I can see it breathing through a rather large hole in the bottom. Should I still keep it X side up or turn it so the hole it has already made is facing up?

lol, Good deal if you have ALL females. LOL You can keep the hole down, but you may need to keep an eye on it. Could be struggling..
 
I do have some pics of the ducklings but none of the bottom hatching. I'll post some pics to this thread either later today or tomorrow.

This was my first hatching. I started with 18 eggs and ended up with 11 ducklings. The eggs that didn't hatch were either not fertile or nothing formed in them. Of the ducklings, the vast majority of them are Black Swedish, a few are Khaki Campbell and one is a silverish color that resembles the same markings as a Black Swede. Of my 2 males (black swede & khaki campbell) and 4 females (black swede, khaki campbell, rouen, and rouen/crested mix), I somehow managed to only obtain 1 unique, mixed duck for certain. I still have 4 fluffing in the incubator but all of them appear to be either swede or khaki.



This being my first time hatching anything, I was completely mind blown with how the babies were able to interact through the shell. About 5 days ago, I started hearing faint peeping noises and would find eggs mysteriously out of place in the incubator. I can only imagine the anticipation you're going thought! When they started hatching, I found it even more interesting how they would help each other out of the shells. Also, they almost always hatched in pairs. It was like they wanted someone new to hang out with.

YEP once you get one out It's like Dominos. BOOM BOOM BOOM
 

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