This tutorial thoroughly helped me hatch my call ducks. I still had less than half survive. I realized that I made the emergency air hole too early on some. It was difficult for me to determine the internal pip. When the air hole is made too early it seemed that it vacuumed sealed the duckling inside the membrane making it impossible for them to penetrate it. Does this sound accurate or did I maybe do something else wrong? I tried to follow the guide to a t. I had several to the point where their heads and upper body were pulled out as instructed and then they died in the incubator that way. I feel quite badly because all of them were moving healthy fertilized eggs until I started this process. I feel like I may have accidentally caused them to suffocate and I would appreciate any more knowledge anyone can bestow upon me, lol. Only five out of 12 survived. All pictured were survivors. Thank you.
Assisting Call Duck Hatches
- Author BirdsBeesTrees
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BirdsBeesTrees
Hi. Yeah it's super important to only give a safety hole after they have internally pipped. It's super sad but usually only 50% or less of calls usually survive the actual hatching. Sometimes if they aren't show quality calls they can hatch on their own, but the longer you wait the more chances of things going wrong. My hen ducks help when they are sitting on them, and they still have a lot of death right at the end. Congrats on your 5 ducklings though, they are super cute.
I love this and it helped me when I was hatching my call ducklings
Sadly out of 17 eggs 1 made it the rest died mostly on hatching day, some hatched and died
But we found the one duckling Jonny (who turned out to be a girl) some friends buttercup and Puddle (who turned out to be boys)
Thank you for this post
Sadly out of 17 eggs 1 made it the rest died mostly on hatching day, some hatched and died
But we found the one duckling Jonny (who turned out to be a girl) some friends buttercup and Puddle (who turned out to be boys)
Thank you for this post
BirdsBeesTrees
If I see an internal pip, I stop turning all the eggs. :)
Wonderful tried and true article that I always keep handy to reference whenever I'm hatching Call Ducks. I really love how this article is written for Calls specifically since they can be difficult to hatch. Well written and step by step info is so helpful. Thank you for this wonderful article BB&T 
BirdsBeesTrees
You've never hatched call ducks apparently, and hide behind an anonymous name. Have a good day.
This will definitely come in handy. I frequently hatch call ducklings and I sometimes wonder about a general timeline and what exactly to do next. This article thoroughly explains the assisting process specific to Calls and further illustrates each step with pictures. I will be sure to refer to it next hatch! 