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    Ducklings for Adoption Please - Warwickshire UK!

    Hi All - it's hatching season and I have been incubating some eggs (my girls have been fairly careless with laying this year and I am picking up fertile eggs and putting them into an incubator rather than throwing them out). I am going to end up with a LOT of ducklings I think. I have Calls...
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    Advice Please - Apple Cider Vinegar Ratio!

    Thanks everybody!
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    Please help! New to hatching! Day 27 and no pips!

    How are you getting on with your little ones? I've got 3 new mallard hatchlings this week (rescued from a nest)!
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    Advice Please - Apple Cider Vinegar Ratio!

    Morning Everyone! I want to start adding apple cider vinegar to my duck's water for health reasons - I know that there is a lively debate as to the merits of this! Can someone advise on dosage please? I have a standard size bucket that they all drink out of and a shallow bowl (probably 2 litre...
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    Duck hatch percentage rates

    Hi Everyone - I had the same problem the first time around. I changed 2 things next time and have had very high hatch rates ever since. First - temp 37.5 and humidity around 70% throughout. Second - I hand turn the eggs 2-3 times a day a full 180 degrees (turn them over basically). The auto...
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    Help Please - Khaki Campbell Drake Losing Balance!

    Closing this one down now all - and with a happy ending. Grockle is doing great - running around the flock and terrorising the girls as his usual self. Looking good. Thanks for all of the support everyone . For info if anyone follows this thread in the future - stick with the antibiotics and...
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    Please help! New to hatching! Day 27 and no pips!

    Well done for getting her out alive!! Just bathe that eye with warm water on a cotton wool ball - keep it clean and it should be fine. I let mine have their first bath in about 2 inches of warm water in the sink when they have been hatched for 36-48 hours - this rinses off the gunk from the...
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    Please help! New to hatching! Day 27 and no pips!

    Absolutely DON'T HELP - you've done the air hole, now hang on while he/she gets themselves sorted. They will be fine in there and need to absorb that extra nutrient from the blood. Any sign of blood means STOP. Good luck!
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    Please help! New to hatching! Day 27 and no pips!

    What a beauty!! Sending all best wishes for your feathered family.
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    Please help! New to hatching! Day 27 and no pips!

    Great - well done! You picked one of the hardest duck breeds to start with here so you've done a great job in getting a pip! Now - however tempting - DON'T HELP THEM! Shut the incubator and keep the humidity high - they need to get out on their own. If they can't then there is a problem with the...
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    Help Please - Khaki Campbell Drake Losing Balance!

    Thanks particularly to Miss Lydia - you're so kind.
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    Help Please - Khaki Campbell Drake Losing Balance!

    Update on Grockle - he's looking good! We finished the meds and he is a lot more stable on his feet. He's taken to giving me a good biting when I give him his drugs in protest so I think he's feeling better. Took the plunge this morning and let him back out with the flock and he jumped straight...
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    Please help! New to hatching! Day 27 and no pips!

    Hi - I know how frustrating this can be so please keep your hopes up. All of it takes LOADS longer than you think that it will. As best you can, absolutely leave them alone - I know that this is tough, but you won't be helping now. Give them more time and let them sort themselves out. Everything...
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    Help Please - Khaki Campbell Drake Losing Balance!

    Thank you Miss Lydia - will do
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    Please help! New to hatching! Day 27 and no pips!

    Any more signs? Is your humidity still high? Put the temp back up (I don't drop it down below 37.5 either). Until there is an internal pip, not much that you can do. If you have opened the incubator and candled, keep doing that and - as soon as you see an internal pip, make a little air hole if...
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