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    Help! I'm worried! Questions with duck eggs hatching!!

    I'm worried.. have 18 mallard duck eggs in my incubator. Three hatched yesterday, two are still in the incubator with pips and nothing from the others. I had to open the bator to remove the three that had hatched and refill water trays. I never heard any peeping (even from the three that are...
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    Questions about candling eggs....

    Trying again to hatch a batch of Cuckoo Marans eggs. (Had NO luck the first go-round). I have a bit of a tough time candling them since the shells are so dark. Any advice?
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    HELP Not sure what to do next!

    Thanks for the welcome! This is my new favorite website! I have candled eggs before, but I am having a hard time with these since the shells are so dark (they are cuckoo marans eggs). I guess I'll just wait a couple more days and hope for the best....
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    HELP Not sure what to do next!

    I float tested my eggs that are at day 23 today. No rocking, but they moved across the surface of the water slowly. All floated with just a small amount of egg above the surface. I put them back in the incubator, but I'm not sure what to do next...should I open one or two a little or just...
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    No hatch at day 22....should I be worried??

    Still nothing from the incubator...thinking about doing a float test, but I'm not sure how to go about it. Won't opening the incubator mess with the humidity too much?
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    No hatch at day 22....should I be worried??

    I have 14 Cuckoo Maran eggs that were due to hatch yesterday. Last year, they hatched on day 21 like clockwork. Should I be concerned that I haven't heard any peeping and no signs hatch yet? I candled them all at day 12 and got rid of the duds, so these were all good eggs. The temp in my...
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    Guineas eating grass, vegetation ??

    I also read an article in Mother Earth News that convinced me to try guineas for controlling squash bugs: http://www.motherearthnews.com/Ask-Our-Experts/Organic-Gardening/Guineas-Control-Squash-Bugs.aspx I was so excited to have a new weapon in my war against the nasty pests that I got two...
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