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    What size leg ring?

    Hi, my runner duck eggs are due to hatch in a week or so and I now need to plan how to sex them and then record the findings. I think I can use some useful YouTube videos on vent sexing, but any advice appreciated. Then I need to tag them with leg rings to note who is who. Do I use adult size...
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    Egg position and turning

    Thank you for your advice! The incubator I have bought is so tiny that although it's supposedly fine for 7 eggs, I can only fit 5 duck eggs in, and that's with 3 point down, one at 45 angle and one on it's side. It's obviously made for the eggs to be point down as that's the only way you could...
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    Egg position and turning

    I have been keeping runner ducks for several years, along with a few chickens, but never before had the time to hatch some eggs. Now I am stuck at home in lockdown and welcoming to have the chance to do this. My runner ducks have successfully bred their own few ducklings, but last year two ducks...
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