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    Hatching call eggs in an incubator...what are we doing wrong?

    First, I have never hatched Calls but here are my thoughts if it helps. Are you washing the eggs before setting (you shouldn’t be)? Have you sterilized the incubator between hatches? Bacteria would explain them dying at different stages and being weak at the end. When you raise the humidity...
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    Hard Time Figuring Out Duck Breed

    Not a Welsh Harlequin mix. The harlequin allele is recessive so you wouldn’t see it in a mix breed.
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    Indian duck colour

    Maybe it’s just the picture but that head looks chocolate brown to me, not black. If so, maybe lavender (or is it lilac) which is blue and sex-linked brown.
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    Hard Time Figuring Out Duck Breed

    Those are Welsh Harlequins, in my opinion. The males are often darker soooo.
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    Infertile drake?

    I agree with you, those eggs are not fertile. My drakes often take a while to get going in the spring. Although I am getting eggs right now, mine are not fertile either. Last year, it took until May before my eggs were fertile. So, your drake could just be slow. Or, I had one drake become...
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    Runner duck chick colour

    We need pictures as Runners come in many colors.
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    Color choices

    Ha ha, no they would not be monstrosities, I’m sure they would be adorable. The Khaki hen’s babies would be gray and look similar to a Mallard. The Magpie hen’s babies would be colored like her.
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    Color choices

    Sure, I love genetics, but I need to know more about your mixes. Do you know what they are mixed with? Was the Khaki a hen or drake? Photos would help too.
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    Water belly and eating eggs?

    I had one I believe had it. We ate her eggs without any issues.
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    In Honor of Banana Split

    She was beautiful! So sorry.
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    Spotted Dusky - Indian Runner ducks

    Also beautiful! I had a Khaki x supposedly Appleyard cross that looked similar and had to be M+/md as he also had Mallard pattern as a duckling and facial stripes during Eclipse. This was him:
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    Spotted Dusky - Indian Runner ducks

    They are beautiful! It is so interesting to see a dusky with blue speculums.
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    Questions about breeding Rouens

    Soon, very soon. I got my first egg of the spring this morning (Dutch Hookbill’s though). I live in Tennessee so I may be ahead of you depending where you live. I can’t answer you about Rouens as mothers. I have always used an incubator for my different types of ducks. That way I still get...
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    Too cold?

    I have added sealed gallon jugs of hot water to my coop. It won’t hurt as long as it is sealed so you aren’t adding moisture. It will make you feel better if you see it isn’t frozen solid in the morning too.
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    Freezing weather and ducks?

    I keep 2 seed starting mats under my 3 nest boxes (large dish pans)🤷🏼‍♀️. They are attached to an automatic Christmas lights timer which goes on at dusk off at dawn. I added the mats to stop frozen eggs but it gives them a little heat (but I am not as cold as you). I also added a remote...
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