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    Help with hatching Call Duck eggs - internally pipped 28+hrs

    Thanks to all. I've fallen in love already:love
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    Help with hatching Call Duck eggs - internally pipped 28+hrs

    Sorry it took so long...We've been having technical problems all day, plus I kinda crashed after my all-nighter :) Here are some photos of the cuties.
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    Help with hatching Call Duck eggs - internally pipped 28+hrs

    Everyone is doing great! The last guy took most of last night recovering, but he's running around with his siblings getting into all kinds of mischief now:wee They're currently baking themselves... will post photo later when my wi-fi cooperates.
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    Help with hatching Call Duck eggs - internally pipped 28+hrs

    Will do. Thanks sooo much for your help....i would have been a nervous wreck without it! :thumbsup
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    Help with hatching Call Duck eggs - internally pipped 28+hrs

    It's ok, I don't mind being mama for them. :jumpy This guy seems way more exhausted than the others did and had shivered a few times... is this ok?
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    Help with hatching Call Duck eggs - internally pipped 28+hrs

    I think I'll let him recover a bit first... I'm just releaved he made it out ok:D
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    Help with hatching Call Duck eggs - internally pipped 28+hrs

    Poor guy, I think he's exhausted...passed out in front of the lamp.
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    Help with hatching Call Duck eggs - internally pipped 28+hrs

    Odd pic, but does his bum look alright? Can't get photo tho load right now. .. He's energetic but very clumsy. He's in the incubator warning up
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    Help with hatching Call Duck eggs - internally pipped 28+hrs

    He popped out quick! I broke a few tiny pieces and he squirmed right out:D
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    Help with hatching Call Duck eggs - internally pipped 28+hrs

    He is now turning in his shell and a wing is out should I help him?
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    Help with hatching Call Duck eggs - internally pipped 28+hrs

    Here he is. . He is still lifting his bill and yawning, just more active. Should his leg be above his head?
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    Help with hatching Call Duck eggs - internally pipped 28+hrs

    Ok, so the one guy left in his shell has been moving a lot and lifting his bill upward. I think there are still small blood vessels on his membrane, but he's quite active... How do I know if he's trying to get out vs just moving? Should his shell be in a certain position to help him when he's...
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    Help with hatching Call Duck eggs - internally pipped 28+hrs

    Thanks to all of you for the great info and help as I needed it! I doubt any would have made it without it! I investigated the ones that passed and they all still had 1/3 of the yolk to absorb, so weren't fully ready to hatch. I guess you learn through experience.... I'm super thrilled to have...
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    Help with hatching Call Duck eggs - internally pipped 28+hrs

    Also, what do I do for the poor mama?
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    Help with hatching Call Duck eggs - internally pipped 28+hrs

    No, they were cold and no movement so I took a peak... they were all covering their air hole and were already dead. Should I have gone ahead and made another air hole earlier? Were they cold because they were dead or did mama maybe leave them at some point? I put this guy in the incubator with...
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