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    Day 29 Hatching Indian runners - Panicking

    Also the one I thought was dead isn't! We are back to three!
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    Day 29 Hatching Indian runners - Panicking

    We have our first baby! X
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    Day 29 Hatching Indian runners - Panicking

    So 11.30 pm uk time and neatly day 31 for two surviving ducklings! Going to bed and see What tomorrow brings x
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    Day 29 Hatching Indian runners - Panicking

    I know it's heart breaking, I guess it's nature way though - survival of the fittest, the kids seem to understand but we are rooting for the final two
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    Day 29 Hatching Indian runners - Panicking

    I've stared and stared candling through the incubator, there's not a flicker of movement, from what I can see he pipped under the airsac but didn't have enough air so suffocated - I don't want to risk the others by opening the incubator, I'm just going to let be what will be x
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    Day 29 Hatching Indian runners - Panicking

    And then what?
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    Day 29 Hatching Indian runners - Panicking

    So update, the duckling that pipped yesterday has made a couple more pips next to it and seems to be doing well - if slowly. Second one has definitely internally pipped and moving well, third im afraid may not have made it. He pipped at the side of the egg not in the airsac this morning and has...
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    Day 29 Hatching Indian runners - Panicking

    Thanks :) I will try - I'm out at work today so its keeping me distracted, will update later tonight!
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    Day 29 runners just had first pip!

    Thankyou Abriana!
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    Day 29 runners just had first pip!

    So out of the 5 fertile eggs in the incubator, one died at around 18 days and one so sadly at day 28 (eggtopsy showed he was a perfect full term yellow ducking, I was heartbroken, what could have happened?) have pic but wasn't sure it's appropriate to post) But the exciting news is as of 10.pm...
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    Help day 29 hatching runner ducks - panicking!

    Humidity & temps all fine as far as I know, sadly the fourth duckling had died at day 28 - started to smell something so whipped it out and candled it - there was definitely no life. Opened the egg and inside was a perfectly formed yellow duckling that just looked asleep, so sad (Have a photo if...
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    Day 29 Hatching Indian runners - Panicking

    Thanks Ducktown, I'm staying calm! One of the four was definitely dead, hadn't moved for 2 days and I started to smell it, I whipped it out and candled it. And could see there was no life, opened the egg and there was a perfectly formed yellow duckling which just looked asleep, so sad (have a...
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    Assist or leave ?

    following as I'm also on 29 with runners and panicking like mad!!
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    Day 29 Hatching Indian runners - Panicking

    Hi |(i'm a newbie) Ive just copied over this post from hatching to the duck forum to hope I get some replies! Im hatching first time ducks for pets in a Brinsea mini Automatic & today is day 29. out of the 7 shipped e-bay eggs 5 were fertile and one died between week one and two. So I have 4...
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    Help day 29 hatching runner ducks - panicking!

    anybody?
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