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    Successful Report on Hatching Ducks Who Should Have Died - Thank you BACKYARD CHICKENS COMMUNITY

    Well, I have a great report! We had 17 duck eggs incubating. On Day 22, we thought none of them would make it. We had grossly overdone the humidity for 3 weeks and the air cell was tiny on all of them. We dried them out starting on Day 22-25 and the air cells grew a ton. We then followed all of...
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    Well, we blew it - We are on Day 23 of Duck Incubation and the Air Sack is Day 14

    shawluvsbirds thx!!
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    Well, we blew it - We are on Day 23 of Duck Incubation and the Air Sack is Day 14

    @HollowOfWisps thank you!
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    Well, we blew it - We are on Day 23 of Duck Incubation and the Air Sack is Day 14

    @WVduckchick @HeatherKellyB @Jaylou88 thank you!!
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    Well, we blew it - We are on Day 23 of Duck Incubation and the Air Sack is Day 14

    Well, I have a great report! We had 17 duck eggs incubating. On Day 22, we thought none of them would make it. We had grossly overdone the humidity for 3 weeks and the air cell was tiny on all of them. We dried them out starting on Day 22-25 and the air cells grew a ton. We then followed all...
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    Well, we blew it - We are on Day 23 of Duck Incubation and the Air Sack is Day 14

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    Well, we blew it - We are on Day 23 of Duck Incubation and the Air Sack is Day 14

    7 hatched. 1 dead (had not pipped). 8 still working on their zips. 1 who had not actually internally pipped, his bill is moving, but now that we took off the shell over most of the air cell, what are our options. There is still tons of blood vessels all over the membrane. Do we help him pip at...
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    Well, we blew it - We are on Day 23 of Duck Incubation and the Air Sack is Day 14

    @HeatherKellyB
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    Well, we blew it - We are on Day 23 of Duck Incubation and the Air Sack is Day 14

    OK, here is the early bird. He started to externally pip before we went into lockdown and then stopped, so we checked on him and he was shrinkwrapped. We opened him up this far and stopped because of the red flood and seeing the yolk. He is still yawning and moving. Do I just leave him alone...
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    Well, we blew it - We are on Day 23 of Duck Incubation and the Air Sack is Day 14

    Yes, humidity up to 65%. Yes, reading it and rereading it. Fingers crossed!
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    Well, we blew it - We are on Day 23 of Duck Incubation and the Air Sack is Day 14

    Happy Update. All 17 are either internally pipped or externally pipped. One was shrink wrapped after starting to externally pip. We had not upped the moisture at that point. So we put coconut oil on the membrane and peeled back enough to expose the beak. We painted all the membranes with oil and...
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    Well, we blew it - We are on Day 23 of Duck Incubation and the Air Sack is Day 14

    You got it. One is shrink wrapped in, so we did a little assist and freed its beak and we will do a little more now and little more tomorrow
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    Well, we blew it - We are on Day 23 of Duck Incubation and the Air Sack is Day 14

    @Jaylou88 thank you for pointing me in the right direction!!!
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    Well, we blew it - We are on Day 23 of Duck Incubation and the Air Sack is Day 14

    This is so weird!!! We are 3-4 days early. All are either externally pipped (7) or actively internally pipped (moving like crazy). Except 1 which pipped on the wrong end and we made a safety hole and applied coconut oil. OK, my daughter realized what actually is happening and why they are...
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    Well, we blew it - We are on Day 23 of Duck Incubation and the Air Sack is Day 14

    HollowOfWisps crazy time over here!
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