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    Day 30, no internal pips, but all alive

    Since I had 2 malpositioned eggs out of 3, I'm assuming that the low temp and shipping combo caused it. Unfortunately, being located in Illinois, it's hard to find fresh mallard eggs right now. The only choice I have is online
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    Day 30, no internal pips, but all alive

    Hi all. I don't mean to bump this thread to the top but just wanted to post an update. Unfortunately the 2nd egg that was malpositioned died not too long after I made the hole. The other egg was very underdeveloped so I just removed it from the incubator. There is good to come out of this...
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    Day 30, no internal pips, but all alive

    Well, as I was sitting there watching TV I figured that today, on day 32, it could be do or die for the duckling, it's already 4 days late and malpositioned. so I made a hole as small as I could. I located the ducklings beak right where I poked the hole. No sound and minimal movement. I...
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    Day 30, no internal pips, but all alive

    I incubated them all laying down. At lockdown I candled and found the lowest part of the air cell and faced them up towards the ceiling. And yes I broke the shell at the very dark spot in the middle and its beak was just a tiny bit above that. Until I hear otherwise, maybe if Orca posts...
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    Day 30, no internal pips, but all alive

    Well I might just be the unluckiest person of the week. I got home and checked on the egg #1 and it has the exact same marking as egg #3 did where it pipped. This one is a little lower than the previous, closer to the skinny part of the egg (air cell at the top of the photo). Could this problem...
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    Day 30, no internal pips, but all alive

    Unfortunately it seems the little ducky has passed on It is no longer moving or opening it's mouth to breathe. For a lack of a better term, it was dealt a crap hand when it came to it's position. Upon further inspection I could see one of it's legs OVER it's head next to the remaining yolk...
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    Day 30, no internal pips, but all alive

    The duckling has not made any progress since I pipped for it (a couple hours ago) which isn't that surprising but it is still moving when touched. I wrapped it with a warm paper towel and peeled away some shell (not the membrane) where it's beak is sticking out. The duckling hasn't made a sound...
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    Day 30, no internal pips, but all alive

    Hi Orca, you were exactly right. The duckling was trying to pip just a tad bit above the black dot. I made a safety hole and peeled away the membrane and found it's beak and head and he is still moving. I hit a small vein but quickly stopped and hardly any blood came out. I put the egg back in...
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    Day 30, no internal pips, but all alive

    Little update: Just noticed this weird gray kind of watermark-looking thing with a black dot on the bottom of egg #3. The duckling is not dead and is still moving in there and the mark seems to be slowly growing. Anybody know what the heck it is? It's on the polar opposite side of the top of the...
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    Day 30, no internal pips, but all alive

    I figured that about egg #2, but he's still pushing through! I will definitely not intervene unless I think there's no other way for it to survive. Glad to hear your duck is doing well!
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    Day 30, no internal pips, but all alive

    Not giving up hope yet!!! Trying to keep humidity as close to 75% as possible as well as temp around 99*. Just curious what you think about egg #2; you can clearly see egg white and veins but he is also very lively. Could it be because it's a very big egg and he doesn't need to occupy the whole...
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    Day 30, no internal pips, but all alive

    I have 3 mallard eggs that I am incubating. I have never hatched eggs and am using a homemade incubator so it was a longshot trying to hatch these as I have 0 experience. It is now day 30 and in about 6 hours they will have been in the incubator for 30 complete days. Not one of them has...
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    Opening lid during lockdown for oxygen?

    Hi! The holes range in size from the size of a bb to the size of a golf ball and they are on all sides as well as the top and I cover or remove them with tape as needed and it has worked well. Talking to your point about the humidity during incubation, I have been weighing my eggs and the...
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    Opening lid during lockdown for oxygen?

    So I have run into a bit of a problem. I am on day 24 of incubating some mallard eggs and am getting ready for lockdown tomorrow. My problem is struggling to get good ventilation in my homemade incubator while maintaining temp and humidity. If I plug up all the holes except for one at the end of...
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    Mallard Ducklings - free!!!

    Hi, I am incubating 3 mallard eggs currently but I only need one. This means I will either have 2 or 1 ducklings for sale and they will be $10 per duckling. They will be hatching around 11/20/15 Since I literally don't want to count my ducks before they hatch, these are NOT GUARANTEED TO HATCH...
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