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Should I intervene?
Thank you, yes I will, when the 5 are together I’ll take a pic sad share 🥰 -
Should I intervene?
It was getting on for 48 hours but the lack of movement was worrying me, he/she is out now and with a bit of rest on its own it’s now doing well -
Should I intervene?
Well we now have 5!! 👏🏻I had to intervene with one, as per my original post, I helped him a couple times and eventually this morning with further assistance he popped out, however he’d been in with another hatchling who wanted to sit on him constantly so we took them out and temporarily split... -
Should I intervene?
Thank you, it’s difficult to tell if malpositioned as it’s a very small hole, it looks like it’s almost chewing so you may we’ll be right, however its bill has remained in the same position for hours whilst the others seemed to be able to bring their bills in an out of the hole, hence why I... -
Should I intervene?
Hi, we just had two Khaki Campbells hatch successfully however this little fella was upside down and hadn’t moved for ages. Whilst I took first duckling out the incubator I quickly turned the egg upwards and duckling started moving again, however in the last 3 hours it hasn’t made any progress... -
Day 27 - Call duck stresses
The article is very useful, perhaps when I’m a little more experienced I’ll try Calls again, thank you again- GHH633
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Day 27 - Call duck stresses
Thank you, I’ll have a read shortly. I’ve just contacted someone about buying some young call ducks locally which I hope I can buy and introduce my little one to in due course. I am trying Khaki Campbells, I only really went for Calls because of their size, should have done a lot more...- GHH633
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Day 27 - Call duck stresses
I candled again this morning, no movement at all, I made the decision to break open and yes sadly dead duckling although completely feathered and perfect - what did I do wrong 😢 I now have one lone duckling we’ve added a mirror and a cuddly toy. I’m also going to set more eggs tomorrow 🤞🏻Any...- GHH633
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Day 27 - Call duck stresses
Thank you for looking, the photos aren’t good, I don’t have great dexterity In one hand after a stroke so try to be gentle and hold and take a picture was difficult! I’m just going to keep them going for a few more days, tomorrow is day 28. There is no movement or sound, and they are quite a lot...- GHH633
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Day 27 - Call duck stresses
Sorry they aren’t great, trying to candle with my phone and take pic with my iPad!- GHH633
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Day 27 - Call duck stresses
No unfortunately I don’t, I could candle them again later and photograph, I would like to know one way or another to be honest, I have a bit of a sinking feeling about them to be honest. Thank you edit I also need to find out how to add photos 🙈- GHH633
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Day 27 - Call duck stresses
Hi 👋🏻 Newbie from the UK here! I started incubating 6 Call Duck eggs, 3 were removed after a week as unviable, the other three have been progressing well in fact one externally pipped on day 25 and emerged healthy yesterday day 26, (I only noticed the pip when I did the last turn before...- GHH633
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