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    Need advice on new duckling!!

    Oh, and it hatched sometime before 3:00 this afternoon so it's only been at least 6 hours since it hatched.
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    Need advice on new duckling!!

    Can a duck stay in the incubator for 24 hours like a chick? It is a preset one, runs at about 100 degrees. I don't want to go to bed and leave it in there if it's too hot for it. Its feathers have fluffed out a lot, but it's not completely dry. I have the brooder box ready, is it better to...
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    Just a slow duck egg??

    Can a duck stay in the incubator for 24 hours like a chick? It is a preset one, runs at about 100 degrees. I don't want to go to bed and leave it in there if it's too hot for it. Its feathers have fluffed out a lot, but it's not completely dry. I have the brooder box ready, is it better to...
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    Just a slow duck egg??

    It finally hatched today!! I missed it because I was gone most of the day, but when I got home I was happy to see it was out! This morning there was still only the same little hole that I discovered Saturday morning. That had me a little worried, but I guess it just wanted to take it's sweet...
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    Just a slow duck egg??

    I don't know what kind of duck it is, but it was already in its air cell so I was nervous it would run out of air. But, it pipped last night!!!!!!!!!!! Yay!!! Now the painful wait continues...
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    Just a slow duck egg??

    Still no progress tonight! :( It wasn't moving around as much today, so I got nervous tonight and candled it. When I did, I clearly saw it's head/beak in the air cell and it was tapping away. No external pip at all though. Just worried it is trying but can't get out since I am not sure how...
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    Just a slow duck egg??

    Thanks, I have a clear topped incubator which makes it easy to video important moments. :)
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    Just a slow duck egg??

    I might just need a little reassurance that this is normal...all I've ever hatched are chickens and I know nothing about ducks. I was accidentally given a duck egg mixed in with my chicken eggs. Day 28 was Tuesday. On Saturday night, I turned it for the last time and increased the water in...
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    Hatching chicks, but I might have one duck egg??

    Now I'm about 99% sure I have 1 duck egg mixed in with my chicken eggs! It is definitely waxier and looks completely different when candled. I have it separated in its own incubator now because the chicks should be hatching over the next few days. One even hatched today! After the duck...
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    What to do with early, alone chick?

    I had one chick hatch today, it's only the 18th day. It is in the incubator still, it's been about 10 hours since it hatched. I was planning to leave it over night, but I am wondering what to do with it tomorrow. I think more will definitely still hatch, this one was just early. When I...
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    Hatching chicks, but I might have one duck egg??

    I am hatching chicks for the third year in my classroom. I got eggs from a local bird sanctuary, 16 fertile chicken eggs...or so I thought. Started all the eggs in the incubator on the 17th (last Tuesday). By Friday, we candled them and found all the good signs (heart/veins, etc) in most...
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