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    Is my pekin duckling okay? black feathers on head

    I too bought a pekin today with a black spot on his head. I was confused at first but when I looked and seen I had to get him no matter what haha there was only 1 like that tho at my feed store. Definitely a pekin.
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    Day 23 pekin eggs HELP please

    Thanks. I medel too i guess haha i felt like i absolutely had to this morning tho. I had the humidity to 70 and 3 got out but the last 2 that pipped started to zip then stopped yesterday. This morning when i woke up they were still zipping but still stuck there. The other 3 were great. I really...
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    Day 23 pekin eggs HELP please

    My temps are all reading 99. And humidity is 75. I tried to get it to stay there but its hard when i dont want to open the incubator. Yes im sure of the dat, i set them for the halloween hatch along :D. And my thermometer was calibrated and double checked. Thats what i dont get lol idk maybe it...
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    Day 23 pekin eggs HELP please

    1 is out. 4 more pipped. She still has a small amount of yolk to absorb but she is laying there doing good. No bleeding, veins did good. So i guess i just wait and watch.
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    Day 23 pekin eggs HELP please

    1 pipped great now im not going to get any sleep haha
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    Day 23 pekin eggs HELP please

    I set the incubator to 101.4 and it keeps it around 98.5-99. I hope at least. So far nothing external they are moving around still and still hearing tapping. Thank you.
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    Day 23 pekin eggs HELP please

    I have 11 pekin duck eggs set in my incubator, they are only on day 23 and when I turned them this morning there is alot of peeping, movement and tapping sounds. I was curious so I candled some and some of their little heads are already in the air sac space. Is that a bad thing that they are so...
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    OCTOBER HATCH-A-LONG!!! 2015

    Here is an update on my Black copper that hatched about 2 weeks ago how do I tell if its a male or female? We named it Uno because its the only one that hatched out of our 12 shipped eggs. She/he is sooo pretty! I officially love black coppers soo much now. He loves cuddling in my hoody and...
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    OCTOBER HATCH-A-LONG!!! 2015

    10/34 of our quail hatched. And only 1/12 black coppers hatched. I was surprised because i really didnt think any were going to. We had 17 naked necks in there too but none of those developed. So we have 1 little lonely chick. She peeped the first night so I gave her a mirror and stuffy. Now she...
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    OCTOBER HATCH-A-LONG!!! 2015

    I have the farm inovators one i just used the thermometer that came with it to put inside and a hygrometer that i got on ebay. I bought a digital one but it doesnt seem to be as accurate as the others. So far 9 out of 35 have hatched. I hope you have better luck with the broody :)
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    OCTOBER HATCH-A-LONG!!! 2015

    My quail are hatching 3 days early! Today was supposed to start lockdown. So far 2 are out 6 more have pipped and 2 are unzipping. This is so exciting. This is my first hatch ever. Im in love!
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    The Duck Thread

    Thanks everyone. The guy who gave them to us told us to leave them in there for a few days. Then to let them out in a fenced in area for a few weeks then try to free range them. It just seems so mean to leave them in their house for 3 days im going to get a fence up tomorroe for them. It wont...
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    The Duck Thread

    This morning I found a listing on Facebook for 2 free ducks. 6 months old both males one a pekin and the other indian runner. So...now I have 2 ducks lol I couldnt resist. These are our first. Our other ones are still in the incubator haha. [/IMG] Their names are aflac and bowling pin lmao...
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    OCTOBER HATCH-A-LONG!!! 2015

    What does this mean? The egg is too dark to candle but this morning there was a spot of build up on the egg. I brushed it off didnt think anything of it and now its back. Does that mean the egg is bad or could there still be a chick in there? Its day 14. I realize the picture sucks lol the...
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    Show off your house ducks!

    Thats awesome :) i have a 7 yr, 3 yr, 2 yr and 4 month old and im a stay at home mom. I might try in a few years. Idk how I feel about the littlest crawling around because he would be putting everything in his mouth. But maybe when he can walk and understand better. I love the idea tho. Ducks...
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