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    Australia - Six states..and that funny little island.

    I'm the first to admit I'm not an expert on chooks, but i'd bet money on her being a chicken and not a rooster by the way she looks... She/he may be a late developer though and if it crows it's certainly not a girl... :/ Keep us posted as to how you go...
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    Help me! My duck eggs were rocking and I think I killed them in lockdown!!

    Ok, so my chicken now has 5 ducklings and 1 more egg that's jiggling.... Winston (the first one who is now a week and a half) is so big compared to the other babies... We did have to open up and help one baby out though. He got his beak out and I waited 2 days and nothing was happening so I took...
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    Australia - Six states..and that funny little island.

    Hey, nah, she's a full sized broody chook. She now has Winston (the duckling I mentioned) and 4 more babies... And 1 more should pop out tomorrow... Fingers crossed... Xx
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    Help me! My duck eggs were rocking and I think I killed them in lockdown!!

    I was trying! I was going to calibrate it after it had been up and running for a few days and it had settled a bit... but my hen decided it was a good day to get off her eggs but, i have some something.... I think i have external pipping on an egg.. I could see the base of the egg bulging, for...
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    Help me! My duck eggs were rocking and I think I killed them in lockdown!!

    There has been no movement in any eggs for over 36 ours now... I'm 99% sure they are dead.. As the incubator is new I figure it's pretty close to being right, but I was only running it for a day or so before the hen chucked the eggs out and I didn't have time to calibrate much at all... I don't...
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    Help me! My duck eggs were rocking and I think I killed them in lockdown!!

    I'm so new to this!! I wish my chook was a little more patient!! I opened the incubator earlier, I did a swift open, grab and close maneuver and didn't lose much humidity or temperature, I quickly candled the egg and put it back with similar precision and (remembering I'm a total novice) I...
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    Eggs stopped rocking

    Im in the same situation at the moment... I upped the humidity yesterday and now they have stopped rocking!!! I hope I didn't kill them!! I keep looking in at them through my peep hole in the incubator but am worried that there has been no movement in 12 hours or so... I am desperate to open...
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    Help me! My duck eggs were rocking and I think I killed them in lockdown!!

    Thanks for the reply!! Yes I did and all were alive (we did have 1 infertile egg and 1 underdeveloped egg around week 3 so we removed them) Also there was no internal pipping when I looked... Gosh I hope I haven't killed them now... Is there anything else I can do? I'm not exactly sure of...
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    Help me! My duck eggs were rocking and I think I killed them in lockdown!!

    My Broody hen (chook) chucked my 5 duck eggs out from under her last night, I had the incubator up & running (testing it out, it's new) so I chucked the eggs in there... Then the confusion came... I googled rocking eggs and almost everything I read said to up the humidity to 70% - 80% and wait...
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    Hello from Australia :)

    Hi! Just saying Hello fellow Aussie newbie!! I live in QLD. I have 4 chickens and 5 ducks and 1 new baby Welsh Harlequin duckling. I also have 5 eggs (welsh harlequin) in the incubator and 2 are rockin and rolling at the moment.. I'm new to this incubator & hatching thing.... My broody black...
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    Australia - Six states..and that funny little island.

    Hi Everyone... Wow, what to say... My name is Sam and I'm from QLD, more specifically that little blob of a town where they make the Rum.. (yep, Bundaberg) About a year ago I was given a duckling. A Welsh Harlequin drake. And he is adorable.. Since then I fell in love with him and got him...
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