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    Halfway zipped then died

    I’m still pretty new to this….how do I know if the incubator is forced air? There is a fan with ventilation slots on the inside but nothing that I can open and close. I find my biggest difficulty is maintaining a proper humidity level.
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    Halfway zipped then died

    The outside of the membrane was starting to look dry but, after assisting, nothing was stuck. I have a hygrometer inside the incubator that measures temp and humidity, although I have not calibrated it recently. I’m on day 26 and 6 of 12 have already hatched…7 if you include the one that passed.
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    Halfway zipped then died

    The temperature was between 99-100. I had a hard time maintaining humidity but it was usually between 55-65. I did have an independent hygrometer in the incubator as well. Although, I do agree it seemed early to hatch, there was one duckling that hatched before the one that passed.
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    Halfway zipped then died

    I’m currently incubating/hatching some khaki Campbell/welsh harlequins. This is my first time working with this breed. I had one egg zip 3/4 of the way then stop. I gave it some time, then assisted, and the duckling had passed. This was day 25, we went on lockdown yesterday because I had noticed...
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    Ducks Disappeared??

    Unfortunately not, by the time we got on the water there was only one left 😔. We are not having good luck.
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    Ducks Disappeared??

    Update #2 Well, he made it through the night. He’s taken refuge with some geese. The retrieval saga continues….
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    Ducks Disappeared??

    Unfortunately we only found two but when we went out to retrieve them, we were down to one 😔. After hours of trying to get him, no luck. We will have to come up with another plan and try again tomorrow. We are open to any suggestions, unfortunately we can’t get close enough to get him with the...
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    Ducks Disappeared??

    That’s the plan….hopefully we can get close enough.
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    Ducks Disappeared??

    Update….just spotted them swimming down the river. They are pretty close to our property but not sure how we are going to retrieve them 🤦🏼‍♀️.
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    Ducks Disappeared??

    Our next steps are to take the canoe down river to see if we can find them. Unfortunately, we can’t see the embankment very well due to trees and such. Our property is not fenced. I thought about foxes or coyotes but felt it was pretty unlikely since the two went missing in the daytime. We are...
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    Ducks Disappeared??

    I have 3 Indian runner ducks. Two nights ago something got into their coop and when we got up in the morning the ducks were loose but one was missing. Fast forward to today. Let the remaining two out in the morning, checked on them a few hours later and they were in the kiddie pool. Looked...
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