Recent content by NikkiJade

Hi, I know 4 weeks is very young but has anyone got an idea if my chicks are male or female? We have a safe and lovely home for them to go if they are male but would love to keep them. Georgie = black Goldie = frizzle

Update - they are indeed chickens 😂! Unfortunately we lost the one who wasn’t moving, he was in an awkward position and by the time we stepped in, he had already gone. Absolutely heartbreaking but we had one hatch earlier who seems to be doing well

That would be a bit of a shock when I asked for ducklings but I’ll take a healthy chick at the moment! The humidity has been fairly constant between 55 and 60 - we’ve raised it now to 65. It’s a homemade incubator so it’s mostly been done with water levels and sponges but monitored fairly...

Thanks for the reply! I’m not actually 100% sure - I have emailed the farm to check. I requested ducklings but it was contact-less pickup (COVID) so could have been a mistake! They did seem to develop quickly... They breed bantam ducks which have smaller eggs I think? Could that effect the hatch...

Looking for advice please! First time incubating eggs and have a duck egg externally pipped at day 20! Intermittent movement but no cheeping/sound. When candling, egg seemed to be developing faster than expected but this still seems too early! Other 3 eggs have not pipped and they are sharing an...