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    Runner duck setting eggs question

    Tha ky Thankyou, so should I disturb her and check just in case? Would it stop her from being broody if I disturb her? When I try feed her she hisses and fluffs up at me
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    Runner duck setting eggs question

    She won’t even let me near the nest when she is out eating, she quickly runs back in on the nest before I even get near her pen. She hasn’t pushed any out but I feel like surely some of the eggs aren’t viable or growing given how long it took her to start, I kept removing the old eggs so she...
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    Runner duck setting eggs question

    My runner duck spent weeks building a beautiful nest and even though they aren’t known for going broody I waited to see if she would try, I removed eggs as she was laying so she didn’t have to many as both ducks were laying in there and she had way to many. She started to sit on them for the...
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    Burst blood vessels???

    T Yeah I left it for a good 3-4 days after it’s hatch date.. yes they were shipped.. hmm I might try that thanks
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    Burst blood vessels???

    I had a silkie egg in lockdown and several days after it was due to hatch I opened the incubator and checked it and saw this.. the pictures aren’t great but it almost looks like bleeding under the shell when I candle, like the blood vessels have burst.. what could have caused this?
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    Help with duck eggs!!

    That’s ok, thankyou so much for responding, atleast I know I’ve got the temp and humidity right and will just try again
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    Help with duck eggs!!

    The head was upright and beak had pipped through internally, position looked fine with those ones, the other ones that had bruising I didn’t open up, unfortunately I didn’t think of taking photos before I disposed of them 🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️ would have been helpful if I did.. the ones that pipped...
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    Help with duck eggs!!

    Yes they are in an automatic turner.. I opened up the internally pipped ones and looked as though a tiny bit of moisture was in there, could that mean my humidity was to high and they drowned?
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    Help with duck eggs!!

    I had 12 viable duck eggs at lockdown, raised the humidity to 65-70 percent and left them, I had 3 hatch, 4 internally pip but no external pop and died, 2 I think popped through a blood vessel as lots of bruising on the egg and looked to be leaked blood everywhere when I candles them, and the...
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