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    Duckling stuck on side after hatching

    How did your mug duck do today?
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    Is my duckling blind?

    Wondering if this sounds like the symptoms of a blind duckling (call duck). and if anyone has experience successfully raising blind poultry. To start, the duckling (Forest, we will assume a boy for this thread) was malpositioned and found out was in a cool section of my incubator so was 3 days...
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    Call duck hatching newbie

    Thank you for all your advice and help! So glad to finally have the incubator unplugged and duckies in hand.
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    Duckling stuck on side after hatching

    My very first call duck hatch is complete. 7 out of 9 developed eggs hatched (2 malpositioned were not caught in time). wanted to share the experience of my last two ducks to hatch in case anyone else has the same thing happen. both were incubated at a cooler temp with extra humidity, I did not...
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    Call duck hatching newbie

    Ricky-Bobby (first to hatch), Forest (longest in the mug), and Oogway (last to hatch)
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    Call duck hatching newbie

    Hatch is complete. 7 out of 9 developed eggs hatched. wanted to share the experience of my last two hatched in case anyone else has the same thing happen. both were incubated at a cooler temp with extra humidity, I did not realize this until too late (use multiple thermometers people). So when...
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    newly hatched chick staying on its back

    Old thread, but I think duck-in-a-cup might have saved two of our late Hatcher’s (due to cold incubation). They were both flipping on their sides and one was tucking it’s head back under its wing with legs straight out the back. Cups with ducks had to go into the brooder, as the incubator lid...
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    Successfully opened a malpositioned chick

    Ah I might need to start chipping away on this one then. Do you leave the outer thick membrane and just take the shell away? Or take shell and thick white membrane off?
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    Call duck hatching newbie

    Blue-bibbed, black-bibbed, and white. Correct me if I’m wrong!
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    Successfully opened a malpositioned chick

    That one unfortunately didn’t make it. Guessing it needed to pip 24 hours before. had another malpositioned (3 out of 9 eggs, it’s my first time incubating and my incubator is crappy so maybe that is why) and it is doing well. This one actually externally pipped on its own so probably saved...
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    Call duck hatching newbie

    So one of the two finals is malpositioned (3 out of 9 eggs malpositioned 🤦‍♀️ hopefully I can get at least one to survive it) but he actually pipped out the bottom so hopefully for a survival on that one. The other looks to be normally pipped. I’m thinking the crinkling is actually just extra...
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    Call duck hatching newbie

    @shawluvsbirds When I hold the last two eggs to my ear I hear crinkling noises. A rythmic tic everyonce and a while but more sounds like they’re moving industrial Saran Wrap around inside. Could this mean they’re shrink wrapped? Incubator has been opened quite a lot to deal with the 4 that have...
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    Call duck hatching newbie

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    Call duck hatching newbie

    Unfortunately it didn’t make it, guessing it was trying to pip for too long without success. Oh well, the best we can do is try! 4 healthy babies in the brooder so far
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    Successfully opened a malpositioned chick

    Hi everyone! I successfully opened an air hole for a malpositioned call duck. Feeling pretty happy that I was able to catch the issue (already had one die due to malpositioned in this batch). how do I keep the now-open air cell moist so that the yolk sack doesn’t dry out? The yolk sack is...
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    • call duck incubation malposition malpositioned shrinkwrap
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