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    Can these eggs still survive?

    A mama mallard has been nesting for 3 weeks by my pool. Sunday we had torrential rain and hail and she even was there that night. But yesterday she was gone. I waited to see if she would return by today but she still has not. Is it too late to incubate? I really wanted to give her a chance but...
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    Orphan duckling

    I incubated 8 eggs & only 1 hatched :( so now I have him/her. Only 4 days old! On day 3 we put him in a dishpan about 6" deep of water & he swam instantly & even dove & swam under water! It's a mallard baby and he had crazy skills at only 3 days old! Yours will do great in the bathtub. I don't...
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    hatching abandoned nest- help!

    I waited over 24 hours from the first one hatching & no other pips yet - one egg was really darkening up so I opened it - the duckling looked fully developed but died. This is SO SAD. What did I do wrong? Stop turning them too soon? They weren't turned for 6 day - I thought they were due...
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    hatching abandoned nest- help!

    I know they have to dry out first right? I'm hoping there are more - have 7 more eggs, but one is turning reaaalllly dark and I'm afraid it may explode - would you open quickly to get that out???
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    hatching abandoned nest- help!

    I'm SO EXCITED!! I was about to give up hope because I thought the time had gone too long, but I was only guessing when she started sitting. Then this morning I heard faint peeping & saw one that had pipped! I thought it would be a day or so, but in about an hour after I saw it, it was out...
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    Pip!!!!!!!!

    I know how you feel - my first ever pipped this morning and then about an hour after I saw it, it was out! He's peeping all over the place. I hope more come soon!
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    hatching abandoned nest- help!

    I candled them about 2 weeks ago too & saw lots of veins & movement. The other day, I am fairly sure there was movement but a couple were totally dark with just like an air pocket at one end. Is that a good thing? Also a couple had dark areas not nearly the size of a duckling, so I'm not...
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    hatching abandoned nest- help!

    Mama mallard laid 13 eggs by our pool, was injured & abandoned them. I think I got the remaining 9 that weren't broken within 24 hours & got an incubator. But I thought she laid her 13th egg & started sitting on Friday March 8. So Sat. April 6 should have been 28 days & hatch day, right? But...
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