Recent content by Sarah91

Ok ill do that , yes i had to help this little one , had an external pip for 3 days with no progress

Im having the same issue 😭

Not sure if this post is still active but can anyone tell me the breed of my duckling ? Thanks

Little Hope finally hatched 1 day early 😍🦆 i think from what ive seen on the net this is a mallard ? But how cute , hatched about 10 mins ago ! What should the incubator temp be at ? I will be putting little hope into brooder tomoz :)

Just me again , so last night i gave in and had a little candle of my duck egg , day 26 yesterday , it had internally pipped but not sure when , i could hear the little duckling talking and could see its little orange bill ! This morning , day 27 ive woke up to a little crack externally 😍😍 Im...

Thanks for taking the time to reply :)

Bump

Wouldnt let me attatch video so ive had to screenshot from it ! Its like the duckling is pushing against the membrane ?

Hello Im on day 24 with little Hope ! Lockdown tomoz and was just wondering if this is shaddowing or has the duckling internally pipped ? Also what humidty should i have for lockdown ? Ive attatched a video , hope its clear enough :)

Thanks for the reply , do i keep the egg on its side or can i put it into a carton with air sac face upwards ?

Hey ! Couldnt find a definate answer anywhere . I have 1 duck egg thats on day 21 , not sure which breed . But the egg is wobbling side to side , cant hear anything and the air sac has sloped to one side if that makes sense ? I was just wanting to know if i should keep as is until day 25 and...

Edit #2 - what about temp etc on lockdown for egg #1 will i just keep it the same ?

Edit : i had to improvise and plug the 2 holes as it wasnt holding humidty overnight and it works lol

Hey ! So i have 7 eggs in my incubator ( ill post photo ) and 1 egg is due to hatch 8 days before my 2nd lot of eggs , buying a new incu is out of the question and ive seen posts where its not suggested to do a staggered hatch . So ive thought about taking the 2 back rotating rollers out and...

Right ok thank you for that 😊