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    Need advice quick!!

    As far as how many days, I'm not exactly sure, but my best guesstimate is around 23-25.
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    Need advice quick!!

    I put pine shavings in the container with a damper towel under them and covered the co trainer so that there's a bit of moisture in there. I simply laid another towel over them. It's going to be rough to hatch them. I wish I had a broody hen that would take them but none of my hen's are sitting...
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    Need advice quick!!

    Thank you ma'am! I live on an off grid homestead. Right now I put them in a container under a heat lamp and have spent the afternoon making adjustments to get them at a consistent temp, around 98° F. I'm going to keep adjusting as necessary until I either get ducklings, more good advice, or it...
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    Need advice quick!!

    I'm not sure if the chick started to hatch on it's own or not, I'm a first timer. The egg was busted on the smaller end and the duck looked fairly well formed but small, like it had black and yellow fuzz, bill, feet and such. Darling was out running around when I got home and the eggs were quite...
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    Need advice quick!!

    I have a year old Pekin named Darling that has been sitting a nest. I was able to candle 4 of the eggs over the weekend and found all four of the them be viable and easily identifiable as chicks by their shadows. I'm a first time duck owner and this is her first nest. All told there are around...
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