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    Have a question maybe someone can answer

    I am using a chickcozy incubator. But I can understand the hotter and cooler spots in the incubator. Witho our weather we've been having lately (in SC) trying to keep the temp where it needs to be and the humidity has been somewhat problematic.
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    Have a question maybe someone can answer

    I have been raising domesticated mallard ducks for almost 4 years now. This year some of my girls have continued to lay even through the cold days (finally slowed down but haven't stopped completely yet). I incubate the eggs because they feel the need to share nests and when a few ducks hatch...
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    Not sure what this is or what to do about it

    Glad to hear all turned out well for you ducking. I put mine with it's mates. I'm hoping it's doing well.
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    Not sure what this is or what to do about it

    Thanks for the information. I will put him with his hatch mates.
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    Not sure what this is or what to do about it

    Thank you. I was quite concerned. I've hatched off over 60 babies since March and this is a first, so was worried. I'll definitely keep an eye on it. Should I keep it separated until it is fully absorbed? It has 3 hatch mates that it is separated from.
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    Not sure what this is or what to do about it

    I have a duckling that hatched late last night (shortly after midnight this morning actually). I left it in the incubator to dry. This morning he's dry, but he has something attached to him on the outside. I've never seen it before and I have no idea what it is or what to do about it. Please...
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    Question about Duck eggs/hatching

    Thank you for the explanation on exploding eggs. I did not know that. 2 generations on the ducks. We sell the ducklings at 2 days old to our local feed store.
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    Question about Duck eggs/hatching

    I have been raising ducks for about 3 years. I have 11 females that are laying age. From late March to early June between a few girls sitting and me incubating we hatched 64 healthy ducklings ( I lost count of the amount of eggs)...but they are still steady laying. I've continued putting them in...
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    Ducks and Nesting

    Can you use "fake" eggs in a ducks nesting box to get them to use the nesting box for laying eggs?
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    Is this a particular type of chicken or just a mixed breed

    I got them earlier this year from a guy up the road from where I live who bought fertile eggs and hatched them off.
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    Is this a particular type of chicken or just a mixed breed

    In this picture there is a hen in the back near the chicken door with a red head and a grey backside. Is this a particular type of chicken or just a mix breed? I have like 3 of them like this. Thanks.
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    Question about Mallards...I'm still a newbie

    Thank you. I will give it a read!
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    Question about Mallards...I'm still a newbie

    I thought about that, but I was concerned if I ran her off her nest to candle the eggs, if they were still viable, would she return to the nest to finish setting?
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    Question about Mallards...I'm still a newbie

    I have a pair of mallards that I hatched in an incubator last year. They hatched around July 7. Male and Female. She hatched off 9 of the 18 eggs she laid in mid April this year. 7 survived and are doing well in the pen with the male and female. She made another nest in the same spot, laid 11...
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    Question about Pekin duck

    I do have other ducks. I have mallards but they are in a separate enclosure than the Pekin...the Pekin (we call her Ms. Duck Duck) doesn't really like other fowl in her enclosure...she prefers to look at them through the wire.
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