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    will she raise hatchling I "hatched"?

    Thank you, thank you, a million times over for you very kind reply and the relief. I cracked the door open to peek in and I heard peeping!!! Wishing you and your ducks a very happy summer !
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    will she raise hatchling I "hatched"?

    I know this is going to sound completely ignorant. My apologies. The duck hen didn't want to stay in the nest with the duckling. I put two eggs in the nest and she ran back in there and settled down. Is she supposed to be sitting on top of the hatchling ? She seemed careful when she climbed...
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    will she raise hatchling I "hatched"?

    Many, many thanks for the reply ! I was trying to determine why I was losing all my fully developed ducklings in the egg. They would break the shell, but couldn't get out of the membrane, which was like leather. After much investigation, I was told that for this situation where the hens...
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    will she raise hatchling I "hatched"?

    I had two duck hens sitting eggs. I didn't realize I had to mist the eggs and all the ducklings were dying without being able to get out of the membrane. I caught the final egg just as it had been pipped and over eight hours, oh so carefully helped the duckling out by gingerly taking off tiny...
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    Pond filter

    I made a solar powered Skippy filter and it is working over the top amazing in a 350 gallon "pond." Posted a brief description under the link "solar power duck pond"
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    Solar powered duck pond

    I have worked on this design for a while and it is working AMAZING! I built a Skippy filter using a 150 gallon Rubbernaid trough. The only variance to what they describe on the Skippy filter's website was that I used plant nursery trays rather than the light grates. I had buried a 350...
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