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    Need advice on new duckling!!

    Can a duck stay in the incubator for 24 hours like a chick? It is a preset one, runs at about 100 degrees. I don't want to go to bed and leave it in there if it's too hot for it. Its feathers have fluffed out a lot, but it's not completely dry. I have the brooder box ready, is it better to...
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    Just a slow duck egg??

    I might just need a little reassurance that this is normal...all I've ever hatched are chickens and I know nothing about ducks. I was accidentally given a duck egg mixed in with my chicken eggs. Day 28 was Tuesday. On Saturday night, I turned it for the last time and increased the water in...
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    What to do with early, alone chick?

    I had one chick hatch today, it's only the 18th day. It is in the incubator still, it's been about 10 hours since it hatched. I was planning to leave it over night, but I am wondering what to do with it tomorrow. I think more will definitely still hatch, this one was just early. When I...
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    Hatching chicks, but I might have one duck egg??

    I am hatching chicks for the third year in my classroom. I got eggs from a local bird sanctuary, 16 fertile chicken eggs...or so I thought. Started all the eggs in the incubator on the 17th (last Tuesday). By Friday, we candled them and found all the good signs (heart/veins, etc) in most...
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