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    something off with my chick

    have a chick that I had to help hatch. It pipped from the wrong end. Everything went fine with the hatch. No bleeding and everything was absorbed. The problem is now that the chick seems off. I think maybe it's blind or has something else going on. It's off balance but does scamper around a...
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    help with duck eggs hatching. PLEASE HELP!

    Ok yesterday I had 4 welsh harlequin duck eggs in my incubator one internally piped but after 36 hours and no external pip it died in the egg. The other 3 never even made it as far as an internal pip before dying. I have 2 of the same kind of eggs under my broody duck and as of yesterday they...
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    internal pip 24 hours ago no external??

    I am hatching welsh harlequin ducks and one of them has had an internal pip for over 24 hours now with no external pip. It is moving around and quite a bit of it is in the aircell. Is it time to open an air hole or should I just wait and let it keep working on it?
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    HELP! hairline Crack across air cell of duck egg.

    Just checked the eggs in my duck's nest, that are due to hatch on Monday. One of the eggs has a big Crack across the air cell. The Crack is not all the way through to were the shell is cracked open so I guess you would call it like a hair line crack. The duck is still alive and moving in the...
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    duck eggs air cell too small???

    I am on day 23 with my welsh harlequin duck eggs and the air cell doesn't look as big as it should be. My humidity has been in the 60s because I read duck egg incubate at higher humidity but now I'm thinking I've had it too high since I candled and the air cell doesn't look big enough. Will it...
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    svart hona chick pink tip on toes???

    I just hatched an svart hona chick and the middle toe on each foot has a pink tip. Does this mean it is not pure or will it darken up as it gets older? I will be very upset if the seller shipped me eggs that were not pure since I paid a LOT of money for these eggs.
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    putting baby ducks w/ a nesting duck?

    I have 2 ducklings and a gosling and am wondering if I can put them with my nesting duck? Will she accept them? Will she stop sitting her eggs if I put them with her?
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    internal pip hours ago but no external pip HELP?!

    I am on day 22 and 7 eggs in the bator. 4 of them have internal pips that happened hours ago and the rest are not doing anything. How long can they have an internal pip before running out of air? Should I open a small hole and if so when?
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    when will my duck start sitting on her eggs?

    My duck has been laying eggs regularly and until now I have been collecting them. I have decided to see if she will hatch some. She has laid 7 eggs over the last 7 days and has them all neatly arranged. When will she start sitting on them to hatch?
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    day 23 no pip or movement silkie eggs???

    I'm at the end of day 23 with my silkie eggs and two Of them have not piped yet and I can't see movement. I did see movement yesterday at candling but couldn't see any today. How much longer do I give them to be certain they are lost?
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    mold growing on sponges in incubator HELP!

    My eggs are on lock down and I have one chick piping but I just noticed some white fuzzy stuff on my sponges and I think it is mold. What should I do?
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    end of day 20 silkie eggs no chirping or piping ?

    I have silkie eggs that are at the end of day 20. I don't hear any chirping and none of them are piping. When I candled at day 18 I was not 100% sure they were still viable but they don't smell so I locked them down. I want to candle them so bad to see what is going on in there. Should I candle...
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    fertile or infertile egg?

    Can a duck lay eggs that are fertile and some that are infertile at the same time? I cracked some eggs open to check for fertility after placing a male duck with my female and I was pretty sure I saw fertile ones so later I collected two for incubation. After several days I candled and saw...
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    duck eggs incubation day 5 dud?

    I have some duck eggs that have been incubating for 5 days. When I candled the eggs they were clear aside from the where the yolk is. I couldn't see any veins or anything else. Are they a dud or should I leave them in a little longer before tossing?
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    detached/misplaced air cell what to do?

    I had some silkie eggs shipped to me and I have noticed that quite a few of them have the air cell just floating around freely like a jiggly bubble. These eggs have been incubating for 3 almost 4 days. I just now read that if the air cell is not right then you are supposed to leave the egg...
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    how to hold the temp in a diy incubator

    My husband made me an incubator out of a thick Styrofoam cooler. He did it using a 60w bulb that says it only puts out 42w and hooked it to a dimmer so I could adjust the amount of heat it puts out. We also installed a computer fan and I have 4 holes in the Styrofoam. One hole behind the fan...
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    where to place the bulb for diy bator

    Making my own incubator. My husband is placing the bulb In the bottom and putting wire about half way up on the box to hold the eggs. All the homemade ones I have seen have the light in the side. Does it matter where the light is placed?
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    incubator temp for hatching eggs

    I am incubating eggs for the first time. I have 2 duck eggs and 12 silkie eggs. The incubator I am using is a little giant 9300 still air incubator. I got a separate thermometer / hygrometer from petsmart and it is showing my temp bouncing around 98-101. Everytime I open the incubator to turn my...
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