I have been helping the local 2nd grade hatch chicken & duck eggs. Unfortunately, our hatch hasn't gone so well. We have had a very low hatch rate with the chickens (the ducks come next week). I am hoping to get some answers so we can improve next year. Any advice would be appreciated.
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I have a Rowen duck egg that started hatching. It's beak is poking out through the shell and yolk has come out through the hole. I noticed this about 12 hours ago. I moved the egg as it was sticking to the hatching mat. There is very little movement from the duck. What should I do? Any...
I have a Rowen duck egg that has started hatching. It's beak is poking out through the shell and yolk has come out through the hole. I noticed this about 12 hours ago. There is very little movement from the duck. What should I do? Any advice would be appreciated - Sorry posted this in the...
I have 5 duck eggs (1 Jumbo pekin, 1 welsh harlequin, 2 white crested, & 1 cayuga) in my incubator. It has been 31 days and they have not hatched. I am trying to be patient but I no longer see movement in 2 of the eggs. I am using a new incubator this year (Brinsea mini advanced). Any...
I have 2 Welsch Harelequin ducks who created nests right next to each other. One duck started sitting two weeks before the other. I believe the eggs in the nests got mixed up. After 2 ducklings hatched almost two weeks ago the ducks abandoned the nest. I placed the remaining eggs in an...
We are excited to join Backyard Chickens as we have found many answers to questions we have about our ducks. i had never planned on having ducks. My two youngest girls obtained our first two ducks by catching them at a kids rodeo. I didn't realize that they would be coming home with us. That...