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    Should I abandon incubation halfway through?

    I had two smooth weeks of incubation with some lovely duck eggs, then two days ago my thermostat went haywire! It got cool early in the evening (around 95 F), then spiked (possibly as high as 104 F). I adjusted things as best I could, and planned to get a new thermostat as soon as I could the...
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    Just Hatched Welsh Harlequin! What gender?

    I've heard you can sex Welsh Harlequins pretty successfully based on bill color - Boys with darker bills, girls with lighter/black tip. I feel like that seems pretty straightforward, but I'm not sure what to think about our first to hatch today. Help me out! :-D My daughter wants to know as soon...
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    Hatching Troubles - No progress after external pip

    Hi everyone, Though I don't post often, this forum has been a HUGE help to me over my past two years of duck keeping. This year we are incubating eggs for the third time. Today is day 28, and I'm getting concerned. Our first hatch went BEAUTIFULLY. They hatched a little early, but everything...
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    • duck hatching duck incubation hatching trouble humidity incubation shrinkwrap
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    The Shells of Infertile Eggs

    Hi everyone, We keep ducks, and have noticed a phenomenon I just haven't heard a lot about. Not infrequently, we get a "striped" egg. Just looking at the egg, it doesn't seem different from any other. Thickness is good, size/shape is normal. We noticed these when my sister began blowing out...
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    Genetics: 2nd Generation Golden 300

    Hi everyone, We just hatched our first brood of ducklings. Everything has gone really well, and we're so excited! I just had a question about genetics and coloring of ducklings, and hoped someone could help me out. The father of all our ducklings is a Golden 300 male - I realize the offspring...
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