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    Any name suggestions for my ducks?! :D

    Hi everyone!! My ducks are about 4 months old now, I hatched them but only named two of them as I was unsure of sexes. I named one hope, which is a Cayuga and has turned out to be a male - I called him hope as he was very weak when he hatched out and it was a bit touch and go to if he was...
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    Need help with voice sexing ducklings, please.

    Hi, I have 6 ducklings, 5 Indian runners and 1 Cayuga. They are 3 and half weeks old now and 1 has an obvious quack. There's 3 others that have a different sound to the duckling peeping sound that they were previously making. My question is do the males voices change this early too or do they...
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    Prevention of coccidiosis in ducks?

    Hi there I have 6 three week old ducklings and was just wondering if you guys use anything to prevent coccidiosis?
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    lockdown

    Hi, I have 8 runner duck eggs and 2 cayuga duck eggs on day 24, I've candled today and all are moving. Tomorrow is lockdown, just wondering if anyone has any tips or advice? Is 65% humidity good for duck eggs for lockdown? If it goes higher would that be ok? Im at work all day so was thibking if...
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    any advice on lockdown?

    Hi, I have 8 runner duck eggs and 2 cayuga duck eggs on day 24, I've candled today and all are moving. Tomorrow is lockdown, just wondering if anyone has any tips or advice? Is 65% humidity good for duck eggs for lockdown? If it goes higher would that be ok? Im at work all day so was thibking if...
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    Duck eggs- day 18 veins but no movement.

    Hi all, I've just candles my duck eggs. They are on day 18, I can see veins but no movement!! Does this mean they're all dead?
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    Spraying duck eggs...

    Hi, I've heard that spraying duck eggs with distilled water can help. My question is... I have purified water, can I use this? If so how many time should I spray the eggs?
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    Candling - day 10 in the brinsea octagon

    Hi everyone, today is day 10 for my duck eggs so I'm going to be candling them later. I was just wondering how long is safe to keep the eggs out for? I thought the best way would be to lift the whole tray out and then put the lid back on the incubator to get the humidity and temp back up, whilst...
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    How much should an air cell move before incubating??

    Hi, Thud is my first time at trying to hatch. I have 24 shipped duck eggs, I've let them rest for 24 hours and I've just candles them... A few have the air cells that are in the right place and don't seem to move around an awful lot and others have an area like the photo that they move to but...
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    Eggs are going in the incubator tomorrow!!! Eeeeek!

    Hi everyone. My incubator arrived today (brinsea octagon 20 advance with cradle) so I'm just letting the temp level out then I will be putting my eggs in tomorrow!! Any last min bits of advice? I have Indian runner and Cayuga eggs to go in there.
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    How to tell which end is the pointy end

    Hi, I've just recieved my eggs through the post so I'm storing them before putting them in the incubator as I'm waiting for the temp and humidity ect to get right. My question is... Some of the eggs are pretty round both ends and it's hard for me to tell which way up I should put them. Any tips...
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    Brinsea octagon 20 with automatic cradle

    I've ordered one and should be arriving tomorrow and then my eggs should be arriving on Wednesday. Has anyone used the octagon 20 before? How did you find it? How did you manage the humidity? What temperature did you set it at? Abi
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    Incubating runners and Cayuga

    So the duck house is nearly built, incubator purchased.. I was wondering if hatching runners and Cayugas in the same incubator is ok? I've brought an automatic brinsea 20. I've also brought the brinsea disinfectant, what do I need to disinfect prior to incubating? Any tips or advice on...
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    What bedding and how often do you clean out your ducks?

    I'm going to line the floor with vinyl, I'm from the uk so would people suggest wood shavings or wood chip for the flooring of the shed that they will be in during the day? How often would you clean out the whole lot if I poop pick every day? I'm thinking of having three ducks. In the house that...
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    I'm thinking of getting ducks...

    Hi there, I'm new here and just thought I would get your opinions before doing anything. So i have a shed/summer house (that's what it was called when we brought the house!) and I was wondering if with a bit of work it would be suitable to keep ducks in? I want to make use of the shed and I...
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