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    6 Week Old Ducklings - What Breeds?

    A while back, we were given two sets of duck eggs, both from different sources. They're 6 weeks old now, and an affectionate and playful bunch they are! However due to their origin, we have no idea what any of them are, though we have our unsubstantiated guesses for some of them. We think...
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    Duck egg lockdown humidity issue - please help!

    I currently have one lone duck egg on lockdown, and it's late day 26. I got the humidity to 65-70% last night, and it's held stable until now. This morning, the egg pipped (and quite a large pip too, almost thought it was going straight for the zip!), and so the humidity has become a bigger...
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    Duck Eggs Day 10 - to cool or not to cool?

    We are currently on day 10 of our Duck egg incubation, and all but one seem to be developing alright (one was infertile). I've heard conflicting answers on whether or not to mist and cool the eggs once a day until lockdown from now on, and was hoping to task the opinion of more experienced Duck...
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    Horrible Humidity Hazard - Help!

    It's been two days now since I set my shipped duck eggs, and trying to manage the humidity has been a nightmare from start to finish, and I'm worried I've damaged the incubating eggs in some way! The first doom flag was that one of my two hygrometers stopped working half way through the first...
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    Wobbly air cells on shipped eggs after 24h - any suggestions?

    Apologies for making another thread, but I've a quick question before setting our new duck eggs. As suggested by many sources, the eggs have been left for 24 hours to settle. However, many of the air cells still wobble about when the egg is gently rotated, though they don't seem to leave the...
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    First time hatching shipped eggs (first time hatching Duck eggs too!), advice appreciated

    Hello, and apologies if a duck-related thread is unsuitable outside of the specific duck section. We've recently ordered a dozen duck eggs to incubate which have just arrived today. I've candled them and can't find any obvious cracks, though the air cells seem odd. They don't seem 'saddled'...
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    Help - Seriously Ill Hen

    Sorry for the post, but we are at a loss in this. For the past few days, one of our hens began acting strangely, standing lethargically around instead of wandering around with the other hens, and only half-heartedly going for food/drink. In addition, her feathers on her back looked quite messy...
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    3 Week old Leghorns/Mixes - what gender?

    Hi, our current group of 5 chicks are growing quickly, and are starting to show their colouration. The father of these is likely our old Leghorn Cockerel, and we know for a fact that two of them have a Leghorn mother, but the mothers of the other 3 are all mixes of various kinds, which...
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    Help! Broody partially off nest!

    Our broody hen has been diligently sat on her clutch of eggs this whole time, and has hatched out three little beauties. However, I just went down to check on her, and she was sat next to the eggs instead of on them, with her 3 chicks in tow. All of the eggs next to her have pipped and are...
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    EMERGENCY - Chicks eating bedding!

    Sorry to bother you, but i'm panicking and i'm at my wits end here!! my chicks are two weeks old now, and have been doing well. A few days ago, I tried to transition them from paper towels to pine shavings, but they were just running around eating the shavings, and ignoring their food! So...
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    Broody Hen Day 17 - Pale Comb

    Hi, and apologies for the disturbance! I fell all I do is ask questions these days! we have a broody hen that's been sitting on eggs in our nesting box (we've been keeping track of any egg additions, but we only have one other hen laying so it's not too bad). She's been going out at least...
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    Do these chicks look okay?

    Just had my first ever hatch complete, and all five that made it into lockdown hatched! They've been in the incubator between 12-36 hours after Hatching, and I've just moved them to the brooder. Some look a little scraggly though, and I'm wondering if they've fluff up enough? Also, while they...
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    Help! Hatch issue!

    Sorry for the message, but it's my first hatch and I'm having a major issue. The first chick seems to have hatched in the night (day 19/20), and seems fine, but the humidity in the incubator has spiked to 89%!! Will it go back down, or should I do something? Will the other chicks drown?? Thanks.
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    Day 18 Lockdown - Only one egg moving

    Apologies for this, but this is my first time hatching and we've made it all the way to day 18. I've just taken out the turner and added some more water, as well as swapped the eggs to their 'hatching' section of the incubator. However, I noticed that one of the eggs was wobbling on its own...
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    Day 14 Candling Help!

    Hi, i'm currently on day 14 of my first attempt at hatching eggs (without the use of a broody hen, anyway). Things have been going alright for a while, with 5 of the original 8 still going (2 infertile, one early quitter), but recently the humidity has been a struggle to keep steady, and i'm...
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    First time using an incubator - help

    Hello, and apologies for the disturbance. We recently had a horrible incident with a fox, and have lost many of our hens and all of our cockerels. To that end, we hope to incubate some of the eggs we have collected, so their legacy can carry on, so to speak. This is our first time incubating...
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    Urgent help! Large sack out of throat

    Sorry for this, but i need an urgent opinion! One of our hens was if he this morning, but we just came to check on her now and found this! it looks like a sack is hanging out of her throat! She can't seem to eat, and she keeps kicking at if and knocking it from one side of her mouth to the...
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    Help identifying the breed of our little black pullet!

    Sorry for asking so many questions on here! You've all been so fantastically helpful that I thought I'd see if any of you had any additional input into the possible breed of this little black (pullet?) in our flock. we obtained her alongside several Vorwerks and Leghorns and have no idea what...
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    Help sexing 12 week old chicks!

    We currently have 13 chicks running around our garden (the result of a hidden broody hen we didn't find until it was too late!), and we're having trouble figuring out their genders... some we are pretty sure about, but others are generating more contention, and we're worried we may be inundated...
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    Help with newest brood!

    Hi, and apologies if this format is incorrect. With our last group of chicks, you were all incredibly helpful in identifying/sexing them, so thanks again! Since then, one of our hens disappeared for 3 weeks, and came back with 13 chicks! As they are all from one hen/cockerel combination, we...
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