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    Duck air cell too small!! Help Please!!

    It is day 15 and the eggs air cell is the size of a day 7 air cell. I cool them down and mist them. I'm trying to lower the humidity. I put as much water as I do with chicken eggs. Should they cool down longer? Will they be fine? Please help?!?! I'm really stressed
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    Wrong duck air cell size!! Help!!

    I have three smaller duck eggs. On day 13 I candled. Their air cell hasn't grown to the size as shown on the internet. I do mist them. Does their size mean something? Do I need to add more water? Help!
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    Dead Duckling in egg?

    This is my first time hatching ducks.They started to lay in September. How do I know if one of the eggs are dead? Its day 12. Two had clear blood vessels and an embryo. The other one I could see the embryo and some blood vessels and it was blurry and clear towards the air cell. This egg is...
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    Humidity For Duck eggs?

    As the title says what is the humidity for ducks? This is for day 1-24. Okay some websites say to have it higher than chicken egg humidity. Then people on this website say to have it lower than chicken eggs. What is it? Please help. I'm on day two.
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    Why is my duck egg so small?!?!

    The blue egg is a newer egg of a mallard. Brown one is chicken egg. The mallard is smaller than chickens. The mallard started to lay in Septem ber.
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    How do I prepare duck eggs for incubation. Help!!

    So today we sadly lost one of our ducks.We really want his genes in the duck family. So tonight I think I'm going to start to incubate the eggs. Questions: The eggs are cold is it okay?They are really muddy should I clean them off with a DRY cloth? Should I spray them with water before they go...
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    Rouen or Mallards

    Hey Are these Rouen or mallard?
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    Fat Ducks.

    Hi I have two mallards or rouens. When they are walking their gizzard and booty sag down. When they are at a angle its fine. Is this normal? Am I feeding them too much? Help plz!?!
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    Ducks about to fly away??

    Hi I have three ducks mallard and silver swedish. When I came home I saw a duck egg in a chicken nest. Their was no walk board to it. The duck had to fly. Also sometimes they fly 2 feet off the ground. Besides the silver swedish male. He's chubby. They are flapping their wings a lot. Its almost...
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    What’s wrong with this chick!!!! Please help!!!

    Please help this chick isn’t going through the membrane. Is it dried out? Help please!!!
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    Late chick Help Please!!

    Hi its the 23rd day of the incubation. One chick out another on its way. On the 22nd one pipped. Today I checked it and there was no progress. The others progressed. There is only a pip. Its still alive. I see its beak come in and out. Is it too weak? On the 13th day the power did go out for 5...
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    Chick butt problem

    Hi we have a newly hatched chick. While I was examining it I saw a dark red clump in the chick butt hole. Whats wrong with it? Please help!!
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    Brooder Heat Question

    Hi today we have chicks. I have the brooder ready but I'm need help with the heat. I have a round light bulb that gives heat. Is it enough? Or should I get a good one?
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    Chick having trouble coming out HELP PLEASE!!

    I have a chick that has a pip hole and all kind of cracks around it. I didn't do it. The chick is moving and chirping a lot. I'm worried because its not making progress. Should I take the shell pieces off? Is the membrane dry? Help Please! Also I have a chick with only a pip hole and the...
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    What are my pipped eggs doing

    Yesterday all three of my eggs pipped. I had to help one with its pip yesterday because it wasn't getting enough oxygen. This morning 2 of the eggs(first pipped one and last pipped one) had a bigger piece of shell poking out. Thats good because I was worried about the first one. The second one...
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    Pipped eggs not doing anything. Help Please!

    Hi i have two pipped eggs. They are chirping a lot but there not moving. Their pip holes got the tiniest bit bigger. Its approximately 6 and 15 hours are first external pip. Should they be progressing more or did i do something wrong? Today I did have to help a chicks pip out because it wasn't...
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    Pipped egg not moving. Help please!!

    Today I saw that one of our due eggs had a pip crack in it. Later on it got a little bigger. The egg wasn't moving and their were very faint chirps. It was because the chick had pipped at the top of the egg. The shell piece was covering the pip hole. I got very anxious so I took the shell piece...
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    Chick's pip hole isn't that good Help!!

    Hi so today I saw a pip crack. Later on the shell piece was higher off the egg. Good so far. My problem is that the shell piece is covering the pip hole because it pipped at the top of the egg.The chick sounds very weak. I think its not getting enough oxygen. Should I take the shell piece off...
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    Pip crack but no hole

    Hi its day 22 and i saw a pip crack. It was a piece of shell sticking out. but 3 hours later or more and there is no progress. Its not even a hole just a crack. No movement or chirps. Is it resting or is it dead? Please help! I'm very anxious.
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    Crack but no hole

    Hi it the 22nd day of incubation. No hatches. One has a crack at the top of the egg. I think its a start of a pip. That egg isn't moving. Should it have a hole? Is the humidity too low and the membrane dried out? Please help!
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