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    Sick Duck and need advice 😞

    Hi everyone, I have a 5 month old peking duck who has just never been healthy her whole life. She always always has had a messy, dirty bum and her back end has never looked fully developed - it’s like she never grew a tail. She won’t preen herself, never has, but will take baths which helps a...
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    single duckling

    I have a single duckling from my hatch this weekend. I’m holding out with my fingers crossed that another will hatch but so far no activity from the other three eggs. (There was movement but no internal pips as of last night.) so in the meantime I have one single duckling. I’ve posted in my...
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    rabbit purposes other than meat or fibre?

    Hey all! I’m interested in hearing what other purposes there are for rabbits on your farm/in your backyard? I currently have ducks but would like to expand my small “hobby farm” to include another animal. However, I do like my animals to serve a purpose, if that makes sense! I’m not one for...
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    Using duck poop in garden beds

    Does anyone here use their duck poop in their gardens? Curious if people just put it in right from the ground/coop or compost it first?
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    Runner Duck Hatch-a-Long! 2021

    Hi! I’ve got 10 runner duck eggs in the incubator. Set Sunday March 7th at 11am :) This is my second time incubating ever and I learned so much the first time, so hoping for a more successful hatch this time around! If anyone else has duck eggs they set yesterday and would like to share...
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    Incubation report and trying again!

    Hi all! Last year, around May, I incubated my duck eggs for the first time. I did not have a very successful hatch and I’m hoping if I share my report from last year that someone could help me with tips for this year? Here was last years (2020) report: - 25 eggs went into the incubator. - 5...
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    Aggressive Male Duck

    My khaki drake likes to pick out one of the girls in the flock and just harass the heck out of her. He currently has one of ducks (which is his sibling so they have been together since birth) and always chases her and tries to mate, Pulls her feathers out just for fun it seems, and nudges her...
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    Ordering ducks from Freys

    Has anyone ever ordered ducks from here? I live in Ontario Canada and I believe the co-op here can place orders from Freys. Just wondering if anyone has and what their experience was, pricing, and minimum order quantities are. thanks!
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    Black duckling??? How??

    So I have a mixed flock of khaki campbells and Indian runner ducks. These are my babies: I just hatched some ducklings from them and it’s fun (for me lol) to try and figure out what babies came from what pairing. Here’s where I’m confused. I have a duckling born from a khaki Campbell egg that...
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    Need help ASAP duckling stuck

    I have my last egg sitting in the incubator. I’ve had a lot of issues with this hatch 25 eggs and only 8 so far survived. Anyway, let me tell you about this duckling. the duckling internally pipped days ago (probably Monday or Tuesday). I candled it Tuesday and noticed it was gasping inside...
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    What is going on....???

    I had 20 eggs develop normally up to lockdown. I candled them all before I put them into lockdown too and saw movement in all eggs. Today is day 28. Two eggs I know are not going to make it as the ducklings hit veins while internally pipping and the air sacks in both eggs filled with blood. I...
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    When to take ducking out

    So I’ve read multiple articles of when to take ducklings/chicks out of the incubator once hatched. some sources say to leave them in until everyone’s hatched and other sources say they take them out once they are dry and THEN other sources say to take them out after 48 hours. So confusing! I...
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    Should I assist??

    I have a duck egg that pipped externally on Sunday may 17. Last night I noticed another break in the shell a few cm away but no thing since. It is day 26 and they have been in lock down since Sunday night when I noticed this egg had an external pip. my question is that I don’t know exactly when...
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    I don’t like the looks of this....

    I just noticed one of my duck eggs has a dark area where the air sack is. What is this? It doesn’t look good to me.... I’m on lockdown, day 25 .
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    Duck eggs in lockdown! Hatching early?

    I made the decision to put my duck eggs in lock down on the evening of day 24 (last night) I had noticed one egg had an external pip. I candled the others and a good amount of them have internally pipped. The incubator temp has bounced around 99-102 for the first 24 days. But mostly stayed at...
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    Hatching lockdown day question!!!

    Hey all, this is my first time hatching, I set duck eggs on Thursday April 23rd at 10am. I am WAY over thinking this and have gotten myself confused.... Would April 23rd be day 1 as I’m counting? making lock down day tomorrow (Sunday May 17)???? help please! My brain feels fried lol
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    I have questions about lockdown on duck eggs!

    Lockdown day is Monday for me for my duck eggs. this is my first hatch! And I’m nervous! For duck eggs, do I set the temp at 98 degrees? Then humidity at 65-70%? Do you change the temp or humidity when they start to pip or hatch? What do you do when ducklings start to hatch and the temp...
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    Oh No!! Panicking over hygrometer

    Hi everyone, I bought a separate hygrometer for my incubator so I can keep a better eye on humidity rather than trusting the one on the incubator. I purchased one that shows temp and humidity with a sensor that I can place in the incubator and it shows me the temp and humidity on a screen that’s...
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    Room temperature for incubator

    Hi! I’m pretty sure this question has been asked a billion times before, but would a little giant incubator be good to set up in a room that ranges from 63-68 F?
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    Hatching Duck eggs - newbie questions

    Hi! I’m currently collecting my runner and khaki eggs to hatch. storing them in my basement and tilting the egg carton twice a day. Small end of the egg pointed down. My first question is when I go to put them in the incubator do I bring them upstairs where it’s warmer to warm up first...
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