its like theres no shell now im wondering if thats why my other duck died is this lack of grit or what? she has layed beautiful eggs but the last 3 have basically had no shell and are very slimy the yolk looks fine
i waited 8 days and no sign of life so out they went..now i have just set 6 cambells and believe it or not a indian runner duck (drake) crossed with a pekin,muskovy....wonder what thatll be like hope it hatches be interesting.
for the past 2 days my drake has gone of his food and is sitting alot, hes stil drinking water fine i picked him up yesterday and could see no physical signs of injury, his back feathers are slightly ruffled any suggestions? hes in with a female and another drake he was raised with and they...
Shes been that way for probaly 16hrs that I noticed im a bit upset because I got my days mixed up and turned my eh Turner of late 1 duck basically was fully formed but with the turning it didn't make it another has about 5 minutes And she's out yay but the one at the wrong end I can see its...
used it to bung up a hole that was leaking moister into the electronics on my bator, its still a bit smelly but has set do you think it will be ok to put eggs in?
so my wee duckling was born this morning about 2 hrs ago I had to help it out of the shell tho and still hadn't obsorbed all its yolk, its seems strong tho and is drying out in the incubator, what I want to know is it has bits of membrane stuck to it drying out should I leave the duckling or...
I had left my pekin duck in the bator and it came day 28 nothing happened, at day 30 I thought it must be dead so I opened up the egg as I do to see what had gone wrong I took off the top end of the shell and could see no movment at all so I carried on and opend the top half, then the ducklings...
i have 4 chicks 2 are about 60hrs old the other 2 maby 30.
anyway 1 of them the smallest was sitting quite away from the others on her own not looking to good,i havent seen her drink or eat. and they were all crying and crying, ive now taken that wee 1 and shes fast asleep up my sleeve shes very...
ok so theres 7 eggs left in bator, its day 26, i have 4 beautiful 2 day old chicks. im quessing my temps were low,
none of the othere eggs have pipped but they are still alive i know this because i just killed 1 by cheaking
should i leave the other eggs, its smelly in the bator now as the 4...
Its deffinatly stuck, it has been in the same possition for 24hr+ now, shes chirpy but cant move shes made quite a big hole but her head appears to be twisted and cant move at all. Ive decided to help, what i need to know is when i chip the shell off do i then wrap her in a damp cloth and put...
my egg that i noticed pipped yesterday at 7.30am has been on the go literally all night, she has made quite a big whole but cant seem to get out (it doesnt look like a proper zip its much smaller, she may be resting now but im quite worried its been 24hrs scince i first seen the pip. my question...
day 23 and i have my first pip, i was starting to worry as normally they hatch on day 23 that was sooooooo hard these laast 2 days
its only 1 pip tho, ive a long way to go yet now i am glued to the incubator window:lol: