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    HELP!!! DAY 30 AND NO PIPS BUT THEYRE ALIVE?!?!!

    Please respond ASAP. It’s day 30 of duck eggs. No hatches no pip. I just picked some of my eggs up and they were make noises and they’re heart was beating fast and I candeled them. I thought They died but I was very wrong. I thought about making a safety hole but I just put them back. Did I just...
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    Did I just shrink wrap my ducks?!?!!

    I needed to add water to my incubator and I candeled my duck eggs (day 29) and I didn’t pick up the eggs just shined a light on them. Some of the eggs had an internal pip and I’m worried I just shrink wrapped them. I opened the incubator for about 10 seconds. Did I just shrink wrap them? I’m...
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    Duck not laying in nest?!?

    My Welsh Harlequin duck Charlotte went broody and tried to hatch eggs. She sat the whole 28 day period and no hatches. So I took her eggs, through them away and messed up her nest so she could take a break. She didn’t lay for about 2 weeks but then she did. Then I collected her fertile eggs and...
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    Questions for misting and cooling duck eggs.

    As of posting this it is the night of day 6. I have decided to mist and cool my eggs starting on day 10. I’m going to do this because I usually have air sac problems. So my questions are: How long do I cool them for? What temp of water? Light mist or more of a spray? What should the eggs feel...
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    How to store duck hatching eggs?

    I am beginning to collect duck eggs for a 10-12 egg hatch. Manual turning with my Janeol 12 incubator. So far I have one egg and I only get one per day with my one WH female and my one WH male(Yes I know having a pair is bad that is why I’m going to incubate more). I have the egg in a carton...
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    Day 30 and no hatches with broody duck!+very dirty eggs!

    My broody WH duck has been sitting on eggs for about 30 days. She is very determined. There is a ton of flies and knats around her eggs and some of them have very mushy yellow gunk on them and some are discolored. Do y’all think they’re alive? No hatches or pips or even peeps yet.
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    No hatches and 30 days+very dirty eggs with broody duck!

    My broody WH duck has been sitting on eggs for about 30 days. She is very determined. There is a ton of flies and knats around her eggs and some of them have very mushy yellow gunk on them and some are discolored. Do y’all think they’re alive? No hatches or pips or even peeps yet.
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    29 days and no hatches with broody duck

    It has been 29 days since I first observed broody behavior with my welsh harlequin duck. She kept laying after being broody but then stopped. She is very determined to hatch ducklings. I think she is still turning the eggs as her nest moved(she does this every day or so). I candled at day 18 and...
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    Broody duck hatch-a-long

    Charlotte, my broody Welsh Harlequin duck is sitting on 11-12 duck eggs and one chicken egg(I'll get to that later). She is approximately on day 5. Each day she has been getting more broody. She is in a pair relationship with her husband Oliver, a male welsh harlequin. He seems very gentle for a...
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    Questions about poor hatch rates?

    I have hatched about 5 chicken batches and one duck batch with my janoel 12 incubator. Each time I used the automatic turner(6-9 eggs). My best hatch was one where I got 7 hatchs(9 eggs) with Easter Egger eggs. One died later on. With my ducks I did 6 and got 2 to hatch. The pattern with this is...
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    Duck broody?

    I didn't know where to post this because it involved hatching eggs but it was duck behavior so I just chose this. My duck(Welsh Harlequin) has a clutch of 9 eggs so far and today she has been off and on laying on her eggs. She even had her mate sitting with her. I'm just wondering if she is...
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    Duck eggs got wet! Help

    I'm sure you've heard about this storm that passed in the south if you live in the USA. Well my duck pen got flooded but the eggs didn't. The problem was that during the heavy rain my female duck was wet from playing in the water and rain and got on her nest to lay eggs. I'm trying to get her to...
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    Ducks won’t mate!?!!

    Some of you probably saw the original post about how to move in a new male duck(welsh harlequin). I got him to go with my lonely female. It has been a week and I free range them now(in a pen at night). He is doing fine with the flock. There is just one problem, they won’t mate. She gets in her...
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    Why is my 30 week old duck not laying??

    She gets a normal diet and I give her oyster shells but she doesn’t seem to eat it that much(I heard they only eat it if they need it but idk). Possibly it’s just the chickens don’t eat it. She has nesting material but she just won’t lay . Since it’s the springtime maybe she would but no. She...
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    How to move in a new drake?

    I am getting a drake tomorrow for my female duck and i don’t know how I should move him into the pen with her. She is currently in the chicken pen but when i get him i’m going to put both in the duck pen. How should i move him? Will he hurt her? They are welsh harlequins.
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    Does Quacky Acres ship adult poultry?

    I know this is for chickens but she sells chickens too. Will she ship adult poultry? specifically ducks. I need a adult male welsh harlequin duck and finding welsh harlequin breeders is so rare. I live in NC so i can’t drive to ohio, where she is.
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    Looking for a welsh harlequin breeder(Adult Poultry)

    I need a adult male welsh harlequin. I’m in mid NC
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    I need welsh harlequin breeders who sell full grown ducks.

    I really want ducklings this spring but I only have two female welsh harlequins. I could order ducklings but they are expensive and I want my ducks to raise them. So I need a male. I’m in mid North Carolina. Also if they aren’t local they need to be able to ship.
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    When will my 22 week old ducks lay?

    I’m in North Carolina and it isn’t that cold. I’ve been waiting for my ducks to lay. They are Welsh Harlequins. Any tips on when they will lay or to speed the process up?
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    Are my chicks alive?

    So i have three eggs on day 25. No beaks in the air cell. I did a float test and no movement and same with candling. Should i discard the eggs?
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