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    Will my duck leave her nest with the hatched chicks or will she wait for the last few to hatch

    Recently my duck has taken an interest in hatching eggs. We have no drake but I borrowed 3 fertile duck eggs from a neighbour. A week later I decided to put 4 chicken eggs under her too. (a week later so that they'd hatch at the same time) They were not due to hatch untill Saturday, but it is...
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    New to incubating I need help!!

    During the week I received my incubator in the post. I collected up my eggs and set them today. But my incubator wants them upside down and not on their side. Why is that? I have no room for them to be placed on their side. When it comes close to hatching should I put them on their side or leave...
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    Day 23 still no sign of chicks

    Hello, after the eggs my hen buried didn't hatch, I decied to try again. I gave my broody three eggs to hatch. All was going well. I tried candling the eggs but could not see anything as they had a thick dark shell. So I just left them. Day 21 I was waiting patiently. Day 22 no sign not even a...
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    My broody hen is burying her eggs

    I have a broody hen. This is my first time letting her hatch her eggs. She has been sitting in her own brooding box with food, water and straw at her side. She is seven days in and this morning while I was feeding her, I noticed her eggs weren't under her. I was really confused as no animal...
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    Hens suddenly attacking my duck

    We have eleven hens and one duck they share the same pen and have always gotten along recently we have introduced a rooster and all eleven hens have suddenly turned on our duck, the duck has lost nearly all her feathers and is petrified to leave the pen untill the hens are gone I don't know what...
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