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    My sick hen is lethargic and tips over on uneven surfaces. Home care isn’t helping. Any ideas?

    Hi, our hen Betsy is 4 years old. A few days ago, we noticed she was lethargic and would randomly lose her balance and not be able to get up. Her comb got paler and her eyes are kind of squinty (no discharge). We immediately isolated her inside and started supportive therapy - electrolytes...
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    Male ducks fighting - or predator?

    Hello! We have a bachelor pen with three drakes that we hatched ourselves. They’ve always been harmonious, but yesterday in the morning our big boy, Kingsley, was missing some feathers. Then this morning he was all bloody :(:(. Could the boys be fighting at night? We have three duck hens in the...
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    Any idea what breed my duckling is?

    She/he does not look like their 4 siblings! We can’t figure it out. We received the eggs from one of my kid’s classmates and have no idea what breeds they have. Thanks!
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    Help, please! Day 29, duckling internally pipped and moving but no external pip! What to do?

    We've had 5 healthy, beautiful mallard-type ducklings hatch out of 10 eggs so far. The remaining eggs in the incubator have no external pips. I candled them, and they all seem to be quitters. Except 1! There was a little bill waving around in the air cell. But there is no external pip yet. We...
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    Day 27, Duckling just popped out of his egg like The Hulk!

    We are shocked. He went from an external pip to a zip in 12 hours and unzipped in less than an hour! He is peeping away and stumbling around the incubator. Do I leave him in there for awhile? Only one other egg has pipped. Do the 8 other eggs still have a chance to pip and hatch? It is Day 27...
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    What is this dark ring on my duck egg on Day 27? (Pic)

    As most new hatchers I imagine, I’ve been a complete wreck since lockdown wondering if my duck eggs are ok. Not much activity. I checked on them at 1am, and nada. But I woke up this morning to 2 external pips! 🥰 And one of the eggs has a wonky looking ring shaped “bruise” which did not look...
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    Internal pip last night but no further activity - do I need to intervene tonight?

    Hi! I've got 10 duck eggs in lockdown in the incubator, locked them down yesterday Day 25, temp is at 99.5-100 and humidity hovering around 65%. When I was putting them into lockdown last night, I noticed that in one egg, something was waving around in the air cell. I assume that was an...
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    Do these duck eggs look ready for lockdown?

    Hi, first time hatcher here and I’m becoming a nervous wreck! We were gifted duck eggs of an unknown breed and we are on Day 23 of incubation. From advice I received here I’m going to lock them down on Day 25. I’m worried however that I can’t really assess what’s going on inside, when I candle...
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    Duck eggs - breed unknown. When do I lock them down?

    Hi, My daughter was gifted 14 duck eggs from a classmate and he did not know the breed of duck. I cannot manage to get a hold of his parents, either. Right now we are on Day 15 in the incubator. We are down to 10 eggs, all of which seem to be healthy and growing (distinct veins with wiggly...
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    Duck embryo movement normal on Day 10?

    Hello! We are longtime chicken owners but brand new to hatching eggs and still learning so much. We are incubating ten duck eggs gifted to us by my child’s classmate. It is Day 10 today. I candled them this evening to make sure they’re all progressing nicely. All have veins and a warm red...
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