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    Mallard babies

    We have 4 Mallards (3 hens & 1 drake) they had the back toe clipped when we got them. Now we have babies, at what age and how do you go about clipping the toe. We also have a pair of Black East Indies, she is currently sitting. Is there anything special that you must do to these to indicate...
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    Mallards finally hatched but something not right

    We took the advice on forum and did the floating test Friday evening, several looked promising even though it was day 29. On Saturday, we began to see some pipping and wrapped eggs in a warm damped papertowel. Out of 5 eggs we have 2 healthy babies. The others, 1 appeared to be all wrapped...
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    Turkey Eggs

    Our turkeys just started laying eggs, how long can we wait before putting them in the incubator? I've read several different articles and it seems to be roughly the 7 day range. Should we relay on candling if over the 7 day period? Since only getting 2-3 a day, wanted to hold off a little bit.
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    Waiting....waiting....help?!?!?

    I have 2 sets of eggs waiting on some babies. When do you give up? Neither set show signs of anything. Duck eggs were set on 3/10 and Chickens on 3/16, these were both done in incubator. I also have a mallard hen that started sitting on a nest in pen as well around the same time. In the pen...
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    When will they hatch?

    I have 2 sets of eggs waiting on some babies. When do you give up? Neither set show signs of anything. Duck eggs were set on 3/10 and Chickens on 3/16, these were both done in incubator. I also have a mallard hen that started sitting on a nest in pen as well around the same time. In the pen...
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