Alright, since I've caused quite a bit of flames here, I would like to apologize and try to explain to those who disapprove of my actions. Please note, especially waterfowlrescue, that I am not trying to cause more trouble or seem rude, but I believe that this sensitive topic is a lot like...
I hatched a hybrid duck about two months ago and he's part Giant Pekin and I noticed that once he hatched and could stand he kept hitting the heating element ring. He didn't get burnt but I'm hatching two more and am 90% positive they are the same breed that the first duck was, so I'm a bit...
So I'm hatching a what I believe is a Giant Pekin duck egg. It's around it's hatch date and this morning when I went to turn it I noticed a light blood ring around the air cell and darker spot near the center. I candled it and saw that the dark spot is attached to the big dark spot (I have a...
Anyone know where I can get just ONE band for my duck? I'm releasing it in a public lake and I would like to know which one it is once it grows identical.
Here's some more of little Pogo the duck:
He is going crazy and chipping like no tomorrow, so advice? Do you let em' just cheap and wear themselves out?
Are newborn Mallards supposed to be this small??
Also, I dipped his beak in water and helped him to the food, but he has trouble swallowing the food (at least the bigger pieces of crumble). Is that normal? I'm totally new to this so please bare with me. He also doesn't know to eat food and then...
So I pipped around 5:00 PM today, and my mother is really worried, because the last one died. So, how long does it take for then to fully hatch? When do I know/should intervene?
Alright, my last and only hope as recently pipped through in the last hour, and I'm still having issues with the humidity. The temperature inside is 101.7 F and the humidity is at 60 percent when it should be at 70 percent. I have the rings filled, a total of 8 sponges, and two soaked...
Okay I'm afraid I have an early hatch. I'm hatching a mallard duckling and it's only day 21. I went in at 8:30 tonight to turn it and refill the rings and it felt it pipped underneath the shell. So I assume if it makes it to actually breaking through the shell it will be sometime tomorrow. I...
Okay, some of you already know the story but I should tell it again.
I got two mallard duck eggs and put them in the incubator, than I got one other and added it in a week after the other two. Well the first two didn't go over so well (one went bad, the other made halfway out and died in the...
I also have what is 80% chance a pekin duck egg. I'm not sure if it's fertile, however this coming Sunday, I plan to set it. So, I read the article on dry incubation. Any opinions?
Okay, first time hatcher here, and here's the story.
Today is the 26th day and yesterday around 1-2:00 PM was when the egg first pipped. It has now been over 24 hours and it has made progress, but for the last 2-3 hours it hasn't made anymore progress. Is this normal? I'm using a still air...