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    Do Goose eggs move when they are about to hatch? Mine are not.

    I'm on day 28 of my goose eggs and I cannot even see inside the shell to see movement at this point so not sure if they are still alive. I just put them into lockdown and was hoping that I would see them move ( rock ) like my ducks eggs do right before they hatch, but so far no movement. Could...
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    Newly Hatched Ducks Have One Closed Eye??

    Not all, but a few of my newly hatched ducklings have one closed eye. I did wipe down with warm water. Is this common before they start to drink water. They are only a couple of hours old so hopefully it's just due to that?? Has anyone else ever had this happened. There is no goop or anything...
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    Incubating American Buff Goose Egg Questions?

    Well, I have joined the many people incubating goose eggs this year,and boy am I excited. I am using shipped eggs, as there is nobody that I know of here in New Hampshire that raises the American Buff goose. Anyway, I candled the first three that I set 5 days ago, and at least one was...
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    I need advice on lock down for ducks right away.

    I am on day 22 with 18 Khaki Cambell duck eggs. Most of them started to move yesterday,the first of March, maybe the day before. Lock down isn't due until Tuesday, but should I lock down sooner due to their moving so much??? I was turning them three times a day as well but I was thinking of...
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    Almost time for lockdown and aircells are not quite a third of the egg.

    This is my second year trying to hatch duck eggs. Last year I tried twice but because of the humidity that I I kept to high they did not develop the right size air cell. This year I have 18 going strong babies and I am ready for lock down on the 5th of March. I still feel that the air cell is to...
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    Dry Incubation

    I was wondering more about dry incubation methods. I started of last year with two bad hatches of ducks as I read high humidity was important(75%) and the the air cells never grew big resulting in the death of all of my babies. That was the end of my effort last year as it was way to...
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    Question about misting duck eggs?

    Hi There, I am on day 14 with Kahki Cambell duck eggs. I just started misting tonight as I read that this might help draw out some of the moisture in the egg, which is my goal because I do not feel that the air cell is getting very large at this point. I also took out all water out of...
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    sexing a male call duck

    Just going through a few posts on sexing call ducks and I thought that I had it figured out by the white bib that a few of mine were getting. They are 4-5 weeks old and almost feathered in. I thought the ones with white bibs were boys. Is this a wrong guess after all :o) Thanks!
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    Due to Hatch Question

    I am on lock down day #2 with 5 runner duck eggs. They are all moving around now, but I noticed one tonight is really dark on one end approx. 1/3 of the egg. I am hoping that this is not a bad thing. I think I still saw the egg moving though. Any input would be greatly appreciated. All I can...
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    hatching question

    Well, I am down to just a few days before hatching my runner ducks. This is my first hatch and I fear that I have done everything wrong. I read last night that you turn from end to end not from the middle and I have had these eggs leaning with their smaller end down and rotating three times a...
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    Candling ducks and some seem bigger than others

    I have 5 Runner duck eggs due to hatch around the 22nd of this month. When I candle them it seems like a couple are bigger and some are smaller. Is this normal and do they all tend to hatch at the same time? I set them all up in the incubator at the same time as well. Thanks, Wendy
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    Burned out lightbulb in incubator

    I woke up this morning and went straight to the incubator as I usually do to turn eggs. I have 7 fertile, 2 1/2 week old runner ducks in there. I found that the light bulb had burned out during the night and the temp was down to 60ish.I was so worried about the babies. I immediately changed out...
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    loss of baby chick/ question

    I went down stairs to refresh water this afternoon and I found one of my 6 day old baby chicks was lying there having a really hard time breathing and eventually died after a half an hour. It seemed like she had asperated maybe on water from the signs that I have seen in finches that I have...
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    new to incubating

    I bought some fertile runner duck eggs off from someone, and they arrived safely in the mail today. After I stuck them in the incubator I received an e-mail from her tonight telling me to wait 12 hours before I put them in the incubator. I was wondering if I just screwed everything up for a...
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    Feeding baby chicks boiled eggs

    Just wondering if the whole egg is okay to give the chicks or just the yoke? Thanks
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