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Congrats on everyone's new babies.. I have been sitting on my hands.. The last time I candled my eggs I said to myself these eggs just don't look cooked yet.. They were actually due yesterday.. I sooo wanted to give some help..I did not.. This morning I have a little pip and a someone else...

Down to 16 I had two late quitters.. however I am getting ready and to pass the time I am building a new brooder! Hopefully it will be done by hatch day.. otherwise they will have to go in the old one.. I have it primed now and tonight I am going to caulk it to make it easier to clean and...

Well down to 18 out of 30.. a couple of the 18 are iffy.. 10 clear and 2 quitters.. I am keeping them in for a few more days just to make sure my eyes are not tricking me... I am still excited to see all the veining.. air sacs look good so far.. Jamie

I have a 10 x 10 run with a house in the run.. they also go out into a 50 x 50 yard during the day.. This is my set up I have concrete pavers in 3/4 of the run the rest is just dirt with straw or shavings on top a mixture. I left some of it not paved so they could get in their mud digging...

I think you have it just right. You should have some happy duckies. I think the cold does not bother ducks near like the chickens. I live in Ky and winters are not all that bad here but we do get snow.. I have not lost one yet to cold.. just keep enough unfrozen water for head dunking and a dry...

Quote: Yes that is where I got them from.. My husband may move out if all 30 hatch Jamie

I posted on the other thread Chickens for Christmas but it's looking like this will be the "official" Christmas hatching thread I am in! I put 30 silkie eggs in from bbrobins in yesterday.. I have never had chickens, but hatched out ducks..I can't wait! why does it take so long . I look in...

My eggs came before lunch!!! all beautiful and intact.. The PO even called me to pick them up starting out with 30 silkie eggs of various colors.. good luck everyone! Jamie

My Eggs should be here today .. Silkies.. My first time hatching Chickens..or even owning chickens.. my bator has been running a few days with dummy eggs and it is steady as a rock.. PLEASE PO be nice to my eggs!! So if they come today and I will let them sit till tonight and stick them in and...

Here is a short Video of mine... I have hatched out many ducks in it so far.. I ended up scrapping my LG because this one is way more reliable... It is a foam cooler that worms come in I picked it up free at walmart, it has many ball jars in for heat sinks... the jars fit perfectly in the spaces...

Hold my hand please!! I may need it... hopefully I will be a first time chicky mom. I just won a auction for 24 silkie eggs from mbrobbins. I have hatched many Call and Black East Indie duck eggs so hopefully this will go well. I am guessing that chicks have to be easier than call ducks those...

Ok.. I think I am going to go for it.. I am going to try and win one of CJ's autions and off to hatching we go.. I will take note as to seperating the duck pen and the chick pen.. The chick house and run construction will start this weekend.. before the eggs go in the bator...hopefully will be...

So I am a duck mom and I was thinking about getting some Silkie eggs (I have never owned chickens).. my bator is usually full in spring with duck eggs so I thought I would get a jump on it.. I live in the country.. but have no land to speak of.. just a typically yard.. They ducks have a 50 x 50...

Count me in also!! I have set 48 Call Duck Eggs and 30 Black East Indie eggs. 2nd time with calls first batch did not go so well 4/44 . I candled yesterday and 12 of the calls and 3 indies were yolkers and 3 quiters. We had power outage for a few hours on day 2. Hoping everyone's Hatch goes...

Thanks. I did not cool or mist, mosly because it has been so wet here in Kentucky for the past month is the reason I did not mist. I did hatch in cartons. So when you cool the eggs do you physically take them out of the bator or just open the bator top? the next hatch goes better. Jamie

Frustrated!! I have hatched ducks before with great sucess, however these call ducks are going to be my demise. I put 44 eggs in 2 different incubators 40 made it to 26 days I got 2 out of each incubator to hatch and I had to help those out. My Temp was dead on 99.0 -100.0 forced air and...

I am with y'all too. I set 44 call duck eggs. First time with calls so we will see what happens. The owner of the calls said she thinks that only about 1/2 are viable eggs so we will see some of those eggs are mighty tiny compaired to my BIE's. I like to hatch so she gave me the stress. Oh...

I have had a broody chicken hatching out some BEI ducks. Well not all went well. The chicken is at my Brother In Laws, so they started to hatch yesterday. 3 hatched and before he noticed the chicken killed one duckling one was in bad shape and died shortly after it was found and the other has a...

Ok This weekend I made a incubator using plans I found on this site. All up and running but I am overwhelmed at all the information and would like to pose a few questions, Feel free to add any other info I could need. Forgive my stupidity. Ok I will be putting in the bator east Indies and...

What Breed of dog do you have? I also train on ducks because I have no land for sheep. The first set of ducks I got was Hatchery runners and I hated them for training. I now have east indies and I love them! The runners were too spastic for training. But I also think it depends on the breed of...