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Well, I am unsure exactly what went wrong. Out of 25 duck eggs, I now have 4 alive and healthy ducklings. After 2 had pipped and had air holes, but never made it out of their shells, after two days... when another had pipped and was still alive after a day, I did help it... I sort of made sure...

Thank you Amiga! Well, this morning I have 2 ducks hatched out in the incubator. But the other egg that started to pip two mornings ago, still has just a small hole... through the day yesterday it had started to make the line around but it only got maybe half an inch. Lastnight it was still...

Thank you... the one that I broke open did indeed die. I don't know if I should have left it alone. I guess, I will leave the others and see what happens. I wish I had some experience with duck eggs!

I know it takes several hours for them to work their way out of their egg... but is 24 hours or more, normal..? It has been 24 hours easily... maybe more. I am just at a loss... I didn't think it would be all that different from chick hatching...

Hi, its been a while since I have been on here. But I need some help didn't no where else to go... I had a fairly successful hatch last year of chicks. This year my brother in law asked if I would incubate/hatch some duck eggs for him. I enjoy it so much... There are two batches... first batch...

Okay. Thanks for your help. Must be that the bigger ones will pick on the smaller ones. I will have to fix up some sort of different set-up for the small chicks out in my horse barn. The house is just to hot. And their running outta room anyway. Thank You!

I have 17 chickens who are 3 months old, and they are out in the coop, and actually I have recently been allowing them to roam outside of their fenced in yard. All has been going well. I also have 18 chicks who are two weeks old, they are feathering nicely, even flying about some. They are in a...

Well, I felt unable to give this chick the attention it would need right now. So my neighbor was willing to take it on. She feeds it with a medicine dropper for now. I guess we'll see how it goes. If the chick only had one eye, or a missing leg, or a problem wing, I probably would have kept it...

Thank you all for your help. I think I saw him eating... at least it looked like he was eating tonight. He is getting around pretty well. and huddles with the others. I did see one chick picking on him a bit once. But there are always a few who pick at others. I am keeping an eye on him /her for...

Oh one more thing... are deformities fairly common in chickens? or is it a total freak thing that I happened to have, one of very few, in my batch...?

Interesting. I'm okay with whatever happens. This is nature's doing, not mine. But I'm so new to the world of chickens, I didn't know what to expect. I appreciate straight forward and honest answers. Thank you for that. He's a cute little fellow, but, if he can't eat by himself, this is how...

As some of you know, I recently had my first batch of eggs hatch from the incubator... first timer ever for me. Out of 30 eggs, 21 hatched.Salmon faverolles, and Light Bramahs, and one Ameraucana are in the 21 that have hatched. I believe this deformed chick is a Salmon Faverolle, hatched...

Thank you for the tips, I will put shavings in today, I hadn't thought about the slippery. The news papers tho were temporary, until they were able to get around better. I will make sure to put rocks in the water dish. I didn't put water in over night. I know new chicks are shipped in mail...

My hatch date was suppose to be Monday (tomorrow). Chicks started pipping out last night. So far, 9 have hatched without problem. There are at least 9 more eggs pipped, some are those are more then pipped. First hatch was 11:00AM, last at 6:00 PM, for the 9 that are already here... At 7 PM I...

This is my first time incubating ducklings and chicks. I put in 7 duck eggs and 7 days later I added 30 fertile chicken eggs. This is an experimental run. My incubator is a new, hova bator 1588. The temp has been right where it should be, the humidity tends to run a bit high. I'm wondering, when...

Oh wow... this really is exciting and nerve wracking! But I'm enjoying it! I will have to learn more about lockdown... I don't know anything about it. But I get it... don't disturb after putting them down on the grate. Speaking of humidity... its suppose to be bad here tomorrow. We'll just have...

Yes, please let us know if you had a good hatch rate..?? I just put some duck eggs in mine lastnight. will put some chicken eggs in also, next Monday. My brother in law is giving me some Faverolle eggs, Ameraucana eggs, and of course several different duck eggs... and he is giving me some...

Okay... I think will just try it. As I kept reading the instructions... it says I can pull the red plug, if there is to much moisture build up on the window... so, I should think I could pull the plug to bring the humidity down a little also. I did pull it to see what happens. I think I will go...

Okay, so, I am new to having chickens this year. I have gone all out now, and bought an incubator... Hova-Bator 1588. I bought that one, since its suppose to be easy to use. I have had it plugged in for a couple days now. No eggs in it yet, I'm just seeing if its working properly. So the temp is...

ok... so I guess its just up to the individual which to use... if other people are using it, and its not killing off their chicks and chickens... I guess I'm not so afraid to use it also if need be. I understand some people are all about being "green"... but when it comes to bugs... I don't want...