I've had my first successful hatching! Out of 12 eggs I got 9 live ducklings sadly I had to have 1 put down because of an unabsorbed yolk sack and a deformity. But 8 live and healthy ducklings! I am going to keep 2 and have homes for the other 6. They are so cute and I'm so glad the majority...
I guys so I have had my ducks incubating for 26/27days now and I just noticed a pip....On the wrong end. Not where the air sac is! So I read the step by step guide to assisted hatching. I got it out and used tweasers to create a better hole. The membrane was brown. I pretty confident i read...
So lock down is 6 days away and I'm getting paranoid! I'm so worried I'm going to do something wrong and lose all my babies so far I've got 9 still growing. I've been marking the air sacs and they have grown. I've got some little eggs and big eggs. Should I keep an eye on a certain size...
So I keep reading different things, I was hoping someone would be kind enough to clarify it for me. How long do duck eggs incubate for? Also lockdown at which day? Thanks guys x
Hi it's roughly 5 to 14 days old. ...sorry but she had hidden her spot and once I found it she had a heap of eggs. I questioned the fertility because she is a muscovy cross and some people have told me that this type of cross can not reproduce. .... but she's been sitting on her eggs all day...
hi guys i read on thIs site http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/2013/01/facts-and-myths-about-fertile-eggs.html?m=1
So do you think this egg was fertile or not? I've got others but wanted to test 1. Thank you
hi i'm relatively need to this forum and on very new to ducks sitting on their eggs i have a muScovy cross and she has found a nesting spot in the worst possible place i have put under her 2 fertile eggs in place of some dud eggs so in total she has 12 eggs she is laying on however yesterday she...