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Weird Drake
oh i didnt take it that way at all. I'm a newb. yea i just need to be persistent i guess and keep my temper hah. I have dunked him in his pond a few times lol. Light kicks dont seem to do much. Picking him up and holding him helps a bit. It's definitely aggression though initially. Hard pecks... -
Weird Drake
But the pecking behavior can be bad. You don't want your drake being alpha right? Biggest problem i have is its very aggressive. Not the pecking but I can't even walk lol...If i kneel down he chills out but even after quite some time of attention he will chase me again and step in front of my... -
Weird Drake
Hand raised a drake that imprinted pretty well on me. Now hes older and mating etc and exhibiting some behavior im not a fan of. He will run across the yard when I come out of the house and if im standing still he will circle my feet....just doing laps and laps. Rarely biting my pants. Mostly... -
Drake issue with new duckling
HAHAH oh jeez... I may have to use that... but imagine locking up the husband and having the wives play with the new and younger boyfriend. lol. -
Drake issue with new duckling
yea I let him out as much as i can. usually in the yard for 1-2 hours a day but the duckling doesnt leave my side. Sometimes he gets within a few feet of the drake but he wont do a thing until the duckling walks away from him lol. -
Drake issue with new duckling
Cool. Will have to try that. My guess is that as he gets up to 8+ weeks hes out of danger maybe? -
Drake issue with new duckling
I have a 4 week old duckling that i've been introducing a few times daily to my other 4 ducks. (1 drake 3 females). Probably for 2-3 weeks now. I've read on here that drakes can either be really cool with ducklings or try to kill them. The duckling is still indoors and this is the only thing... -
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First hatch!
First one is solid. The last 2 are a little weak. I did quite a bit to help them out but no blood. They are a lil wobbly but giving them time to work in the muscles etc. had to move the first one out because it kept following and trying to climb my hands as i was trying to help the others... -
First hatch!
first one is out! seems to be doing well. As soon as it popped out and started making noise the 2nd started to get to work on unzipping. 3rd is still being a lazy bum but moving inside. -
First hatch!
One has advanced. This is ~15 mins old and it started zipping. The zip line is closer to the base right now. The other 2 i can barely see some movement like breathing but not much progress compared to this morning. -
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First hatch!
haha Unfortunately I woke up to the incubator humidity at 32%. Down from ~88%. I underestimated the 2 small holes i left wide open etc. They are peeping though. 1 got some work done but no definite "zipping". Far left egg i started to remove some of the crushed shell and found the membrane... -
First hatch!
Yea it has a fan that is still going. 2 of the eggs i started incubating pretty much the day they got laid. I can't say for sure about the time since first ext pip but i noticed it this morning. I'm assuming it happened overnight. -
First hatch!
Yea me too but its slowly dropping. @ 87% now and opened the vents. temp is 97 I just wont add anymore water and it should even out i think. -
First hatch!
Seems they are taking a break. 3rd egg now has some pipping. 4th still nothing visible. This one will be behind a bit im sure but will he eventually shift himself into position if i messed up his positioning when i removed him from the turner? I'm a little nervous that he may start pipping on... -
First hatch!
Posted ~ month ago about my first hatch ended up losing all 4 eggs early on. Learned a lot. Started a new one and its day 25. Was just about to put them on lock down. They were at ~47% humidity and ~100 temp... 2 of them had already externally pipped ~half an inch or so. All of them look like... -
Duck Egg incubation help
I called it quits. Egg shell got darker. Didn't start to smell but candling was not looking good. Was very underdeveloped still and no movement. Air sac ceased shrinking. Going to start again mid June -
Duck Egg incubation help
Still no internal pip. It can happen any time after day 25 no? Just being realistic here... has anyone had duck hatches go into 30+ days? Other than muscovys of course. -
Duck Egg incubation help
small dark spot visible on egg shell. Still no movement. Not calling quits yet but we'll see... tonight ~8-9p will be 28 days