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Hi, I have a 3 year old Silver Appleyard and I noticed a growth about the size of a large pea on the webbing of her foot. It’s on top, not underneath. It bleeds quite a bit when it’s warm, stops when it’s cold (her feet). It looks like a tiny piece of cauliflower. Any ideas? She doesn’t limp.

I have 4 Welsh Harlequins, 3 ladies, 1 drake. The drake only mates with one of the ladies and they all lay in the same nest. One has gone broody and I’d like her to hatch a duck and only one egg looks fertile out of the 9 she’s sitting on. Will I risk her abandoning the nest if I take out all...

Duck egg question: I left town for 5 days. One duck was already broody and sitting on 9 eggs. My duck sitter didn’t collect any eggs from our other two ducks. While I was gone, they all laid in the broody girls’ nest. Came home to two ducks happily sharing one nest full of 26 eggs. I had marked...

4 of my 8 ducks have just hatched fine today. One that piped about 48 hrs ago is still in the shell. I've attached a pic. It was the first to pip. Is this little one stuck?!

Hello, today is day 28 and 4 of my 8 duck eggs externally piped today. On some of them, the pointy end is turning yellow on the outside. Is that normal?

It's my first time incubating and I'm wondering how long it should take from internal pip to external? I have 8 Welsh Harlequins and at least 3 have internally piped. How much time should they take to pip externally? Today is day 28. Is love any support I can get :)

I'm raising broilers for the first time and when I come to their run to feed & water, they rush me at the gate and want out (it seems) to the greener spots around my yard. If I let them free range a bit while I'm outside with them, will they stick around or do I risk losing them?

Hello, today is lockdown for my 8 Welsh Harlequins. When I remove the turner and place them on their sides on the wire mesh (covered with no slip lining) do I want their air cell facing up? I've lightly outlined them all in pencil. I know fat end of the shell goes up but wondering if it matters...

Hi, anyone ever had their fan get really loud? I'm on day 19 with some duck eggs and when the fan turns off it makes a very loud vibrating sound. I'm worried something is wrong or will go wrong soon but so far temperature is maintaining.

Hello, I received 11 eggs from Metzer Farms (they shipped to Alaska). 1 was infertile and 2 showed signs of a blood ring early on. I'm on day 18 with the remaining 8. I kept RH at 45% for the first 13 days. Weight loss wasn't within the 13-15% for ducks so I decreased humidity to 35% for the...

Of the 11 eggs I received from Metzer Farms (they shipped to Alaska) 1 was infertile and 2 showed signs of a blood ring early on. I'm on day 18 with the remaining 8. I kept RH at 45% for the first 13 days. Weight loss wasn't within the 13-15% for ducks so I decreased humidity to 35% for the last...

Hi, first time to this forum. I'm incubating 10 WH in a few days and found this posting on humidity. https://poultrykeeper.com/incubating-and-hatching-ducks/what-humidity-should-i-use-to-hatch-duck-eggs/ It's a compelling write up and I love good data. However, 40% is lower than anything else...