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    Trying to save mallard eggs, incubation help!

    My daughter and I have been visiting a wild mallard nest near our house for a few weeks to check her progress. Today we arrived to a slew of feathers and abandoned eggs. It was clear the he'd had been killed. I collected the remaining eggs and took them home to candle and incubate thinking that...
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    3 day old duckling not eating? Help!

    I don't have the foggiest idea lol. I got some eggs for my daughter's birthday to hatch and raise a couple months and then take back to the farm.
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    3 day old duckling not eating? Help!

    Chick starter
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    3 day old duckling not eating? Help!

    Well, he certainly eats hard boiled egg. I mixed it with the food but every time he seemed to get some food in there he shook his head like he didn't like it. Maybe he's just being picky?
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    3 day old duckling not eating? Help!

    He seems super scared of me for some reason. He'll grab a couple little bites from my hand and then shy away. I'm not convinced his "bites" aren't him actually trying to bite me. Lol
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    Chick pecking new duckling, any way to get along?

    I think it was just curiosity. After one night separated but able to see each other, the pecking stopped. However, I think I will get them each a friend or two. I'm concerned the duckling isn't eating and I'm wondering if he's lonely. There was another egg that pipped and strteds zipping at the...
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    3 day old duckling not eating? Help!

    I have a lone duckling that hatched 3 days ago, the only one of 4 eggs that made it. He's brooding with a single week old chick right now but I think I'll go and get each of them a friend after reading several posts about how it's better for them to be with their own kind. Anyway, I'm not sure...
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    Chick pecking new duckling, any way to get along?

    I have them.in the same brooder currently, but with aawire "fence" separatin them. They can see each other but the duck can get away from the pecks if necessary. It doesn't seem to want to though, lol, wants to snuggle chick! I'm pretty sure the chick is curious, not looking for food, but "new...
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    Chick pecking new duckling, any way to get along?

    How long do I wait to see, or how would I know? Could damage be done to duck's eyes or will little miss curious get over it pretty quick?
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    How long from pip to hatch? Should I worry?

    Like with a needle? Through the shell? If they are viable won't that kill them? Could I float test first? (Wow, sorry... Newbie questions much? )
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    Chick stepped on, hurt leg, help!

    No, unfortunately she was the only hatchling of two chicken eggs in the bator. We did duck eggs as well, and one hatched last night. She seems to want to peck pick it incessantly though... Not sure how to stop that behavior.
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    How long from pip to hatch? Should I worry?

    There doesn't appear to be any internal pips on the remaining 2 and no movement that I could see. Does this mean they died at some point over the last week?
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    Chick pecking new duckling, any way to get along?

    I have a week old chick who is the only one to survive and has never known anything but solitary life. I just hatched a duckling, hopefully the first of a few. I only have one heat lamp/tote brooder and was hoping to keep the babies together but the chick is rather mean and keeps pecking the...
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    How long from pip to hatch? Should I worry?

    I was around 100 degrees and 55-60% humidity. I hatched chicks in the same Bator so as they hatched humidity went up to around 70-75 then stayed there until these ducklings hatched. What I don't understand is why they would half unzip and then die. There was no yolk issue, membrane looked great...
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    How long from pip to hatch? Should I worry?

    Hmmm... Wonder what went wrong then.
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    Chick stepped on, hurt leg, help!

    She seems much better as of yesterday! Walking without favoring it much! Looks like it took care of itself.
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    How long from pip to hatch? Should I worry?

    Thanks for asking! I have one little guy out, and another who died at some point during the unzipping process. Not sure what happened, except that it looked like his leg was over his head, so maybe mal positioned? The other two still haven't pipped yet. They were all moving and viable at day...
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    How long from pip to hatch? Should I worry?

    They have made some progress on zipping (very little) but one is now peeping very loudly as if distressed... I had to open the Bator to add cloths to up humidity but it was a second or two only. Could I have endangered them?
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    How long from pip to hatch? Should I worry?

    I just heard peeping!! Someone's still alive in there! Although at this point that could even be the ones that have no external pip. Lol
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    How long from pip to hatch? Should I worry?

    Hi all! I have 4 duck eggs in an incubator, and we are on day 28! over 24 hours ago, I noticed a couple VERY small external pips (more like bubbles, shell didn't fall away). I haven't heard any peeping or seen movement since, but I've read that ducks can take longer to hatch than chickens. I've...
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