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My mallards! 🦆

Thank you for responding! I’ll adjust the humidity but they were also dying when I had it at 35-45%. I am hoping to find a solution soon to my problem!

Adding that these are mallard duck eggs.

Is this my culprit to not hatching any eggs this year? Last year I did excellent with hatching. I’m following the same temp/humidity this year. The only difference thing is the hens are just laying their first eggs. Isn’t the shells thinner when they are first time layers? Just wondering if I...

Last year, I hatched over 100 duck eggs with minimum issues. This year, I’m having problems & im not sure what is going on! I have a hova 1588. Last year i did great with it set on 98.6 & humidity between 45-55% & then increasing to 70-80% for hatching. I have 10 females & 3 male mallards. I...

Thanks for the instructions on the water system. Do you have a feeder system also? I’m also looking for ways to keep someone from having to come care for ours while we are away

Great advise! Thank you.

Thank you. I was thinking the hens were still a little young for breeding. I’ll leave them together & hopefully I will have eggs by July!

Hello! I’m hoping someone can help me. I have 10 females mallards that were born the first of February. I have 3 male mallards that are 2 years old. I recently let 5 females out to be with the males. The males instantly tried breeding but the females somewhat would attack the males. The males...

Planning to order some mallards. I’ve looked at a few hatcheries online but wanted recommendations on who you have used. I also want them sexed & I know some don’t offer that. Who have you ordered from & received healthy ducklings??

I’m looking for ideas to build a smaller size duck pen that’s off the ground. I just need one to keep smaller ducks in until they go in our bigger one. Pics are appreciated!

Awhile back, One of my ducks was laying eggs & one morning when walked by the nest, I noticed some of the eggs were gone. Probably 5 or so. So I thought maybe a predator came during the night. But there were no shells to be found. About 2 days later, the eggs reappeared back in the nest. the...

My baby Mallard, wish they would stay this little ! 😊

What kind of incubator do you use? do you have a separate one for hatching only? If you have made a homemade incubator, could you please share a picture. I currently have a Hova Bator genesis 1588 but I am looking into a second one. I’m open to home made as well (preferably with an egg turner)

Ok! I wasn’t sure. I had the worst luck w my last 2 hatches & was trying to stay on top of these. I didn’t see the beak around that spot. I have about 5 that have that & I just wanted to get opinions. They still are moving so I’m hoping for a successful hatch!

Is this an internal pip on a duck egg?

Yes they seem to be pipping sooner than they should. I will turn the temp down (it’s a preset incubator) & see if that helps with my next batch. I just did an eggtopsy & 3 were fully developed & did an internal pip but no external. So I guess they died after that.

I had 18 mallard eggs incubating- forced air-temp 99.5, humidity ranges bw 40-50%. On day 24 (thursday) I had 8 externally pip. After candling, the rest seemed to still show movement, some had internally pipped. Day 25 would of been Friday. So Thursday night, I went ahead & put all 18 on...

Best place to buy mallard duck eggs to incubate? 2 of my females have died & I would love to get more eggs to incubate to see if I can hatch my own

I would candle them to look for movement if you don’t see any external pip