Thought id jump on here , my little duck biggie died about an hour ago , he was 4 weeks old and much smaller than the other 5 ducklings and think he was bullied away from food etc i have sobbed for a good 20 mins 😭 i dont know what to do with the wee soul
Little Hope finally hatched 1 day early 😍🦆 i think from what ive seen on the net this is a mallard ? But how cute , hatched about 10 mins ago !
What should the incubator temp be at ? I will be putting little hope into brooder tomoz :)
Just me again , so last night i gave in and had a little candle of my duck egg , day 26 yesterday , it had internally pipped but not sure when , i could hear the little duckling talking and could see its little orange bill !
This morning , day 27 ive woke up to a little crack externally 😍😍
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Im on day 24 with little Hope !
Lockdown tomoz and was just wondering if this is shaddowing or has the duckling internally pipped ?
Also what humidty should i have for lockdown ?
Ive attatched a video , hope its clear enough :)
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Couldnt find a definate answer anywhere .
I have 1 duck egg thats on day 21 , not sure which breed . But the egg is wobbling side to side , cant hear anything and the air sac has sloped to one side if that makes sense ?
I was just wanting to know if i should keep as is until day 25 and...
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So i have 7 eggs in my incubator ( ill post photo ) and 1 egg is due to hatch 8 days before my 2nd lot of eggs , buying a new incu is out of the question and ive seen posts where its not suggested to do a staggered hatch .
So ive thought about taking the 2 back rotating rollers out and...
Thank you , im between 50/55% now , fingers crossed my little duck makes it and its good to know all this info for next time as im assuming my little duck will need a friend :)
So i should be at 50% - 55% ?
I do yes , i have a small inhaler cap filled which did keep me at the percentages i mentioned first and if i add a little water to a tray it takes it up to between 50%-55%
Im in the UK so its quite cold at the moment , and i have an old house so hard to heat all rooms