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  1. chrystalduck

    A Few Of My Babies

    Remember, I was needing runners picked from my ducklings. Most of these are going to my sil, I wish she would hurry to pick them up. I am falling more in love with them everyday. Wanted to share of few pictures of them. What breeds do you see the most of in them? WHERE IS MY BROS AND...
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    Help Is My Duckling In Trouble UPDATE--BABY PICTURES PAGE 3

    I have babies trying to hatch. I am worried about this little guy. I have never had them this color around the pip. Is it in trouble, he has peeped all night and I can still see movement. I took a straw and added some warm ter through the vent at the top of the bator to add a little more...
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    Can anyone identify a baby runner for me?

    Okay, I usually don't do this. Count my ducks before they hatch, but, they are rocking, pippin and ready to zip My problem is, I have WH and I should have a runner cross in the bunch. Plus a numerous assortment. Can anyone identify the runner in the bunch? I am hatching these for my sil but...
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    Hatching Ducks Under Broody Hen?

    My sister has ask me to save out some duck eggs this morning to put under her broody hen. Sis, has an incubator full of chicken eggs right now, and wouldn't you know now, 2 hens have went broody. Has anyone had success with hatching ducks under a broody hen? I love my ducks and I want to be...
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    What are we?

    They are 14 days old. These are out of some eggs my neighbor gave me. Not the best pictures, probably to soon to tell the sex of them yet. Gosh, I hope they aren't all roosters.
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    Worried about my girl

    I have a runner who has me very worried. She has always been so loving, calm and very sweet. She has just recently started acting like she is afraid of me? I go out to give them treats, she turns her back to me. I noticed yesterday she was holding one foot up under her wing. I went in and...
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    Bad Smell In Bator, Can"t Find The Bad Egg?

    I am on day 12. I went to turn eggs this morning and I noticed a funky smell in the bator. I went ahead and candled again. I found 5 eggs that had died since my first candling. I ugg sniffed each one of these 5, they didn't smell. The rest of the eggs I candled looked fine, I even sniffed...
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    Can Ducks Drink Chlorinated Water?

    We have been having water trouble, we have a deep well. Anyway, the water guy came today and fixed the problem and added two chlorine tabs to the water.. Then, I remembered the ducks, will this hurt them to drink and swim in it? I tried looking it up online and found conflicting things. One...
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    Probably A Silly Question, Cayuga Eggs

    I have made 4 attempts at hatching cayuga eggs, no luck. I filled my bator back up with 37 duck eggs various breeds. I have 3 cayuga eggs in there too, gonna try again. I have no trouble hatching the others, just the cayuga eggs. My question, do they require something different? I always...
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    Power Outage Babies

    I ended up with 5 babies. The power outage didn't seem to cause any problems!!!
  11. chrystalduck

    Cracked Egg

    I'm sorry if this topic has been answered before, I don't have time to look at all post this morning. I recently posted about the 8 hour power outage we had right before lockdown. I am happy to say I now have 5 darling chicks. I have 2 eggs left in the bator and 1 chick is still in there...
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    Duck Eggs, How Long Will They Keep.?

    How long can you store duck eggs before incubating them. I have 5 doz now. I saved the first 2 doz for someone who wanted eggs to hatch. They never picked them up. I started saving them out 4-15. I turn the cartons daily. Is it to late to incubate these now?
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    Power Outage

    I have 12 chicken eggs in the bator. Lockdown tomorrow... The power went out at 10pm last night and it was off close to eight hours.. The eggs were cold. Do you think there is any hope they will survive? I tried candling one and I seen no movement. I am just sick over it. DH said to give...
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