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Originally Posted by MistyMountain I vote for #1, Simulated Natural Nest Incubation. I think that best describes this method and it may not get the attention it deserves otherwise. You could always combine a couple names-- Simulated Natural Nest Incubation: The Hootie Hatch. I agree with...

Congratulations Tomtommom!! Amelia is beautiful!! My daugher took forever to be born, too. The main problem is that she was face up though the whole delivery - she was born with a sloped forehead! She was 21 inches long but only weighed 5 lbs 8 oz, just like me when I was born. Sounds like...

tomtommom - when I had my one and only little girl (22 years ago), she went 42 weeks. I thought she would never come out. My sister gave me a word of advice on how to get things started, and it worked for me. She said to soak in a warm tub and while in there to stimulate my nipples to release my...

I have been avidly keeping up with your posts, Bee, and following this experiment from the very beginning. Please don't let it get you down that not all of your eggs are hatching. People who spend tons of money on sophisticated incubators don't always have great hatches at first, either. I have...

Well, she is in Nevada where the air is MUCH dryer than where you live. That right there would make a huge difference.

Well, enola, I plan on eating my culls myself, not feeding them to the other ducks!! That's part of why I am raising them, and part of how the flock pays for itself. That and all those lovely duck eggs!

I'm with you, mlowen. I have been following this thread since the beginning. I think it is fascinating and I love Bee. I don't thing anything she said was wrong, nor was there anything wrong with how she said it. I just culled two drakes out of my duck flock today, and have more to go but my...