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  1. ktduck

    Help! first time hatching!

    Hello, Just thought I'd let you know that I candle the blackish eggs, and there were def no veins or movement and when i (very carefully) smelt it closer, it had a slight smell. I will have to shoo Mindy off her nest and throw the rest i think, I will candle the pinkish one just in case - but...
  2. ktduck

    Help! first time hatching!

    How can you tell if she is broody? She sits on them all day, comes out normally only Once to eat and drink. She gets all huffy if you go near her nest and she honks a lot, also she is a bit aggressive to the other ducks. She actually seems a bit crazy when she sits on eggs. I guess I just...
  3. ktduck

    Help! first time hatching!

    They definitely had no smell. The shells were not opaque at all, they were all black nearly. I haven't thrown them in the bin or anything I just removed them from the nest as I freaked out and didnt want it to burst under my girl. I'm very confused now - but it seems as though they were bad...
  4. ktduck

    Help! first time hatching!

    I smelt them and they didn't smell rotten. I tossed the two darker ones as I read elsewhere that they were rotten. I thought it was an outline of a duckling I could see and that's where I was getting confused! The dad is khaki campbell and mum is a buff orpington, so I don't think they have...
  5. ktduck

    Help! first time hatching!

    Hi guys sorry to use this thread but I have a hatching question. I don't have an incubator and my girl has been sitting on eggs. I'm just letting nature takes its course.. But I checked out the eggs when she is having some food, I don't know what I am looking for. Can anybody tell of these eggs...
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