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He was a Pekin Swedish cross and he was definitely dead. And i know ducks hatch on day 28.

Well, no duck. Today was day 23 and i did a quick candling befor i spritzed the little guy and right under the air sac was a large clear space, no veins and no movement. I opened the egg and the little guy was covered in yellow, yolk like junk but his yolk sace was completely intact. It looks...

What day am I supposed to take this duck egg off the turner? Day 25 right?

Well. My single chick died while I was at work today. Looks like he curled up, fell asleep and died. Now i just have to see if my duck egg hatches... :/

#1 The chick is fine #2 He was on paper towels that I put in before lock down, not wire mesh #3 I understand the term "lockdown" just fine. I pulled him out to make sure he wasnt still bleeding AFTER hed fluffed out and i got home from work. #4 He hatched on day 18, so day 23-24 would have been...

Here is my single fluff butt

Bad news. All the other eggs DIS. Two were upside down and the 3 others were super sticky. I found that there was a second turken and he was upside down but his head was swollen. Like jiggly to the touch swollen. Any ideas???:hit

Should i change the paper towels????? The ones in there are a hot mess...

Ok well, i just got back home and my tiny Turken is still alive! When i left this morning he had hatched but hadnt absorbed his yolk. There was a pretty good sized blob. Well it looks like it ruptured and then bled everywhere. I popped him out really fast and hes pretty derned lively! He has...

Hes a Turken!!!!!!

Question. Does anyone know what would happen if a RIR bred with a barred rock? One of my eggs didnt make it so i autopsied and it was a little black, fully formed chick except his head was as big as his body....

Hes peeping like crazy! What do i do! Ive never gotten this far!!!!!

I HAVE A PIP OMG AN ACTUAL EXTRENAL PIP!!!!!!!!

@FridayYet who turned on the heater out here?!?!?! Are you melting yet?

I'm hoping this will work! Wish me luck!

Ok, It is officially day 17! I'll be candling shortly but I have a question for you elite chicken hatchers lol I'm going to be gone tomorrow night, which is when i should be taking my peeps off of the automatic turner. Will it hurt anything if I take them out of the turner tonight? I'll still...

Those darker eggs that you cant see all the way through are livers! lol

That egg has a live embryo!!!!!!!

DAY 15!!!!! So far it looks like everyone if still kicking away! I brought home a little duck from the feed store the other day and he's to tiny for the bigger babies I have so hopefully he can hang on a week for some chicky friends! And then in two more weeks (ARGH!!) he can hopefully have...