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Oh it is exciting! I guess you take a risk with postals but if you want a particular breed like I did, postals end up the only choice. I take it you've hatched chicks? Do you breed or for pets? I'm happy with 3, hoping we have 2 girls and a boy - with Welsh harlequins you can sex by Bill colour...

Here are my babies. The last one I assisted is starting to fluff. She is smaller than the others bless her. They are such a joy! What an experience!! When are your babies due? X

Thanks luv for checking back. So out of 6 postal eggs - 2 didn't develop. And out of the 4 that went full term, 1 died :( (but it's air sac was large and irregular so I suspected it would), 2 hatched unassisted and last night I had to help one hatch as it was a 1.5 days behind the others. So I...

You were so right. I got up at 5am to check on him. He was still there, in his shell resting and peeping. Just came back down at 7am and he's hatched! All by himself. What a clever fella and so beautiful. Fingers crossed for a buddy whilst I'm at work today!!! Xx

Ah now that all makes sense. The others are still only just pipping - he was a day earlier because he had done his inner pip externally. So going by that he wouldn't have been ready until tomorrow morning (I'm in the UK and it's 9pm here). He seems comfy enough. Peeping and resting. Once I know...

Thanks for your reply. I have read the assisting link over and over. So decided as it's been over 40 hours now to get him out and have a look. It appears he's malpositioned and has pipped outside of the air sac. I opened the shell near the air sac and dampened it to check the veins. They are...

I'm hoping someone can help me. I'm incubating 4 Welsh harlequin duck eggs. This is my first hatch, from postal eggs We are on day 28. Out of the 4 eggs 2 have pipped. Egg 1 pipped over 38 hours ago - I can see him poking his bill out on occasions and he is making very very slow progress. Hole...