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  1. J

    Duck sitting on nest full of golf balls. Help! (Long post)

    So our duck has been laying eggs in her nest over the past week and a half. The last times she laid in this same nest something took her eggs so since it was the same nest in the same spot we decided we would take her eggs in and incubate them. We've been replacing them with golf balls so she...
    • Jinglebells0518
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    • death duck egg golf ball incubate nest predator saftey
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    • Forum: Ducks
  2. S

    Help!!! My duck laid eggs and I’m not sure what to do!!!!

    I found out yesterday that my duck laid eggs,she only laid three,and today she laid a dead egg.She hasn’t been sitting on them or laying more in the nest,and I’m wondering if that’s because it’s so hot here in Texas. And I do have my drake in the same pen as her,but they get together fine never...
    • sophia/2ducks
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    • advice duck egg hatch a duck help asap
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Ducks
  3. ChickenMamaSarah

    Is this what a duck's first egg would look like?

    I have what I think is a Buff Orpington duck that is about 15 weeks. She’s recently started acting strange and spending more time in the nesting box on the floor of the coop. I went out just now to check on them and I found this egg in the box. I also have a gold sexlink that lays huge brown...
  4. T

    Help! Someone Accused me of selling old eggs

    Just getting the farm up and going, and a customer of mine accused me of selling old chicken and duck eggs. She said that she has bought eggs from me multiple times that have gone bad (although I'm just hearing about this) and that I need to start dating them because I can't keep track of how...
  5. G

    Duck Egg Starting To hatch

    Hello! It’s been about 30 days since I put this eeg and the incubator and now it is cracked open and we heard some chirping. Now the chirping has stopped and he has stopped trying to break through. It’s been cracked open for about 10 minutes. Should I help him? This is my first time so please...
    • GeckoChicken
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    • duck duck egg egg hatching help incubate
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Ducks
  6. Fr3shfarmer

    Duck egg help

    Ok so I am having some issues with my eggs. I keep reading about how the eggs need to be gotten up asap and don't let them get dirty, but mine dig down to lay them through.
  7. HarmonyFox

    Muscovy positioned wrong in egg?

    I think my Muscovy might be backwards in its egg. What could I do for it? How could I know for a fact? I thought it enternally pipped on day 31 but I heard no peeps so I ignored it. As the days went on it kept moving like crazy and looked even more like it was enternally pipped. Yesterday I made...
  8. P

    please help me figure out the problem with my duck egg!

    So I have this Muscovy duck egg that I found all alone. It was already kind of cold, but I couldn't just leave it alone, so I took it back and put it under a heat lamp, pointed side facing down. I bought a thermometer and hydrometer and am trying to keep the temp at a constant 99-101 degrees. I...
  9. Indianrunner123

    When do i put eggs into the incubator?

    I have 11 duck eggs (both indian runner and call duck) sitting ready to go into the incubator. However this will not fill the incubator. The ducks are continueing to lay each day and so i was going to wait until i had enough eggs to fill the incubator before turning it on. Although i have heard...
    • Indianrunner123
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    • call duck duck air cells duck egg duck egg incubation humidity hatching eggs about to hatch hatching incubator indian runner duck
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
  10. S

    Duck egg help

    Hi there, my name is Ashley. I am a veterinary nurse in Florida. On wedsday a duck egg was brought in my hospital because of a tragic situation with a duck. I wanted to give the only egg the best chance possibly. Apparently the female duck had a mate, and this egg was a product of them. I have...
  11. S

    Duck egg help

    Hi there, my name is Ashley. I am a veterinary nurse in Florida. On wedsday a duck egg was brought in my hospital because of a tragic situation with a duck. I wanted to give the only egg the best chance possibly. Apparently the female duck had a mate, and this egg was a product of them. I have...
  12. S

    Duck egg help

    Hi there, my name is Ashley. I am a veterinary nurse in Florida. On wedsday a duck egg was brought in my hospital because of a tragic situation with a duck. I wanted to give the only egg the best chance possibly. Apparently the female duck had a mate, and this egg was a product of them. I have...
  13. Terri E

    Today found a crack on duck egg, help?!

    I'm using a still air incubator and noticed the humidity temp gradually rising and its current at 57. I attempted to lower it and it worked but it's getting back up, now at 46. Humidity. Is this normal? I searched to try to find the reason and can only guess of a line crack on one of the duck...
  14. O

    Is this egg dead or alive?

    I had got this duck egg from a local store that didn’t want it because there was a developed duck inside. So I wanted to know if this duck egg look dead or alive? If alive how many days does it look like?
  15. Functional Rustic

    Introducing Functional Rustic

    Good morning Back Yard Chickens from Functional Rustic on this cold Michigan day. I joined the duck loving community back in May of 2017 when we got our Muscovy ducklings. Not only have I learned a lot about ducks; those quirky creatures inspired me to start my own repurposing business out of...
  16. Raising the Home Duck Flock

    Raising the Home Duck Flock

    Back Cover: Ducks are the homeowner's friends. They will: * Eat Japanese beetles, grasshoppers, snails, slugs and mosquitoes. * Clean unwanted plants from ponds and lakes. * Eat up all table and gardening leftovers. * Produce an abundance of valuable nitrogen-rich manure. * And most...
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  17. claire4867

    Jumbo Rouen egg

    I really don't know if it's considered a jumbo egg, but it is for her! The egg on the left is her normal egg (about chicken egg size) and the right is the 'jumbo' she deserves an award haha
  18. C

    Duck Egg!?!

    So I got 2 ducks about 6 months ago and now one of them finally laying eggs. The other is always mating with it and the previous eggs have looked to be fertile. Unfortunatley my mom wouldn't let me hatch those but this morning we got a double yolk ( used flashlight and checked) and she says i...
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