hatch a duck

  1. CLovesDucks

    The Mallards HATCHED! Question about ‘wry neck’

    Hi BYC friends! 4 of my 9 duck eggs (mallards - runners are in progress) have hatched! I left them in the incubator for 24 hours and then put them in the brooder. Three of them are doing great and are cheeping and sitting upright. I have one, who is secretly my favorite, that can’t hold her...
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    • Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
  2. S

    Cayuga duck eggs overdue

    Hi There, Looking for advice please. I had 6 cayuga duck eggs incubating and upon the process only 2 proceeded to develop. I had silkie chickens years ago but this is first time for ducks. The eggs were due to hatch 1-2 days ago but still nothing. Upon candling I can see movement as if the...
  3. HenzandHoundzFarm

    How long until I get fertile eggs?

    I'm going to pick up a new drake on Wednesday! I'm so excited! :D I'm going to have to separate him for a few weeks but I'm pretty sure he's really healthy so I'll put him in with my girl soon. How long after they are put together can I begin collecting eggs that will be fertile? :confused: It's...
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  4. C

    HELP !!!

    i have been incubating my duck eggs for 28 days now and yesterday we heard pipping and chirping about 9 o clock and there was an opening in the egg. But since hen there has been no noise and no movement. The crack in the egg is right to the duckling and feathers are visable. What should I do ?!?
  5. brooder

    How far along are my duck eggs?

    Hey there, my duck Lillian is expecting to hatch two babies . She's taking great care of her eggs, and as far as I can tell, the ducklings are in perfect health. My only question Is "When will she become a mother?!" I've been candling the eggs daily, but for some reason I cannot tell which...
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    • cayuga duck duckling hatch a duck incubating duck eggs runner
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    • Forum: Ducks
  6. AshleyNicole06

    Laying Eggs..

    My Pekin just started to lay eggs yesterday.. Do they normally lay in the Same spot??
  7. WeTheWeys

    Last week of hatching tips?!?

    Today is day 22. Are there any tips for this final hatching week since I hear it is the most risky week? Hatching ducks.
  8. 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
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    • Forum: Ducks
  9. AshleyNicole06

    Homemade Incubator

    Has anyone had any success with hatching duck eggs with a homemade incubator? I've heard lots of stories that aren't successful. :( Pictures? Tips?
  10. Deester

    How can I tell if an egg is fertilized?

    I've had ducks for about 5 years. Lots of fun and laughs. We'll for the first time ever one of my girls have been wondering off. After following her I found a nest at the time there was 5 eggs. All my ducks are free range during the day. All my ducks are female. If these eggs she's nesting...
  11. BrightonBabies

    Using Incubator to Finish Hatch - Help Greatly Appreciated!

    Our khaki campbell female was faithfully laying on her eggs however towards the last couple of days she was no longer interested in laying. Unfortunately, we only have one viable egg left. I bought an incubator yesterday (on day 28) and put the egg inside. I have the temperature at 98.5 with...
  12. Missmuscovy

    HATCHING HELP!

    My one Muscovy is chirping away in its egg and I can hear pecking although NO cracks yet! It’s been over 40hrs now! I also candled the egg to see if it’s piping internally although I cannot see it’s beak! Please help! Anyone with the experience??
  13. ColleenRyan

    SOS my duckling is hatching and I think it needs help!

    Hi guys my du Kline just hatched legs and everything are out of egg but his / her butt still seems attached to the shell and he / she is peeling a lot and can’t seem to break loose? Is this normal? What do I do?
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    • Forum: Ducks
  14. Audio51

    Call duck hatch help

    Hoping for some help from @Lacrystol. I have 14 call duck eggs in my Brinsea 20. Temp is set at 99.5 and humidity was at 50% until lockdown, then bumped to 65. I candled at lockdown and there were 3 that had stopped at some point. Day 26 was 5/16 and we are at 5/20 now. 4 hatched...
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    • call duck hatch hatch a duck hatch problems
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    • Forum: Ducks
  15. Rubberducky3

    Question about hatching

    I have 5 eggs. The first egg pipped on day 25 and took 49 hrs to hatch. Then 3 more hatched after that. I have one left to hatch. It was 24 hours so I moved the ducklings to a brooder. The last one is still in the incubator. I hear him peeping in his shell but the incubator is so dirty and...
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    • Forum: Ducks
  16. ColleenRyan

    Desperately Trying to Hatch Ducklings

    Hi guys, Some of you might have read I had three pet ducks and I'm almost convince I've narrowed the predator who took my babies to an owl. I live in NJ and this winter I heard their scared quack and my boyfriend checked on them and a huge Snowy Owl was sitting on their hutch staring at them...
    • ColleenRyan
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  17. Aelrift

    Worried about air cell

    The egg is about 20 days old now, I know muscovy eggs take longer to hatch, but the air cell still looks like a day1 air cell. I left the humidity on 23% for the night, and I checked back this morning, it's still the same size, what do i do?
  18. ColleenRyan

    How Do I Hatch Duck Eggs?

    This weekend my beloved pet ducks were taken and killed by a predator while they were spending some time in the yard like they did every evening. I had been letting the female duck keep the eggs she had been laying and putting the ones she laid in the yard into the hutch for her after I found...
    • ColleenRyan
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    • advice needed asap duck ducklings hatch a duck heat lamp help incubate incubating duck eggs incubator
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    • Forum: Ducks
  19. Aelrift

    New to this, hathcing without incubator?

    So, I found this Muscovy egg (how do I know it's a Muscovy egg? Well it was near a muscovy nest but I guess the duck had too many eggs/ it rolled away, but I couldn't get it back into the nest, the duck wouldn't let me) so I took it with me, and well, I'm trying to hatch it. I'm just a poor...
  20. J

    Can't find my babies...

    Hi all really new at the whole baby ducks hatching on her own thing so I'm here for some much-needed advice. I have three chickens and three ducks, one drake and 2 females-all Pekins who had a clutch of 11 eggs and one of the females has been sitting on them for about a month. Two days ago I...
    • Jcothren
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