hatching a duck

  1. G

    Four days until hatch day, pecking sounds, should I raise humidity now?

    I have 12 mallard eggs on day 24, there is an egg in there already pecking and scratching, should I go ahead and take the turner out and raise the humidity? A lot of them have saddled air cells. Knowledge of any of this will help and I would greatly appreciate it!! This is my first time...
  2. Brianna245

    Day 22 call duck egg is it alive still!?!?

    I have this very precious call duck egg that is on day 22 of incubation, and it has caused me so much stress already 😩. I have been candling it probably too much, but.. 4 days ago on day 18 I candled it and it was moving around like crazy! I couldn’t help myself and I checked it today and ZERO...
    • Brianna245
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    • advise on hatching call duck call duck egg candling duck egg day 22 hatching a duck incubation advice is it dead
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    • Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
  3. B

    Pekin Duck Egg: Day 20 Wiggle?? (Lockdown Question)

    Hi everyone, I have a Pekin duck egg that has started to wiggle a little on day 20—I noticed it this evening. Tomorrow, it will officially be day 21. It's due to hatch on Saturday the 22nd. I guess my incubator has been running a bit hot. I’ve been monitoring it using three calibrated...
  4. H

    Incubating and hatching

    I had a batch of eggs that went on lockdown. I’m having trouble figuring out what the issue is! The first group of eggs that went in a little while ago only 4 made it with being assisted. Each egg made it to lockdown but never internally or externally pipped, it’s like they didn’t even attempt...
    • Hayliem01
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    • ducks hatch a duck hatching a duck incubabtion
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: Ducks
  5. N

    first pip!

    i have a update last night 3 of the ducklings started pipping noticed before i went to bed they were wiggling alot a few anothers are now wiggling more hopefully the others will pip within the next day or 2 will let you know when they hatch!
  6. M

    Does my mandarin duck egg look dead or alive?

    Hi, does this mandarin duck egg look like it’s dead? It is currently on day 29 or 30 of incubation.
  7. pax12

    Baby ducklings ARE HERE!!!

    It has been a long time but I am back at raising ducklings after almost 3 years!! Puppy meeting ducklings for the first time Puppy and her ducklings Golden hour ducklings Puppy loves her little ducklings Daily dose of duckling
    • pax12
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    • #babyduck #babyduckling duck 1 week duckling hatching hatching a duck
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    • Forum: Ducks
  8. M

    Hatching ducks under Duck hen

    Hello all! I am fairly new to duck keeping, and I allowed a momma to get a clutch of eggs and start laying on them. The problem is I realized the other hens are laying in her clutch when she is gone, and I now have 2 almost ready to hatch duck eggs and 15 egg of various stages nowhere near...
  9. Tilly6

    Duck hatching right now and mom left the nest

    So my 6 year old duck went broody, sat on eggs. One is hatching and it’s pretty chilly and rainy today. How long can she be gone and should I go get the baby? The nest is inside our duck coop. I have never hatched eggs before so I am panicking. Plus she is in with the general population since...
  10. D

    Advice on duck egg not internally pipped

    This is my first post but I have used this site many times for past advice. I have 3 duck eggs. 2 hatched within 12 hours of each other. I have one more that I do not believe has internally pipped yet. It is still alive but I am not sure if There is anything I can do or if I should just leave it...
  11. Qui1980

    Muscovy incubator hatching- first time. Day 36 please help!

    Muscovy incubator hatching- first time. Day 36. 8 eggs. 4 external pips and one egg with dark circle on small end of egg?? What is this spot. Does it need help? Also, is external pips large enough? Anything I should do? Lockdown Temp at 98.5 and humidity at 62%. Is this okay? 1 vent fully open...
  12. N

    Internal pip over 24/48 hours

    I've got my last mascovey duck egg in the incubator day 37 (normal 35) and it's had an internal pip for at least 48 hours, no external pip. I don't necessarily hear any noise but I can see a lot of movement and when I whistle and tap at the egg I hear slight tapping inside. Should I make a...
  13. Goosey Girl

    Please help!!! Don't want to do something wrong!

    Runner duck eggs started internally pipping yesterday...2 days early. They are in lockdown. Has been 18 hours, no external pips. Have found 2 very different guidance info. Do I intervene this afternoon and try to put in safety holes?Or, do I wait until tomorrow or next day? I have never...
  14. T

    Why aren’t our ducklings hatching?

    We incubated three shipped eggs in a Rcom pro mini last summer. Two of the three hatched (the other wasn’t fertile). We didn’t do anything special, we just set it to the duck program and topped up the water reservoir when it got low. We have tried incubating our own eggs this summer (same...
    • TuckH100
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    • duckling hatching hatching a duck incubabtion
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Ducks
  15. D

    Newly hatched duckling help

    Hi! We have runner ducks laying on some eggs and they pushed one egg, that was hatching, out of the nest. We waited awhile and realized it needed some assistance. We slowly helped it and it eventually came out on it's own. Now, what do we do? It's the only one. We set up a brooder for it and put...
    • Duckmama4
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    • ducklings hatching a duck
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Ducks
  16. Andypapeisaduck

    Duck Eggs Internal pip but no External pip. Should I Be Worried?

    Hello BYC! I’m a first time Hatcher of our pekin/mallard or Mallard ducklings. They are being naturally hatched and are 33 days old, there is life in everyone(12) and almost all of them are internally piped, one of them piped yesterday about when I got home about 19 hours ago or earlier, I don’t...
  17. R

    HELP!!! I’m freaking out! I think I over helped 😩

    So I have 4 duck eggs! They have all internally pipped! After 12 hours of no external pips I made little air holes..I thought I saw the one getting shrink wrapped and so I tryed to help remove shell in the air sac area and now I’m just freaking out..
    • Rache10
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    • advice external pip freaking out hatching hatching a duck help over helped pip stressed when to help
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
  18. A

    Urgent Please help! Day 23 ducks might be internally pipping

    This is my first time using and incubator and the eggs are at day 23. Yesterday I noticed something really strange. It looks like in all the eggs the baby ducks are rubbing against membrane, but I’m not sure. I was wondering what to do because these guys look like they wanna come out. Do I go...
    • Apartmentduck
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    • emercency hatching a duck hatching a duckling incubabtion internal pipping lockdown advice no external pip premature saddle air cell too early
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
  19. C

    Hatched but still connected?

    Hi all, I’ve got a runner duck that hatched today, and it looks like the yolk sac has been absorbed… BUT the membrane still has blood vessels and is still connected to the duck. This is my first successful hatchling so I don’t know what I don’t know. Does this just take time? I plan to leave...
  20. A

    HELP! Duck egg externally pipped and was making noises but no longer is!

    Help! My duck egg is on day 30 and it’s externally pipped. I can see it’s beak. It’s been almost 40 hours since the initial external pip, but he is hatching slow and steady until I went to check earlier and he wasn’t making any noise! I’m so worried! I’ve been checking the other eggs for...
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