hatching a duckling

  1. KathiQuacks

    My ducklings keep needing assistance, because they don’t have an egg tooth. Why??

    Hello BYC :frow So, I’ve been doing a staggered hatch over the past couple weeks, and during that time, I’ve had 7 eggs make it to lockdown. Out of the 7 eggs, 3 of them have had NO egg tooth. One of them didn’t make it, because they covered the safety hole I put in and couldn’t pip a new hole...
  2. G

    HELP, WHAT CAN I DO!! HATCHING ONE SILVER APPLEYARD!

    My orpington went broody while i was out of town, my chicken baby sitter let her sit on eggs so when we got back into town we were gonna let her hatch them out. She left nest for 2days straight all were dead except one duck egg. I decided to incubate it, it externally pipped 2 days ago and...
  3. cheezenkwackers

    Day 27 egg discoloration

    I have six Hookbill eggs in lockdown since yesterday. One egg is internally pipped and moving but the whole airsac area of the egg is discolored. I have hatched many eggs but not seen this before. Any ideas? Note: the eggs were driven over 100 miles but not shipped. The other five are...
  4. B

    Hatching ducklings

    Hello everyone! This is my first time hatching ducklings and I’m not 100% sure what to do. They pipped internally over 24 hours and did not break through the egg. After watching several videos and reading articles, I made a small hole in the egg for breathing. I broke a bit of the egg away so I...
  5. NikkisChickies

    Mama Muscovy

    My Misty girl hatched 3 babies…I knew she would be a good mama💛 Just wanted to share, I’m a proud Muscovy mama lol
  6. T

    Is this duckling shrink wrapped?

    Hi all, This is my first hatch. This little guy is now day 30/31 days and internally pipped about 36 hours ago. After 30 hours I expected it to be dead after not progressing to external pip but he was cheeping and there was some tapping but no external pip. I made a small hole in the air cell...
  7. GHH633

    Should I intervene?

    Hi, we just had two Khaki Campbells hatch successfully however this little fella was upside down and hadn’t moved for ages. Whilst I took first duckling out the incubator I quickly turned the egg upwards and duckling started moving again, however in the last 3 hours it hasn’t made any progress...
    • GHH633
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  8. EmmaGRS

    Ducklings hatching on the wrong end?

    Currently I have a duckling hatching from the wrong end. It’s pipped, I was worried it wouldn’t but it has. The air sac is on the other end. So far it seems as if it’s doing fine. I’ve seen other threads on situations like this, and it doesn’t seem too difficult of a problem. If I need to assist...
    • EmmaGRS
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    • duck hatching hatching a duckling wrong end pipping
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  9. Climax

    Mandarin Duck Eggs (Finally Hatching)

    I have 4 Mandarin duck eggs in my incubator on day 31 I believe(Worried so much that I lost track on day 29). They are all pipped externally, they have been so for about 40 hours. All 4 of them you can hear and feel them moving around in their shell Only one of them has even made another hole...
  10. A

    Is this duckling shrink wrapped?

    So my first duckling has pipped internally and kept trying to do it in the wrong spot so I gave her a safety hole. After 18 hours of no change I widened it so I can get a better look of what’s going on inside. I only ever opened the incubator in the bathroom with the hot all the way on getting...
  11. 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
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    • Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
  12. A

    Duckling hatching

    I have a question regarding hatching. In what position should the egg be in the incubator when it’s time for lockdown? The incubator I have have the slots so that the eggs are upright... can ducklings hatch okay like this? Or should the egg be horizontal with the air sac end propped up a bit?
    • angelica21
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    • duckling hatching a duckling incubabtion
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  13. D

    Help! Is this egg dead? (Day 30)

    I am afraid that my friend opened the duck egg too early and it is the last survivor after an incubator meltdown. It had not internally pipped yet and the membrane isn’t dry. However, it seems unresponsive and the veins have become less prominent and are fading. Is the poor baby dead? The most...
    • duckodoggo
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    • duck advice emergency emergency hatching emergency help hatching a duck hatching a duckling hatching advice incubation
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  14. V

    Looking for help/advice with duck egg

    Hi, everyone. I was hoping you could help me with a duck egg I've been looking after for just over the past week. I've been getting help and advice from a few people who have some experience with hatching eggs. They've aided me tremendously, but they're not always able to reply on short notice...
    • Vhiran
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    • candling duck egg hatching a duck hatching a duckling hatching advice hatching and brooding ducks
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  15. Ch2098

    Movement but no pips, a day behind other

    Hi all, I’m currently mid duckling hatch, we’re well experienced with chickens but this is our first attempt at hatching ducklings. I set 10 duck eggs at the start of the month, they all started wiggling and moving around day 22. Today is day 29 and so far we’ve had 6 successfully pip and...
  16. F

    Nest sharing, will duck go broody

    Hi all, Im new to hatching duck eggs - I have 4 runners and this year has been the first we managed to get our drakes (brothers who had to go together). Back Story; They’re free reign animals and only locked in the coup (with the chickens) at night, so they’ve our whole backyard to forage in...
    • featheredmumma
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    • broody duck ducks hatching a duck hatching a duckling indian runner indian runner duck indian runner ducks nesting behavior
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    • Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
  17. Therubysaurusrex

    2 ducklings piping on wrong side and not making any progress in 24 hours

    This is my first time hatching eggs and I’m having some problems I have 4 pekin duck eggs and I’m realy worried 2 have piped on the wrong side of the egg and aren’t making any more progress in 24hours Safely after reading and watching what to do, I made the pip hole bigger and moistened the...
  18. L

    Call Duck Eggs - Confused...

    Today is day 28. One egg has hatched. It had multiple complications and desperately needed help out of the egg. She/he is completely fine now and healthy. Out of the egg since yesterday! Yay! All 4 of the other ducklings in the eggs have been trying to break through for 2 days now.. I can...
  19. Y

    Duck egg hatching away from air sac and at the bottom

    Yesterday at around 6pm I noticed that the egg had started to pip(I have attached an image, the red circle is where the air sac is) , but away from the air sac, and towards the ground. There is a slight hole as well in the internal membrane from the pip which I think the duckling is breathing...
    • Yapstan
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    • advice duck hatch hatch advice hatching hatching a duck hatching a duckling help help asap
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    • Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
  20. Y

    Bruised egg during hatching

    Today is day 28 of hatching my duck eggs (Pekin), and I went to check for any internal pipping, unfortunately still none :( and then I noticed some bruising on the under side of the egg so I carefully lifted it without turning to get a better look, and the bruising seems quite large. I’ve tried...
    • Yapstan
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    • advice advice needed bruised egg duck hatch a duck hatching a duckling pekin
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