hatching a duckling

  1. E

    (HELP!) Day 30 with my duck egg and still no internal pipping

    I started incubating this duck egg on may 19th and it still hasn’t hatched. I’ve been incubating it with my homemade incubator. So I know the temperature has been fluctuating between around 93-100 degrees. I checked on the duck egg recently and I can still see it moving but I can’t see any...
    • Edeguz
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    • Forum: Ducks
  2. B

    Momma pecked duck egg on day 26!

    I have duck eggs that are scheduled to hatch in the next 2 days. Today I went out and there was a peck hole on the outside. The duckling is still moving, but doesn’t appear to have pipped the inner air sack. should I prepare my kids for a dead duck? Or do you think it will live? It’s hard to...
    • Bort
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    • duck duck advice duckling hatch hatching hatching a duckling hatching advice help help asap pecked egg
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    • Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
  3. K

    I need help ! Hatching ducklings !

    I need help ! My eggs are on day 29 and they were wobbling around like mad but nothing so I put a small safety hole in the air pocket and nothing for 24hrs so I decided to intervene. I have pulled some more egg away to realise they were shrink wrapped all I could see was white paper like...
  4. Doobly

    HELP; muscovy yolk rupture or sticky chick?!

    Hi everyone. So after keeping Calls the last 8 years I decided to branch into muscovies. We incubated according to the main muscovy incubating article on here; this one and incubated dry until adding water at lockdown. I've listed everything I've done from first intervention in this Facebook...
  5. C

    Mama duck on the nest!

    Hello! One of my female ducks is on the nest attempting to hatch her eggs. I am wondering if anyone has any advice for me as far as what to do if they do hatch? (One of my ducks I got last year turned out to be a drake so I wasn’t really prepared for this situation!) I have 2 females and 1...
    • Cboise
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    • ducks hatching a duckling
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    • Forum: Ducks
  6. F

    New to all this need some advise!

    Hello all, I’m very new to all this and love reading everyone’s handy tips and ideas, they have come in handy with getting me settled! I just have a couple of questions I wonder if anyone can help me with. I recently received 3 duck eggs to try out hatching my own little ducklings. They were all...
    • Finlay
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    • detached air cells hatching a duckling incubating
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    • Forum: Ducks
  7. kirkyanne

    Twin Duck Egg Incubation - When to assist?

    Hello everyone. I've had terrible luck with my duck egg hatching. All seem to pass just before hatch or pip. However, some strange miracle is the only egg I have still alive and kicking is this twin egg. Currently on Day 27. So just wondering when the best time would be for me to assist. I...
    • kirkyanne
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    • ducks hatching a duckling incubate
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Ducks
  8. Sparky_Chicken

    Chicken hen brooding duck eggs

    First time attempt at hatching here! I’ve hadn’t yet considered incubating/hatching eggs then my blue Wyandotte went broody about 4 weeks ago. I let her sit on 4 of our magpie duck eggs since we have male and female ducks. She’s been so dedicated and such a good broody hen so far. I’ve...
    • Sparky_Chicken
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    • broodies brooding chicks brooding ducklings chicken hatching duck eggs duck egg hatching a duckling natural hatch natural hatching
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    • Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
  9. C

    Pip at small end of shell

    Help. This duck pipped about 18hours ago on the small end. It seems to have the shell off but not through them membrane? Should I help?
  10. T

    Day 29 for a duck egg...no signs of movement

    Hi everyone! Back story first. So this was an unexpected duck egg into my life. A mallard duck laid it next to my pool and then didn't come back for it. I got an incubator for it and it was growing. On day 25, I put more water in it for a higher humidity around 75%. On day 27, I opened the lid...
  11. J

    Is my duck broody? What if they aren’t fertilized?!

    Hi everyone!! I am new to this site and have googled so many duck questions and always end up reading a super helpful forum here, so decided to just create my own account!! I am a first time duck owner - me and my husband inherited them from friends when they were around 9 months old. We were...
    • JayZee1054
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    • advice needed broody ducks first time duck owner hatching a duckling
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Ducks
  12. C

    HELP. Hatching ducklings, when should I help?

    Hi all, I have rescued 9 mallard eggs from the wildlife center. They are all alive and moving when I candle them and even pipping the shell. One hatched yesterday and is doing great. It is day 28 (we think, from the day I started incubating them). I have two others who have broken through the...
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