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  1. J

    What's the chance my duck eggs are fertilized

    We just finished incubating 2 eggs that were fertilized but didn't make it to the end but then that same day those 2 were appeared to hatch we found another egg in her nest and put it in the incubator. It never developed any. About 2 weeks after that we found 4 more in her nest. Today thay are...
    • Jinglebells0518
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    • development duck duckling fertile fertile egg incubate infertile mama mating reproduction
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Ducks
  2. Duckstruck

    My Hatch Date Dilemma (First Time Hatching)

    I got 24 hatching eggs from a friend of ours on July 16. All they told me is that they were not incubated for a couple days before she sent them here by car. None came broken, they all looked pretty nice. Since I don't have an incubator, I sat them under my broody hen. Now, only 17 eggs remain...
  3. J

    Raising ducks that are one month apart

    hey all! I am currently incubating two duck eggs. One is not looking promising but the other one should hatch by the end of this week. Well my duck just laid another egg and I'm thinking about incubating it but if it hatches it will be one month younger than my current one. Will they get along...
    • Jinglebells0518
    • Thread
    • duck duckling fight hatch incubate sibling
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Ducks
  4. J

    Pipping but not zipping

    Help! I am incubating duck eggs for the first time. I went to start lockdown but one of the eggs was an early bloomer and already had an external pip. By the time we turned off the rotator, filled the humidity wells, and put the egg back in the incubator it had been out for about 3 minutes. It...
  5. Little Jerry Seinfeld

    Gambels quail babies! With pics

    Just have to share my excitement! my grandpa cut the field of alfalfa early one morning and we found a nest of eggs, waited til that night, but the hen never showed, it's by my sister's house so she watched them all day and then in the evening showed up at my house with 9 eggs. I candled them...
  6. B

    Hi everyone!!

    I love incubating eggs, and i did once about 60 eggs but the result was almost like 50%, so this is my second but the eggs are not pipping its been day 24 now, and im stuck i dont know what to do because i've incubated 90 eggs this time...any help will much be appriciated. Im using chinese...
  7. Katt577

    Will Momma except her chick?

    Momma abondoned her best after 2 days with her 3 new babies. I heard peeps from her best and saw a half zipped egg and 5 more eggs with no action. I guess she couldn’t wait any longer. I grabbed the eggs and put them in my incubator , where I have a dizen eggs at 14 days. The chick hatched...
  8. thepinkcollie

    Best Incubators that are not expensive

    Hey, This is my first time trying to hatch eggs but I need an incubator. Originally I wanted my silkie to hatch them for me but I really do not want her going broody right now. What are some good incubators on the market that are easy and not expensive? Also any tips for hatching eggs would...
  9. kuchchicks

    Newbie hatching Muscovy. Looking for tips.

    I’ve hatched chickens and quail for 10 years with success rate in the 90s. But this will be my first time hatching Muscovy. Make sure I have it right. 99.5, 35 days. Now as far as humidity I run my chicken eggs at 25% and really just go by air cells to make sure it’s goid then at lock down I go...
    • kuchchicks
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    • incubate incubating muscovies muscovy eggs
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Ducks
  10. J

    Eggs in nest gone

    so I haven't quite found a topic like what I'm looking for. My duck is laying eggs. She is on day 8 but yesterday all of the eggs were eaten. This morning she laid another egg in the same nest and I would like to save it since predators now know where the nest is. My question is, since she is...
    • Jinglebells0518
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    • abandoned nest clutch duck ducklings incubate laying nest predator
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Ducks
  11. J

    Incubating duck eggs

    I have some pet ducks. Every year they lay eggs and every year they are eaten by foxes, raccoons, Hawks, eagles, snakes, turtles, and any number of other things and I'm sick and tired of it. I believe her clutch was taken just last night but I was out of town. So I have a couple questions...
  12. TheSillyDingo

    Funny incubating/hatching stories

    I was wondering if any of you all had some funny incubating or hatching stories... I remember when I was given an incubator for christmas 2 yrs ago.... I was super excited to give it a go and got some fertile eggs from someone... set my incubator up... right next to my bed. It was awful when...
  13. jmeb

    Brinsea Mini II Advance for sale

    New in box, unopened Brinsea Mini II Advance Asking $150 OBRO Taken from manufacturers website: The popular Mini Advance incubator has been improved to include a room temperature alarm in addition to the existing incubator temperature alarm and the convenience of an external water top-up...
    • jmeb
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    • brinsea brinsea mini incubate incubator
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Everything Else
  14. BabySweetsTurkeys

    End of day 17 lockdown?

    I won’t be home at all tomorrow and was wondering if it’s okay to start lockdown late day 17 or 14 hours early day 18?
  15. BabySweetsTurkeys

    Air cells day 17-18

    Do my aircells look correct size wise?
  16. 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
    • Thread
    • duck duck egg egg hatching help incubate
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Ducks
  17. Rubberducky3

    Question re hatching?

    I have 5 eggs. The first egg pipped in day 25 and took 49 hours to hatch. Then 3 more hatched after that. I have on left in the incubator. I can hear him in his shell peeping but the incubator is so dirty and smells bad from the other 4 that hatched. Is bacteria a problem? Will it make him sick...
  18. S

    Help!! Chick is hatching 3 days before lockdown! Humidity low and turner still in!

    Ok so this is a crazy situation that I need help with right away! I am incubating eggs in my classroom, and I am actually out of town today so I'm nowhere near the school. The sub just called me to say that a chick is almost all the way out of its shell! They are not supposed to even go into...
  19. BabySweetsTurkeys

    Humidity help, emergency!

    I have 2 Hydrometers in my incubator, a magicfly one and a repltile tank one, and both read 70% at day 10. I then checked my incubator and there is literally only about 1/4 teaspoon of water in the bottom. How is it reading that high when so little water is in it? Or is 1/4 teaspoon to much? Is...
  20. emmallaub

    URGENT HELP NEEDED

    Do I need to assist this goose? The membrane is yellow around him and he’s only done a giant hole rather than zipping.
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