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  1. M

    First Ever Hatch Along! - Maran Mixes

    My first chick started pipping last night around 8:30pm, at about 7am this morning I heard the peeping of the first baby! This is my first hatch, quite a compulsive decision. We had to cull our rooster after he tried attacking me, but I didn't want to miss trying for some olive eggers! I was...
    • MommaBison
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    • barnyard mix cream legbar hatch malpositioned maran
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    • Forum: Hatch-A-Longs
  2. Oldegarlicshnapp

    Malpositioned chicks! What do I do?

    I have two eggs that are the smallest ones (1 and 1/2”) and both the chicks inside are malpositioned. One chick is from a clutched that all hatched today. I see it’s toes wiggling inside when candling (I kept it in the same position all the while). Should I poke a little hole somewhere? I...
  3. S

    Malpositioned call duckling- yolk on top

    My call ducklings are way past hatch day (usually day 26, they are on day 30). I have lost a few since hatch day, so I've decided that I'm going to inspect the remainder. I have already done an eggtopsy on one of the ones that I lost and it was in an odd position and trying to pip through the...
  4. eveleychook

    HELP! Day 21 Still No Pips!

    I bought a few fertile Vorwerk eggs. It is now day 21 and there are still no pips to be seen. I set up 10 eggs and only 2 have survived since then, (could they just be late hatchers?). Does anyone have experience hatching Vorwerk eggs? Thanks in advance.
  5. R

    Successfully opened a malpositioned chick

    Hi everyone! I successfully opened an air hole for a malpositioned call duck. Feeling pretty happy that I was able to catch the issue (already had one die due to malpositioned in this batch). how do I keep the now-open air cell moist so that the yolk sack doesn’t dry out? The yolk sack is...
    • RafterB_ranch
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    • call duck incubation malposition malpositioned shrinkwrap
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Ducks
  6. Hawaii Newbie 2020

    Can you me decide what to do please? (Pip in weird spot)

    This chick is peeping away loudly. But she pipped on the top of the shell, outside of the air space. I tried to show as best I could with these pics. I'm new to this and have attempted to navigate the flow chart of when to intervene and how but honestly I'm really tired and worried I'm not...
  7. D

    Tried helping one with issues, could use input

    Hi all, got an issue here. New to hatching, well, haven't done it since I was a kid anyways. Ok, so it's only day 21(and 3/4 at this point) but I had a few pip on day 19 and this little guy pipped wrong side, then unzipped halfway by 4am on day 20. Its now about 10pm day 21. So about 30 hours...
  8. Quacksalot12

    Need help and have questions about call duck hatching

    Hi there! This is my second attempt at hatching call duck eggs. I have several questions about call duck hatching since they seem to have a much more complicated hatch than other ducks. I had 3 fertile call duck eggs in the incubator(and also have 2 fertile swedish eggs in there as well)...
  9. Noellereagan

    Happening NOW! Need input! malpositioned chick?

    Another urgent question. Does this seem to be a malpositioned chick? From what I’ve read, they should pip at the fat end of the egg where the air cell is. Or is this what’s known as (un)zipping? Clearly, I’m new to hatching. I’m a worried mom here. Any guidance is so appreciated- as always...
  10. Tsam88

    Malpositioned/shrink wrapped duckling?! HELP!

    Hey y’all!! I’m new to this forum and new to hatching ducklings. We have had ducks for a year now and these are our first babies... I have read many threads here on what to do... we are currently on day 30 and I’m a little worried... I feel like this little Guy is malpisitioned and possibly...
  11. HenniesInMyHeart

    HELP! MALPOSITIONED CHICK TRYING TO PIP INTERNALLY AT SMALL END!

    Yesterday was Day 21 for my viable cochin eggs. I just candled and one appears to be trying to pip internally in the correct position, but I am TERRIFIED because the other chick is almost certainly malpositioned! Candling shows MOVEMENT at the SMALL END! Membranes are intact, but when this guy...
  12. farmfreshhens

    Premie duckling?

    I need some advice please. This is my first attempt at hatching call duck eggs. We started with 41 eggs. Our females wouldn't sit. After a week we candled and the number dropped to 14. Out of 14 we had 4 die in their shells, 6 hatches. One was a "star gazer" and perished within 12 hours...
  13. Emmaxx

    Should I turn my bottom pipper?

    One of my ducklings has pipped towards the floor of the Incubator on the skinny end, should I roll it over so I can keep an eye on membranes? The only reason I knew the pip was there was because it has knocked some little bits of shell off with its pip, but I can't see enough underneath to know...
    • Emmaxx
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    • ducks incubating malpositioned pip wrong end
    • Replies: 50
    • Forum: Ducks
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