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  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. Asteen89

    Shipped eggs, severely detached air cells, first time incubation, SUCCESSFUL HATCH!!!!

    So to start off this was my first time incubating eggs, I’ve had broodys this year and normally I let them hatch. But I wanted chicks that were more unique breeds you don’t find at the feed store and my last set of shipped eggs (Red blue laced wyandottes) I had under my broody, she abandoned...
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  3. 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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  4. A

    Using the saddle shaped air cells to my advantage?

    Hello all! In the past 19 days I’ve been incubating my first batch of duck eggs 6 khaki Campbell eggs that were shipped to me. They can in as decent condition as you can expect. Unfortunately they did have large saddle air cells so I kept the humidity higher to keep them from getting bigger. Now...
    • Apartmentduck
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    • assist a hatch hatch position hatching advice help ! high humidity pipping positioning incubating eggs saddle air cell small air cell
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  5. Crazy Duck Lover

    HELP!! SADDLE AIR SAC?

    My eggs are on day 4 of incubation. I ordered them from eBay. I candled them just to see if I could see anything yet. While I was candling, I noticed the air sacs lookd really big and oddly shaped. I’ve kept the temp at 99.5 and the humidity between 50-57 percent. They’re in an NR360, so they...
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    • air sac dip hatch rates humidity neice saddle air cell shipped eggs
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    • Forum: Ducks
  6. JennyPatty84

    Saddle Sac! How should I lay the egg to increase likelihood of surviving hatch?

    Help!! I shipped Croad Langshan eggs 2700km and they were all scrambled from shipping except for one. This little guy, that I’ve named Bruce Lee (in hopes it’s good karma for him to “ninja” his way out of the shell) is on day 16. He’s pretty feisty when I candle him, but he does have a saddle...
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    • air sac day 16 saddle air cell saddle air sac saddle bag air cells shipped shipped egg with saddle shipped eggs
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  7. A

    Call Duck Eggs - Saddle Shaped Air Sac

    Evening All, I am just looking for some advice. I have just received 3 eggs posted, and I have candled them to look at the condition of them. The air sac appears to be slightly saddle shaped (having done some reading about them). I am leaving the eggs for 24 hour to settled before placing...
  8. G

    Saddle air sac huge one

    Saddle air sac huge ones Hi all thank you in advance for any help! I've read lots of posts.... However noone comes up with a clear instruction for how to deal with saddle air sacs. I'm on day 16 and they are huge. Chicks are still moving but what should I do. Humidity is 45 % should I up it...
  9. P

    Are my eggs still viable?

    Hi I was wondering if anyone would be able to give me some advice on my Silkie bantam eggs. My first time attempting incubating. Candled the eggs on day 10 and just wondering if people could advise me whether or not they look viable? Had some problems maintaining temperature to start with but...
  10. Hev1977

    Day 23 of hatching duck eggs

    Hi all, I'm completely new to this. I did my research, bought some eggs and followed all the advice. Unfortunately, my eggs were shipped, 4 out of 5 had detached/saddled air sacs and one had a crack!! I'm down to two viable eggs, one has a detached/saddle air sac, the other is fine. The...
  11. J

    timing Lockdown for shipped CA Quail eggs, and positioning eggs upright

    Hi all! I bought 9 California (a.k.a. Valley) Quail eggs online. The seller told me which day they were laid - let's call this Day 0. Here's a timeline: - Day 0: Eggs laid. - Day 2: They were shipped (I have no idea what happened between Days 0 and 2, or whether they were incubated). - Day...
  12. LucianosLops

    Call Duck Incubation!?

    Aaaaaand we’re back.. 4 years later and I’m lucky enough to need to use this app again. Basically.. I jokingly bid on some call duck eggs (on eBay) and was surprised the next day when a “Congratulations! You won” appeared on my phone.. So here we are. Day 1. 5/9 eggs have saddled air cells...
  13. Raptorchick

    Saddle sac internal pip, when to help?

    Hi all :) I'm in the midst of hatching serama, started with 24 eggs and 9 have made it to today, so I'm really hoping to end up with at least 5 lol... they were shipped, which was mostly the cause of loss. But anyways, I have one with a very bad saddle air sac, 8hours ago I candled her and she...
  14. WeTheWeys

    Detached Air Cells....What should my humidity be?

    Hi all! I JUST got my first duck eggs ever. They were shipped over 2 days and i received them about an hour ago. I have them propped upright pointy end down in an egg carton and am letting them rest for at least 24 hours before moving them into the incubator, where I plan to use the upright...
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    • air cell candle detached air cell duck eggs egg carton incubation first time incubating humidity saddle air cell shipped eggs upright incubation
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  15. Jmcggnj6

    Please HELP! Detached Air Cells

    Ok... 23 shipped eggs...I let them rest upright for 48 hours before setting. They are in an upright tilting turner. I candled them today, day 7, 6 of the eggs had no development and every solitary one of the others has a detached air cell:thI am so disappointed I am almost sick. This is my first...
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  16. crycat

    In need of advise for incubating goose eggs with irregular air cells- nearing time for lock down.

    I am incubating goose eggs shipped from three different sources. One batch has developed very large, saddle shaped air cells and one egg from another batch has a worryingly small air cell. They are in the same incubator and nearing the lock-down period. Attempts to shrink the large air cells...
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    • hatching goose eggs incubating goose eggs positioning incubating eggs saddle air cell small air cell
    • Replies: 5
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