➡I accidentally bought Balut eggs: 2 live ducks! Now a Chat Thread!

[RUNuts]

No one told me. I figured it out.

Well, now we know.
Do hens keep turning the eggs once pipped?
I brought them in and candled on the table do I wouldn't drop them. Hope I didn't shake them too much.

 

[Kiki]

Oh my goodness, I am finally all caught up. But now I need to go check on my ducks (they are out of the house now and outside), do some chicken coop cleaning and check to see if we have an egg yet this morning. I've gotten 2 eggs so far. Looks like only one chick is laying and it seems to be every other day so far at least. Didn't get an egg yesterday so am expecting one today if the pattern holds. I have more chicks squatting and stuff so I am really expecting more to start laying here before too long.
This is the 2nd night that the ducks have slept outside and so far so good. When can I start limiting the ducks feed at night (I'd still keep their water in with them)? They are 5 weeks old. I can't believe they're already a month old now. I'm waiting for them to get to 2 months so I can enter in the duck contest. I'll be back in in a bit after chores.

Congrats on the eggs.
What duck contest?

 

[Kiki]

So we had a storm
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Oh no. Were there chickens in there?

 

[Kiki]

I had an average of 38% through incubating. It was quite high at lockdown. Around 70%.
Temp was steady at 37.5 c throughout.
I just saw your note about not twisting the eggs around when candling. I definitely did that the one time I candled just before I locked down. Would that explain the chicks with late term deaths?!

I would guess that twisting them around one time shouldn't kill them. Are these eggs from your own birds?

 

[Cyprus]

Oh no. Were there chickens in there?

Thankfully, no. I moved them into the barn last night.

 

[Kiki]

@BarnDoorClosed here is Street Food! My very first baluttie.

 

[RosieR]

I would guess that twisting them around one time shouldn't kill them. Are these eggs from your own birds?

A mix of mine and ones I purchased, was about an hour drive to get them. Surprisingly 3 successful hatches were from the purchased ones.

 

[Kiki]

A mix of mine and ones I purchased, was about an hour drive to get them. Surprisingly 3 successful hatches were from the purchased ones.

Do you have extra thermometers in side your bator to make sure there isn't hot spots or cold spots?

 

[RosieR]

Do you have extra thermometers in side your bator to make sure there isn't hot spots or cold spots?

Yes there were 2 calibrated ones, set apart from the calibrated thermostat

 

[Kiki]

Yes there were 2 calibrated ones, set apart from the calibrated thermostat

Maybe try vitamins...for a few weeks before you set eggs next time.