9th-annual-byc-new-years-day-2018-hatch-a-long

[MagpieDucks]

I know it can take awhile for chicks to hatch after the external peep... but do ducklings usually take awhile too??
(So nervous for this hatch, might be my prego emotions taking hold here but im afrad of loosing them all) ​

Yes, they do. The ducks always keep you waiting.

 

[Pensmaster]

I’ve never hatched ducks but I’ve been told they take a very long time.

 

[Hope Hughes]

Yes, they do. The ducks always keep you waiting.

Ok thank you im going crazy over here!
I feel like i am checking like every 10 min, i know that doesnt help and makes it worse but i cant help it lol
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[Hope Hughes]

I’ve never hatched ducks but I’ve been told they take a very long time.

This is my first attempt, probably souldnt have done it being 7 mnths pregnant... way to many emotions going onlol
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[Lazy Farmer]

Exactly what I was thinking. I'm thinking the pig farmer who is in competition for the grain with me is picking up more lately. However business has never been brisk there. Not in a very good location and parking is horrid.

nothing good lasts forever.. lol. I left a message earlier today.. No reply yet. We emptied our freezers for Christmas gifts for family and friends.. should have added the brewery peeps to the list I suppose.. Oh well. Don't want to jump to conclusions..

 

[ronott1]

Ok thank you im going crazy over here!
I feel like i am checking like every 10 min, i know that doesnt help and makes it worse but i cant help it lol
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I know how that goes!

Looking for pips and the zipping....

 

[generaldsherman]

Oh, dear... 10 pages behind. Oh, well, I'll update on my eggs and skip the missed pages.
In spite of a 12 hour move from Arizona back to the farm in Idaho, my eggs are doing well. I plugged the incubator into an inverter in my mother's truck on the way back north and the eggs are fine. I have 10 going strong. I candled this evening and pulled 4 that never started to grow and 2 blood rings. Lock-down is on Sunday for me.

 

[Pensmaster]

nothing good lasts forever.. lol. I left a message earlier today.. No reply yet. We emptied our freezers for Christmas gifts for family and friends.. should have added the brewery peeps to the list I suppose.. Oh well. Don't want to jump to conclusions..

 

[Pensmaster]

Even with the extra trough space it’s struggling to keep the humidity at 58% sponge might be necessary although it seemed that the eggs ac were small so this may be ok.

 

[Smuvers Farm]

Even with the extra trough space it’s struggling to keep the humidity at 58% sponge might be necessary although it seemed that the eggs ac were small so this may be ok.

I'm having a hard time with humidity this hatch as well! Very strange. My last hatch I could barely keep it UNDER 80%... now, I have the troughs full AND a bowl of water inside and it barely reached 67% and steadily dropping... it's almost down to 60%!!!