APRIL Hatch a long ......Anyone?

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subhanalah said:
My cell phone "flashlight" app works even to tell if blue/green eggs are developing. I'm sure it'll be close to impossible once they start filling up with chick though! But I can see veining very welll/easily thus way.
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I use my cell phone too! Lol! With my first hatch I was able to see internal pips as well :)
 
I have 5 isabelle leghorn eggs with pips already. So exciting!!
subhanalah said:
My cell phone "flashlight" app works even to tell if blue/green eggs are developing. I'm sure it'll be close to impossible once they start filling up with chick though! But I can see veining very welll/easily thus way.
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I use my phones flashlight app too. I've even used it on dark marans eggs. It wasn't bright enough to see a whole lot on those but was bright enough to show veining vs clears. You can see a lot even in the blue eggs. These leghorn eggs I have now are my first white eggs and they are SO easy to candle!
 
18 ducklings out of 5 dozen eggs hatched, 4 pipped and then died.
It's not very many but at least it's some.
One pro is that I somehow ended up with two crested ducklings which I thought was hilarious.
Is it possible to get crested ducklings from Rouens, Pekins, and Saxonies?
 
I should add that I have only seen pictures of crested ducks so it's a pretty interesting experience to actually have some.
But, there is another bummer to this situation, I sexed them and to my dismay I found that they are both males and I would only keep them if they were females.
 
subhanalah said:
If one of the parents is crested, some of the progeny will be crested. None of the parents are crested?
Research the crested (lethal) gene before you decide to breed crested ducklings. Even in the ducklings that make it to hatch, there is a high liklihood of neurological problems.
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None of the parents were crested I think. (the eggs are from a friend of a friend)
I didn't know that could be a problem, thank you.
 
Joshua G said:
Right, is there a way I can find out if they are sick? I am selling them because I only want extra female ducks and would hate to sell them to someone and then the ducks die on them.
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crested ducks can live completely healthy normal lives for the extent of their whole life span or they can become very ill right after hatch. They could be seemingly fine and one day start seeming "off." There isn't really anything that can be done for them other than vitamin supplementation and watching them. Not all of them have neurological issues but it is always a possibility when dealing with this birth defect (it's cute and all, but just a severe, dominant birth defect). It's hard to sell them in my opinion with full discretion, since telling someone "this bird may or may not have neurological issues" probably wouldn't go over well unless The person already understood the crested gene.
On the other side of the coin, I don't believe it is ethical to sell these birds without informing the buyer, especially if they intend to breed.
Personally, I would not sell a crested duckling to someone intending to use it for breeding, but that's entirely personal choice and others have no problem doing it.
 

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