Call Ducks Finally Hatched

[Lacrystol]

YEH, the call duck from yesterday that she made a safe hole made it out safey, she just sent a pic. WOOO HOOOOOOO..

Heres the pic she sent me. Looks like a little bibbed. LOL

 

[Lacrystol]

BOY THAT FEELS GOOD, TWO SUCCESSFUL HATCHINGS TODAY. HAHAHAHA....

 

[Lacrystol]

OK remember this date November 6th, this is the day that my momma ducks babies should hatch..

 

[clousert]

Heres the pic she sent me. Looks like a little bibbed. LOL

Awww. He's so little and sooooo CUTE. I cant wait for mine. 11 more days and counting down

 

[clousert]

I would strongly Suggest to EVERYONE to keep the ducks separated from chickens. It's not ideal to try and hatch them all together.  If you lockdown the chickens but  you still have another week or more for the ducks, you can cause them to get sticky inside making it hard for them to get out and can cause death..

I have seen a lot of people hatch chickens with ducks an personally I would not advise it,  the only time I would advise it is if you have a second incubator that you can use that for Lockdowns..

They are all call duck eggs. Just different batches so have 1 due in 11 days (going into lock down in 7 days) and the others not due for another 20 days. I can use a 2nd incubator to hatch in if need be but thought I would get your opinion on hatching in the same incubator. The one I'm using keeps the temp more stable without as many fluctuations

 

[clousert]

OK remember this date November 6th, this is the day that my momma ducks babies should hatch..

Noted but will probably have to go back and reread to find date because my memory is not all that great with so many things to keep track of already LOL

 

[Lacrystol]

They are all call duck eggs. Just different batches so have 1 due in 12 days (going into lock down in 8 days) and the others not due for another 21 days. I can use a 2nd incubator if need be but thought I would get your opinion on hatching in the same incubator.

HUM, if you try to hatch the one in 12 days it could cause the others to get sticky. any why do you just have one? you should know they don't like to be alone...

You could just raise it up to about 50 or 55 for lockdown on the one, you may have to help him out but of course, i'm hear for you for that, and the others will be OK..

 

[peachncrm37]

I have 5 different batches all in the same incubator set to hatch a week apart each. I have a second bator that I moved the eggs into for lockdown. I hand rotate 3 times a day. No issues so far (besides being dumb and rushing the first one out).

His butt swelling has gone down A LOT. He's still not standing up but when I place him up he wobbles and stays up for a bit. Going to move him into a brooder tonight to give him more room to move.

How long should I wait on the other two? They pipped yesterday in the morning. Neither are out. They've both cracked the shell a little more, both still moving. Just want to know at what point I should begin to worry. I work 10 hour days so can't check on them as much as I'd like.

Also, will get picture of the first one soon! Internet is running good now so gotta do it while I can! ha!

 

[peachncrm37]

And already he's doing better. Ha, really trying to stand up and move around!!

 

[peachncrm37]

Here's the other two. Ignore the button eggs, they started hatching out in the coop and the male was killing them, had to move them inside, ugh.