Chicken or Duck?

[diamondsilkies]

Day 26: No progress yet...but I thought I saw some rocking. Is there anything else I should do, do you think?

 

[Miss Lydia]

Sit on your hands and watch. lol

 

[diamondsilkies]

yep, it's a good thing I'm out of the house
Love that mother hen and baby duck!

 

[Redhead Rae]

yep, it's a good thing I'm out of the house
Love that mother hen and baby duck!

I work from home and I have eggs in the incubator that started hatching yesterday. I'll be running up and down the steps all day. 2 out of 18 eggs so far.

 

[Farm boy 14]

duck

 

[diamondsilkies]

Lol I would be doing the same thing. Good luck with your hatch!

 

[Pyxis]

Day 26: No progress yet...but I thought I saw some rocking. Is there anything else I should do, do you think?

For now just hang tight If it is a Call, it may need end up needing help to hatch, especially with it being shipped. You may want to take a read through this article, just in case: https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/guide-to-assisted-hatching-for-all-poultry.72886/

Pet quality Calls usually hatch okay on their own, since they are not as good representations of the breed and have longer beaks and necks. However, Ruby's Calls aren't pet quality, and shipping can make it harder for them to hatch too.

The typier and closer to standard they are, the harder it is for them to hatch, since the better they are the smaller and shorter their beaks and necks are, making it very hard for them to pip and zip. Breeders of top show quality Calls may even only get one or two a year to successfully hatch.

Ruby's are nice quality. Not top show quality, but breeder quality at least. When I got Call eggs from her, I had to assist them.

 

[chickens really]

Do not assist yet and even if a Call they are not hard to hatch..I have excellent success hatching them..

 

[diamondsilkies]

I'll get home at around 4 this afternoon, but I'm getting updates from my family. So far nothing else has happened. Someone else forwarded me that article a while back when I had another problem with a chick hatching. It's really helpful, thank you.

 

[Pyxis]

I'll get home at around 4 this afternoon, but I'm getting updates from my family. So far nothing else has happened. Someone else forwarded me that article a while back when I had another problem with a chick hatching. It's really helpful, thank you.

You're welcome! I'm glad that it helped