First duck hatch

cmobley

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This was my first duck hatch I've hatched quail and chickens alot but decided to give this a try. I'm using a egg rocker not hand rolling and I kinda set the eggs on a whim and most had been refrigerated before setting. I set 40 eggs 8 days later I candled and 25 had no growth at all. Candled the remaining 15 eggs at 21 days. Day 26 they started hatching 6 hatched. I candled this morning the rest they didnt have any movement in them. When I cracked the remaining eggs open they were pretty much fully developed just didnt hatch. One is a crested magpie it's the black and yellow. The others are buff duck and mallard drake mix. I also have a mallard duck but not sure if she was laying when I gathered these eggs.
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I set 40 more yesterday evening. This time I had it planned and been keeping the best eggs. I've tried to only get my buff mallard eggs I dont thing the crested ducks are laying in the same nest and really dont want to hatch their eggs. I'm gonna candle these in 7 or 8 days throw out what's not making and add chicken eggs to refill the voids for the remaining 21 days.
 

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