Hatch A Long

[Magnolia Ducks]

 

[shawluvsbirds]

I have 2 external pips and lots of internals.

go babies go!

Another Cayuga hatched today! What a size difference a couple of days difference makes.

 

[Matieus27]

So today is day 18 and it looks like I have two internal pips already

 

[Matieus27]

@WVduckchick Congrats on the ducks

 

[Miss Lydia]

I’ve never seen the last 2 with red in it like that. @WVduckchick

 

[WVduckchick]

The more red ones are definitely further along.

I added water to my incubator this morning, hatching due this weekend. I have 5 call duck eggs, and 7 (plus 2 questionable) big eggs from Saxony and khaki hens with a white crested drake as daddy.

 

[Duckie doodle]

@WVduckchick I am getting 2 saxony ducklings from a breeder this weekend. Can't wait for that. One of the crested drakes that I have is the father of these babies but the mom's are different so I will have to wait til they hatch to see!

 

[Duckie doodle]

I figured that I would ask because I have been told different things by different people. One person tell me not to during the first week then you can candle whenever you want after the embryo stage. Then another person told me that it doesnt matter how often as long as I always wash my hands after and before and that I am careful.

 

[Miss Lydia]

I like to go to someone I know that has experience and WV does.

 

[Magnolia Ducks]

That little fact about the turning is interesting. I had so many malpositioned with this hatch. I was turning every 90 minutes as that was the default setting.