Hi,
Wondering if you could help I am hatching 12 buff orpington ducks and I have:
1 duckling that has hatched early (day 25) and is doing great
1 that's got its beak sticking out and is about 3/4 of the way round,
1 that's not started to zip but was the 1st to pip
2 have started to zip and stopped
1 externally pipped (wrong end) not yet 12hrs
6 that have done nothing
How would you deal with a mixed bag of hatching stages?
Do I take out the duckling after 24hrs and help the ones that are still alive? I'm just worried if I open the incubator after 24hrs that it will cause shrink wrap.
Any advice would be great.
Thanks
Jo
Wondering if you could help I am hatching 12 buff orpington ducks and I have:
1 duckling that has hatched early (day 25) and is doing great
1 that's got its beak sticking out and is about 3/4 of the way round,
1 that's not started to zip but was the 1st to pip
2 have started to zip and stopped
1 externally pipped (wrong end) not yet 12hrs
6 that have done nothing
How would you deal with a mixed bag of hatching stages?
Do I take out the duckling after 24hrs and help the ones that are still alive? I'm just worried if I open the incubator after 24hrs that it will cause shrink wrap.
Any advice would be great.
Thanks
Jo