"Helpers" Anonymous-Chat Thread

[sonjab314]

Hi everyone. We are all safe here. Thanks for thinking of me. I live about 2 hours from St. Louis so that part missed us. I went to my embroidery seminar this morning. Good thing I'm not a millionaire. I'd have to build a special workshop for just my sewing junk lol. There was so much I wanted to buy but I have no money. Oh well. I got $600 worth of stuff for $30 (tuition to the class) . They gave us a large box of "free" goodies.

 

[StevenW.]

I took a nice nap and I feel a little better but not a lot I like blah right now

 

[justmeandtheflock]

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I'm glad the storms missed you

Nice score getting all that stuff for free. I like to sew too but I get to involved and wind up staying up all night working on my project so I don't do it too often. Same thing with knitting and crocheting

 

[justmeandtheflock]

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It was just that kind of day. I tried to lay in my bed and watch TV but I had company very quickly so I got up and went to Walmart, lol

 

[StevenW.]

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It was just that kind of day. I tried to lay in my bed and watch TV but I had company very quickly so I got up and went to Walmart, lol

I tryed doin that but I kept falling alseep so I turned the TV off and went to sleep

 

[StevenW.]

They changed my Title thing!

 

[casslarrabee225]

HELP??

I have 3 Khaki duck eggs due to hatch in 5 days.

Egg one; (my duck: Moo-Shu). I have noticed the air-cell has gotten bigger and I can see a small shadow along the edge of the air-sack it looks like the duck wiggling under the membrane. Sometimes when the duck moves I can see the egg jiggle.

Should I take this egg off the turner? How noticeable is it once they pip through? How long will I see him moving below the membrane before he pips through? No need to "help" him out, he's not struggling right?

Egg two; (my fiance & sons duck: Ming-Ming). Is about at the same point as Moo-Shu but the air sack is about half the size and I don't see him moving beneath the membrane. I can see him moving just not against the membrane yet. Do I need to adjust temp or humidity for him?

Egg three; (my dad's: unnamed). I'm pretty sure is having a struggle. Where Moo-Shu & Ming-Ming are taking up their whole egg this one is not that big. It only takes about 2/3 of his egg. Not to mention his egg is slightly smaller then the others. He's about a large chicken egg and the others are like jumbo chicken eggs. I saw him move right along and he still is as of today. All eggs went in at the same time, so I assume they should ALL be progressing the same. 2 days ago we almost had a disaster with this egg. When I was candling the egg I almost dropped him. The egg actually came out of my hand and I caught it out of the air. I noticed a little crack on the bottom of his shell. Not big at all! and doesn't go all the way through the egg and nothing has come out of the egg through the crack. He has moved since the mishap and was having what I call "growing problems" before this happened.

Will all the ducks hatch on the same day? Am I over thinking this and stressing too much? I'm very nervous and anxious about the whole hatching process. I'm so afraid I will do something wrong and they won't hatch properly if at all.

 

[StevenW.]

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Well if they are spose to hatch in 5 days then they are on 23 (28 days for ducks) Keep them in the turner till day 25 or 26. Were they set on the same day?

 

[casslarrabee225]

Yup, they are at day 23. I know you stop turning them at day 25, but was unsure about Moo-Shu since he is so active and jiggling the egg. They were all set on the same day, yes.

 

[StevenW.]

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Yep, stop turning on day 25 then you have to get humidity up around 60-65%
Don't open the incubator at all when you have the humidity up.