talkhorsesducks
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- Apr 13, 2022
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last month I bought 21 show quality Welsh Harlequin and 2 Call duck eggs from a local breeder. I divided up the 24 eggs into 2 incubators. One due April 9 the other due April 13. I put one egg in from my own ducks. My hatch rates SUCKED. Neither of the call eggs were fertile I lost 13 eggs total before day 25. In my first incubator none had externally pipped by April 9. I made a safety hole in one egg that had been continuously peeping. He was mal positioned (leg over head.) so I tore away the whole air sack. He still had visible blood vessels so I left him alone wetting the egg sack every few hours. It took the little guy nearly 24 hours to absorb everything. I moved more shell and he popped his head out. Within 1/2 an hour he was out, yolk absorbed- but he still had his umbilical cord attached to the shell. I left him alone hoping it would fall off on its own. I was super worried about him. He couldn’t hold his head up or walk at all. The next morning his umbilical cord was completely dry, but he was still attached to the egg. I cut off the shell leaving the cord attached and gave him some electrolytes. He had a lot of trouble standing and walking the first day. I pipped the other eggs in the bator, and I opened them up the same day I did for him but they ended up dying before they could finish absorbing. When I did an autopsy on them I couldn’t see any reason for death. The little living guy who I named Athena- was walking much better the next day and was eating. A few days later on day 27 in the second incubator- the egg from my own ducks hatched completely on his own and was a beast. He ran around and squawked and was really healthy I call him Chaos. He was eating and drinking well and it encouraged Athena to eat well too. I another one from that incubator pipped on his own but he was positioned leg over head again and needed some help. He was the smallest duck I’d ever seen but he was healthy and peeping. I call him Apollo The others in that bator were dead, so I got 3/24 yikes. And Athena who was supposed a welsh harlequin is definitely not. He’s the black one with the yellow chest. Apollo is the tiny yellow one. I don’t show pictures of Chaos. My question is what breed are these 2? I’m just curious if anyone knows what they might be?
