New duck mommy 2021
Free Ranging
Until there is an external pip you can’t harm them by candlingI mean I don't dare to break the quarantine maybe I do it 2 days after tomorrow if they haven't hatch yet, I'm a few hours away from the "hatch day" that technically speaking if they don't have internal pip yet they are supposed to either internally pip or if they have they need to pip today, or do both from today to Sunday, I just hope they make it out
After lockdown I don’t pick them up but I will check for internal pips by placing my candler on the egg where the egg sits
I get 90- 100 % hatch rates
have lost one here and there but not from candling or shrink wrap
Never had a shrink wrap baby
My mom duck yesterday morning got off her nest for a half hour with 6 eggs and all 6 had external pips
I caught a glimpse of a few babies under her wings last night and hopefully today I see if they all hatched
Some people go by the book and get lower rates then I do
I’m a rule breaker but have high success with hatching
If those were my eggs I would be checking to see where they are at