Incubating call ducks and humidity.

[casportpony]

they are on my thread of my call duck adventure. For who some of the parents might look like.

They are beautiful!
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/call-duck-adventure.1351200/

 

[Miss Lydia]

I just went back too I remember them now they are beautiful

 

[Knighstar679]

I just went back too I remember them not they are beautiful

I am hooding for few to no white calls, anything else but white will be prefect! Whites are cute as ducklings but I like the bigger birds with colors in them.

 

[Knighstar679]

Well, you know next time too, 13% loss in weight over 26 day period. Comes in handy sometimes.

so wait question?!? If 26 days is the magic day number what day to I lockdown on 24? Day 23? Just wait until there is a pip? The guy I got them from never said how much assistance he gave eggs he incubated inside. So I am preparing for the worse and hopeful for the best.

 

[Isaac 0]

so wait question?!? If 26 days is the magic day number what day to I lockdown on 24? Day 23? Just wait until there is a pip? The guy I got them from never said how much assistance he gave eggs he incubated inside. So I am preparing for the worse and hopeful for the best.

Lockdown for Calls is day 23, Be prepared to assist, Show quality calls usually need to be assisted since they have a very short bill it’s hard for them to pip, Pet quality calls usually have an easier time getting out since they resemble more of a mallard and have a longer bill, although most of the call seller’s I’ve seen on Ebay have pet quality. If the ducklings internally pips after twenty-four hours or so and makes no progress, to be safe make a small safety hole using a drill bit or screw, brad point drill bits work great, the hole should be small or you risk the duckling getting shrink-wrapped and to prevent the duckling from blocking the hole, do it right on top of the air cell, If after 48 hours after making the safety hole and the duckling doesn’t make any progress slowly chip away from where you started the safety hole and hopefully the duckling will be able to make it out on his own, just remember as long as the baby is getting air he will be fine, he has plenty of food/water in his system he can live off of for the next few days.

Best of luck on your hatch! Keep us Posted!

 

[Isaac 0]

I am hooding for few to no white calls, anything else but white will be prefect! Whites are cute as ducklings but I like the bigger birds with colors in them.

You can tell me with a straight face this little bugger isn't the cutest thing in the world?

 

[Miss Lydia]

I sure think so!

 

[Knighstar679]

You can tell me with a straight face this little bugger isn't the cutest thing in the world?

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Its adorable but its also giving me the evil duck eye like i owe it meal worms or peas!.


But I find this one completely adorable and cute on a massive level!

 

[Knighstar679]

Here are the air cells of my call duck eggs this evening. They are around day 16 i think the blue mark is the one I did tonight.

 

[Knighstar679]

Lockdown for Calls is day 23, Be prepared to assist, Show quality calls usually need to be assisted since they have a very short bill it’s hard for them to pip, Pet quality calls usually have an easier time getting out since they resemble more of a mallard and have a longer bill, although most of the call seller’s I’ve seen on Ebay have pet quality. If the ducklings internally pips after twenty-four hours or so and makes no progress, to be safe make a small safety hole using a drill bit or screw, brad point drill bits work great, the hole should be small or you risk the duckling getting shrink-wrapped and to prevent the duckling from blocking the hole, do it right on top of the air cell, If after 48 hours after making the safety hole and the duckling doesn’t make any progress slowly chip away from where you started the safety hole and hopefully the duckling will be able to make it out on his own, just remember as long as the baby is getting air he will be fine, he has plenty of food/water in his system he can live off of for the next few days.

Best of luck on your hatch! Keep us Posted!

I just looked at the calendar and compared it to my Welshes hatch and lock down day. This puts them both dead on the same hatch and lock down day. 21 ducklings hatching at once. I wonder if i will have any hair left! My biggest hatch to date was 8 so far!