Jan. 2022 Hatch-a-long

[LadiesAndJane]

The first ducklings from my SQ white call duck pair!


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Congrats!
They are so adorable!

 

[Bananer86]

I don't manually turn my chicken eggs, but I do when incubating waterfowl, and it's a 180 degree turn each time. How often are you turning them?

Every 4-8 hours depending on being home/sleeping etc.

 

[Bananer86]

The first ducklings from my SQ white call duck pair!


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Awwww congratulations! They are soo adorable

 

[FunnyfarmMidwest]

Awwww congratulations! They are soo adorable

Thank you!

 

[gimmie birdies]

The NN egg hatched first, day 20 still , the chick doesn't look to be NN though. The dark egg upper left hand corner is starting to zip. Some of the gray eggs are from my hens. there may be some from a grocery store fridge eggs from a near by farm I don't recall which but fridge eggs will take longer to hatch.

Most chicks should be black.

 

[gimmie birdies]

One more pip. The chick who hatched is watching over the eggs that are pip/zip.

 

[Bananer86]

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One more pip. The chick who hatched is watching over the eggs that are pip/zip.
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Congratulations it’s so exciting

 

[Bananer86]

All depends on how often you are turning them. If you have them marked so you can tell what a quarter turn is, then that works. I usually do a 180 when I have to hand turn mine though.

I have them marked with original weight + X on one side & O on the opposite. I’m going to do the 180 turns from here out. I should have left the auto turner in for my first hatch but I really wanted & needed to fit those extra 4 eggs in

 

[Iluveggers]

I have them marked with original weight + X on one side & O on the opposite. I’m going to do the 180 turns from here out. I should have left the auto turner in for my first hatch but I really wanted & needed to fit those extra 4 eggs in

If you candle at day 7 and there happens to be 4 clears, you could add the auto-turner then. Not that I’m hoping for clears for you. But if the worst happens you’ll at least get a benefit from it!

 

[gimmie birdies]

I could hear more chicks hatching last night. 3 are out. so far. I have a surprise blonde chick, out of a blue egg. I see as splash on her head too.

below is the 2 new ones...

Below is yesterday's chick next to a different egg.

One more pip this morning... (the gray egg to the left, just above the rope is the pip.) The blue egg made the biggest wiggle I have seen just starting day 21.