Pekin Duck Club!

[Miss Lydia]

Let me play catch up in the mean time please send me a current pic

@CyndiD

 

[Lacrystol]

Tell me where your at??

 

[Lacrystol]

Ive got her number let me get her attention

 

[Lacrystol]

@CyndiD

I sent you a pic of what to do for the little guy, the idea is to apply pressure with out harming him.. Keep as Much shell as you can that's left.

In the mean time how many eggs are left??

 

[WVduckchick]

Ok glad lacrystol is on it!

 

[Carmenia Farm]

Help! I'm trying to determine if I should see if my Pekin girl Daffy will sit on these eggs or if I should take them now and put them in the incubator?? I always prefer letting the mom do all the work, but this is my first time with Pekins and have read how they rarely brood. Daffy is 9 months old, just got to point of lay about 6 weeks ago, and I know my Pekin drake is mating with her on an almost daily basis, so the eggs should be fertile. She's been sleeping on the eggs every night and then leaves the pen by day. I've seen her moving the eggs and this morning they were all pointy side up until the chickens got into her pen.

A biologist friend tells me that if I don't get the eggs into the incubator right away that I risk them losing their fertility (she lays 1 egg a day so the earliest egg is now 12 days old), but since she is showing brooding tendencies then I don't want to teach her that the human will just come and steal her eggs, I want her to brood.

So you experienced Pekin breeders, is it wishful thinking? Is my biologist friend right--I should just put them in the incubator now? Or does the fact that she sleeps on them at night and moves them around indicate that she may see them through to hatch?

Thanks so much!!!!!!

Becky

 

[BullChick]

You should put them in the incubator. The ducks like to sleep in their boxes.

 

[CyndiD]

@lacrystol @tracyjg @Miss Lydia @Sarkchick
Hello Ladies, I want to say Thank You Very Much for all your help, assistance, concern and suggesions. I am sorry to say that I go the duckling out of the shell but she passed w/in 10mins while i was attending to another duckling. I though she was resting and doing well. then i saw the post about setting her upright. it was too late, i am sorry to say i did not see that post until afer she passed.
I had named her Early, Sarkchick helped me name her, for obvious reasons. She fought hard and so did I.
Thank you all very much for all you did to help me help her.
Sincerely, CyndiD
P.S. on a good note, this duckling hatched at the same time and is thriving

 

[Debs Flock]

@lacrystol @tracyjg @Miss Lydia @Sarkchick
Hello Ladies, I want to say Thank You Very Much for all your help, assistance, concern and suggesions. I am sorry to say that I go the duckling out of the shell but she passed w/in 10mins while i was attending to another duckling. I though she was resting and doing well. then i saw the post about setting her upright. it was too late, i am sorry to say i did not see that post until afer she passed.
I had named her Early, Sarkchick helped me name her, for obvious reasons. She fought hard and so did I.
Thank you all very much for all you did to help me help her.
Sincerely, CyndiD

Sorry for your loss. You sure tried to save her. At least it seems she didn't suffer.

 

[Miss Lydia]

@lacrystol @tracyjg @Miss Lydia @Sarkchick
Hello Ladies, I want to say Thank You Very Much for all your help, assistance, concern and suggesions. I am sorry to say that I go the duckling out of the shell but she passed w/in 10mins while i was attending to another duckling. I though she was resting and doing well. then i saw the post about setting her upright. it was too late, i am sorry to say i did not see that post until afer she passed.
I had named her Early, Sarkchick helped me name her, for obvious reasons. She fought hard and so did I.
Thank you all very much for all you did to help me help her.
Sincerely, CyndiD
P.S. on a good note, this duckling hatched at the same time and is thriving

I am so sorry Early didn't make it She tried hard and so did you.

What a precious baby just in time to help with heartache. Is it a little Buff ?