Preparing to set call and pekin duck eggs! Hatch day should be March 4, 2021 if all goes well!

[Painted Calls]

Gosh this is intense! My incubator gets here Tuesday and I'm already fighting back anxiety lol.

C'mon baby duckers!

 

[FunnyfarmMidwest]

Gosh this is intense! My incubator gets here Tuesday and I'm already fighting back anxiety lol.

C'mon baby duckers!

It is! I haven’t slept more than 2 hours since Wednesday! As soon as this little guy got out I immediately took a nap!
Many sleepless nights to come! When these guys are out I’ve got the second batch ready to go in! Good luck with your hatch! I’ll definitely be following!
This little fella is doing great! I just got him to eat some food and he drank by himself! Tipped his little head up and all!
He is already too spoiled! Hope his brother hatches soon because he is LOUD! He is totally attached to me and won’t even let me leave the room!

 

[BirdsBeesTrees]

It is! I haven’t slept more than 2 hours since Wednesday! As soon as this little guy got out I immediately took a nap!
Many sleepless nights to come! When these guys are out I’ve got the second batch ready to go in! Good luck with your hatch! I’ll definitely be following!
This little fella is doing great! I just got him to eat some food and he drank by himself! Tipped his little head up and all!
He is already too spoiled! Hope his brother hatches soon because he is LOUD! He is totally attached to me and won’t even let me leave the room!

 

[BirdsBeesTrees]

A mirror will help.

 

[FunnyfarmMidwest]

A mirror will help.

Thanks! I might try that! He has a stuffed animal now and is finally being quiet! Here’s a picture of him from a bit ago.

 

[FunnyfarmMidwest]

Here’s the other baby. It’s making progress and is actively absorbing the veins. Most in the hole are absorbed but theres some still near the top of the egg. Still chewing and yawning. I’ll check it’s progress in 4 hours.

 

[FunnyfarmMidwest]

I’m thinking he’s stuck. He’s absorbed all the veins as far back as I can see. The membrane was starting to stick to him. I think he’s ready but he can’t get his little head out? Thoughts?

 

[FunnyfarmMidwest]

Ok he still has a couple active veins so I put him back in to absorb for a while.

 

[FunnyfarmMidwest]

Just checked him. He looks like he’s doing good but not trying to push himself out yet. So I’ll check him in about 2 hours. I’m thinking he’ll be ready to push himself out then. He moves his little wing every once in a while, peeps, and pushes his little head around.

Meanwhile the little guy that hatched is extremely feisty! I took him out to sit with me in front of the heater for a bit. He was running around like crazy, jumping up on my leg and peeping up a storm! He has already got the hang of eating and drinking on his own and he is doing great! He’s also finally sleeping with his stuffed animal in the brooder! I would get some pictures but then I’d wake him and he’d start peeping nonstop again!

 

[FunnyfarmMidwest]

Ok for Squeegee’s eggs:
The first egg of hers is on day 24, it is showing great shadowing! I’m thinking it’s internal pip won’t be too far off. Then the other one has a small air cell so I’m thinking I’ll wipe the bloom off. It’s doing ok now though. It’s also on day 24. No shadowing or drawdown as of now.

An update on Cami’s Broodiness:
Cami is a very dedicated broody. She now has lined her entire nest with feathers and only gets up for a break when I remove her and set her by the food and water. After taking a less than 3 minute break and acting very grumpy she walks back over and resumes sitting on the nest. She is sitting on 12 eggs!!!! I don’t even know how she can keep that many warm but she’s doing great and the 3 I checked upon random were developing well.