Shaws call duck incubation thread (hatch a wonderful(worthless to Ralphie) dux thread)

[Pyxis]

and I know what balut is thank you very much!! Dont know why people think its cool to boil animals alive but, hey if you cant see it it doesnt exist right?

I 100% am not defending the practice and would never do it myself, but apparently they take them out of incubation and 'prepare' them before the developing embryo has developed enough to feel pain, so at least there's that. So in that respect it's really no worse than harvesting an adult bird for food.

Lobster and crab is also prepared by boiling them alive and most people have no trouble with that, I guess because they aren't cute like ducklings.

Good luck with your one with the lump. I had a shipped one that actually had its brain on the outside. Luckily it did not hatch and died shortly after I had opened the air cell. Yours doesn't look like brain, so at least there's that! Maybe it's just edema and will go down.

 

[iluvsedward]

I 100% am not defending the practice and would never do it myself, but apparently they take them out of incubation and 'prepare' them before the developing embryo has developed enough to feel pain, so at least there's that. So in that respect it's really no worse than harvesting an adult bird for food.

Lobster and crab is also prepared by boiling them alive and most people have no trouble with that, I guess because they aren't cute like ducklings.

Good luck with your one with the lump. I had a shipped one that actually had its brain on the outside. Luckily it did not hatch and died shortly after I had opened the air cell. Yours doesn't look like brain, so at least there's that! Maybe it's just edema and will go down.

I agree with you but (coming from crab capital of america here) crabs are like insects of the sea, i dont like seeing them cooked alive either but at least theyre more bug-like. Fish and shellfish are not like other animals you know what I mean? Ive heard they cook balut anywhere from 14-21 days old, and ive done enough eggtopsies to know that those are pretty well formed little ducks! I do understand its a cultural thing probably originating from times of starvation and hardship, so i respect it, its just hard to justify for me.

Yes it certainly doesnt look like the brain but it definitely is soft tissue. Thanks for the help, its a waiting game now!

 

[shawluvsbirds]

I 100% am not defending the practice and would never do it myself, but apparently they take them out of incubation and 'prepare' them before the developing embryo has developed enough to feel pain, so at least there's that. So in that respect it's really no worse than harvesting an adult bird for food.

Lobster and crab is also prepared by boiling them alive and most people have no trouble with that, I guess because they aren't cute like ducklings.

Good luck with your one with the lump. I had a shipped one that actually had its brain on the outside. Luckily it did not hatch and died shortly after I had opened the air cell. Yours doesn't look like brain, so at least there's that! Maybe it's just edema and will go down.

Ask Kiki about that!

I think it's sick and gross and I don't know how a person could even stomach looking at it long enough to get it to their mouth!
However I suppose just like anything else if you've seen it all your life and it's your culture. . I'm sure it would just be a normal thing. Many people think it's gross to eat deer meat or squirrel or rabbit but that is just normal to me.
So I guess to each their own. . .

 

[duluthralphie]

Ask Kiki about that!

I think it's sick and gross and I don't know how a person could even stomach looking at it long enough to get it to their mouth!
However I suppose just like anything else if you've seen it all your life and it's your culture. . I'm sure it would just be a normal thing. Many people think it's gross to eat deer meat or squirrel or rabbit but that is just normal to me.
So I guess to each their own. . .

Want me to list everything I have eaten????



Balut is NOT one though......

 

[iluvsedward]

Lumpy duck didnt make it. I think it may have been blind as well, it always had its eyes open.

 

[WVduckchick]

Lumpy duck didnt make it. I think it may have been blind as well, it always had its eyes open.

So sorry
I had a feeling that would happen. I'm shocked it hatched on its own.

 

[shawluvsbirds]

Lumpy duck didnt make it. I think it may have been blind as well, it always had its eyes open.

Probably for the best. Who knows what all else may have been wrong.

 

[Flockandfowl46]

Hello byc family!
I have my hands on an incubator and I have caught the hatching bug that's been going around here for some time.
I have had ducklings hatched by a broody but I am brand new to incubation.
I am fairly confident in my knowledge of candleing and what things should look like in a developing egg. . but need some guidance on temps, humidity, and and everything else in general specific to call duck egg incubation.

I'm looking forward to giving this a whirl and invite you all to join in the fun schooling a newbie. .
Thank you all in advance, I appreciate all suggestions, tips tricks and links to additional info that I can read.

Ps.
I will likely be adding some links here myself for ease of access. One of them will be @Pyxis guide to assisted hatching. I know that subject can get folks hot under the collar, however, with these being calls I will be ready to assist if and when necessary.
I can handle and totally appreciate constructive criticism . . but will not tolerate derogatory or rude comments on this subject matter.

Good luck friend I'll be joining you shortly as soon as the power is restored from this winter storm...just lost my first clutch of eggs from the outage and I'm ready to start another

 

[iluvsedward]

@shawluvsbirds how are your eggs doing? I didnt mean to take over your thread!

 

[shawluvsbirds]

@shawluvsbirds how are your eggs doing? I didnt mean to take over your thread!

Doing good as far as I can tell. .
A couple or 4 Cayuga eggs somehow jumped in the incubator with the call duck eggs . . . . I don't know how that happened. . . .

Still nothing on the broody eggs. Air cells did look a bit like they were starting to dip and get bigger last night. So. . Guess I was just way off on when I thought they should be due.
I didn't mind your hatching drama coming here. . that's how I've learned is from everyone else's experiences!