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

[Ruralhideaway]

I just hatched some CL 3 weeks ago and they are smart friendly little buggers. I've moved them out so they are getting less handling now but they hop all over my arms when I open the brooder doors.

 

[iluvsedward]

I really would love to, but since the weather is finally better, I've got so much to do outside, and I have a hatch going on (bantam cochins and cream legbars) so I guess I'm going to have to miss it.

I just found out today they usually have a couple a year, so maybe you can make the next one. Good luck with the hatch!

 

[WVduckchick]

I just hatched some CL 3 weeks ago and they are smart friendly little buggers. I've moved them out so they are getting less handling now but they hop all over my arms when I open the brooder doors.

These eggs took a beating by the post office, so I'm shocked I have one pip. I hope some hatch.

I just found out today they usually have a couple a year, so maybe you can make the next one. Good luck with the hatch!

Thanks! I'll check their website again to see if they have a newsletter by email or something, so I don't miss it.

 

[Ruralhideaway]

So you guys will know this answer for me. I asked elsewhere but no reply.

Eggs came in the mail today. Super excited about them. One broke and there's a little yolk on a few, not tons just a bit. Should I clean that off of them? These eggs are remarkably clean so they may have been washed? Just in case that matters.

 

[WVduckchick]

So you guys will know this answer for me. I asked elsewhere but no reply.

Eggs came in the mail today. Super excited about them. One broke and there's a little yolk on a few, not tons just a bit. Should I clean that off of them? These eggs are remarkably clean so they may have been washed? Just in case that matters.

Personally, I'd take a damp paper towel and just wipe the goo off. I don't wash eggs, but I have wiped parts of them.

Ralphie can give you his sterilization speech too.

 

[Ruralhideaway]

Personally, I'd take a damp paper towel and just wipe the goo off. I don't wash eggs, but I have wiped parts of them.

Ralphie can give you his sterilization speech too.

I'd be more inclined to consider actually washing but these look soooo clean. Aren't all waterfowl eggs pretty much always dirty?

I'll try to get that off, really dried on good though.

 

[WVduckchick]

I'd be more inclined to consider actually washing but these look soooo clean. Aren't all waterfowl eggs pretty much always dirty?

I'll try to get that off, really dried on good though.

Depends where they lay. My call duck laid in a temporary (currently unused) grow-out chicken coop today. The egg is pristine!

 

[WVduckchick]

I'd be more inclined to consider actually washing but these look soooo clean. Aren't all waterfowl eggs pretty much always dirty?

I'll try to get that off, really dried on good though.

Could you ask the seller if they washed them?

 

[Ruralhideaway]

Could you ask the seller if they washed them?

I'll try but communications are a bit spotty, she's a busy one.

 

[duluthralphie]

So you guys will know this answer for me. I asked elsewhere but no reply.

Eggs came in the mail today. Super excited about them. One broke and there's a little yolk on a few, not tons just a bit. Should I clean that off of them? These eggs are remarkably clean so they may have been washed? Just in case that matters.

Sterilize those eggs!!! Make them safe to hatch....protect the unborn with bleach and water...