Thread formerly known as Hatch day is today

[qwackers]

Here's the link for the vid.

Yeh the little one is getting there. Fluffed up nicely and seems abit perkier. Still got a wobbly head and legs but I'm not giving up hope!

 

[angiert]

call ducks... i just lost my little house duck to a huge bird of prey... because it was a super nice day and i thought she would love to go outside and play in the creek... i only turned my back a second and she was gone!!! devastated!!! i looked for over a year to find a mate for her so i decided to try a hatch... really scared tho. temp is bouncing between 98 and 100 but my humidity is only at about 52%.... shouldn't it be a bit higher? im glad i fired it up before my eggs get here!... thanks for the welcomes, info and emotional support!

angie

 

[JuliaSh]

Hello everyone!
I am new here but thank you to all who helped me before with my new turner.
I love this website really informative I got all my questions answered by reading posts.
I have 13 just hatched ducklings 4 of them are Rouen ducks and rest are crested Swedish. I had to assist one rouen because he was hatching from a wrong end. thanks to this website he/she is alive and doing great. Now I have a different problem I still have 5 eggs in incubator and two of them internally peeped I can see them when I candle the eggs and I can hear them but they are not making any progress what should I do? Please help asap!

 

[Goin Quackrrs]

That song is amazing hahaaa!
Woke up to find egg 3 had popped out and as we were watching and cheering it on egg 4 popped out! Egg 5 is working on it. Phew day 31 and we still aren't done!
The guy I got the eggs from said they were Indian runners but I'm jot sure, though I've not seen babies in real life but don't look how I expected other than the yellow one. Il put some pics up later and you can diagnose!

LOL. I'm goofy for duckies!

They are cute for sure!

That is awesome! I love it! Did you make that up? It is really cool.

I made that up on my first ever hatch. I don't know why, I was just so darn excited to have them hatch!

ok, incubator started up.... therm. and hydrometer purchased and working....eggs on the way...brooder halfway set up, anything else?? can i put down a hand towel over the wire or not a good idea? trying my hand at this but after reading all this im terrified... gonna be a mess for the next 28 or so days! and of all the kinds to start with i picked calls!

The wire on the incubator? I don't put anything because it will effect humidty. Hang in there, the first hatch will drive you all kinds of crazy if you let it.

Hello everyone!
I am new here but thank you to all who helped me before with my new turner.
I love this website really informative I got all my questions answered by reading posts.
I have 13 just hatched ducklings 4 of them are Rouen ducks and rest are crested Swedish. I had to assist one rouen because he was hatching from a wrong end. thanks to this website he/she is alive and doing great. Now I have a different problem I still have 5 eggs in incubator and two of them internally peeped I can see them when I candle the eggs and I can hear them but they are not making any progress what should I do? Please help asap!

If you're locked down, then nothing to worry about. Let those babies do as they wish... and they will take their time.

 

[JuliaSh]

If you're locked down, then nothing to worry about. Let those babies do as they wish... and they will take their time.

they are the last ones it's just hard to wait for them at the end of day 30. I can hear them in the eggs and see egg movement but it worries me that there is no crack or anything.

 

[JuliaSh]

Here are some of them! this is my first time hatching!

 

[Goin Quackrrs]

Here are some of them! this is my first time hatching!

What a beautiful assortment of ducklings!

As far as your late babies go, you can always carefully poke an air hole in the shell. I tend to let them hatch or not on their own because sometimes helping can be worse than just letting nature take its course. I assisted hatched a baby one time and it's leg joint had formed wrong. I ended up having to cull it and it was the worst experience of my duck-loving life.

 

[JuliaSh]

What a beautiful assortment of ducklings!

As far as your late babies go, you can always carefully poke an air hole in the shell. I tend to let them hatch or not on their own because sometimes helping can be worse than just letting nature take its course. I assisted hatched a baby one time and it's leg joint had formed wrong. I ended up having to cull it and it was the worst experience of my duck-loving life.

Thank you very much I will probably wait and see what will happen.

 

[angiert]

102F for a still air means the temp measured 2 inches above the floor.

is that the floor or the wire???

 

[Nebraskagirl]

Hello everyone!
I am new here but thank you to all who helped me before with my new turner.
I love this website really informative I got all my questions answered by reading posts.
I have 13 just hatched ducklings 4 of them are Rouen ducks and rest are crested Swedish. I had to assist one rouen because he was hatching from a wrong end. thanks to this website he/she is alive and doing great. Now I have a different problem I still have 5 eggs in incubator and two of them internally peeped I can see them when I candle the eggs and I can hear them but they are not making any progress what should I do? Please help asap!

Just back off a bit. Let them "do their thing" and just try to relax. My WH eggs did that for a while and they hatched on their own time. It will be ok. I would advise just watching and enjoying them come into the world. Good luck and keep us updated.