Thread formerly known as Hatch day is today

[psue]

OLAH & welcome DS ~ We all have diferent types of ways we hatch, and a plethora of bators & or broody birds. Emu .... Must Hatch.......

remind me to keep Jerry off here for a few days.... he'll be asking for Emus again

 

[dominicsaturday]

It's been a day, and no real progress seems to be made.

I am very worried about my humidity.

When I look into the shell, the membrane around the duckling looks white, dry, papery.

How will I be able to tell if my ducklings are in danger?

 

[Kevin565]

remind me to keep Jerry off here for a few days.... he'll be asking for Emus again

How can you say no to this face

It's been a day, and no real progress seems to be made.

I am very worried about my humidity.

When I look into the shell, the membrane around the duckling looks white, dry, papery.

How will I be able to tell if my ducklings are in danger?

Are you still hearing them chirp?

 

[dominicsaturday]

I can still hear some chirping.

 

[Goin Quackrrs]

Well Christine braved my place & made it out alive ~ & yes she ended up leaving eggs in my Bator & took 2 Ancona ducklings too! (her hubby will be so pleased

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Couldn't talk her in to a rooster

I need to come see you just to see what I end up leaving with!

Maybe we can swap birds ! A muscovy for a cayuga or ancona? WE ARE SO making the day of fun Chinatown!

I have had a couple mishaps too ! I had my hubby help me eggs put eggs in the bator & he dropped one, & he said he isn't touching my eggs again ~ I guess he has butter fingers! & once I had a flashlight under my chin too & dropped it & cracked my eggs! Happens even to us incredibly perfect peeps!

They are frozen and skinned. I wasn't going to hand-pluck them this last time around.

I picked up a quitter egg recently and it crushed in my hand. Eww.

Haha

Hubby is going to be super ****** when he gets home. I may end up bringing some drakes to your place afterall!

Or I'll just tell him I will and then he'll eventually forget about it.

Thanks for incubating the eggs for me. And thanks for showing my how to sex the ducklings. I'll have to practice.

Get one of those magnifying lamps for crafting and fly tying. Made it so much easier. Still not sure if I'm that accurate, will see soon.

One of my ducks was eaten by a coyote when her eggs were 3 weeks old. I took them inside and made a home built incubator (white styrofoam cooler).

Well, needless to say, I didn't expect these eggs to be successful. Today, 2 of the eggs are already starting to crack through their shells! I can hear some of the others peeping and tapping.

I have been misting the eggs with water up until today. Should I continue to do so?

What special advice do I need to know for hatch day. These are pekin ducklings and I cannot wait to see these little yellow balls of puff.

So excited.

Thanks for any help in advance.

Good luck with your hatch! The advice everyone before me gave is sound advice. Keep us posted!

I have pekins coming out of every which end ! 74 started hatching yesterday & still going strong this morning!

My hatch isn't going so well. Looks like we're going to have five out of 17. Two mishaps, several late quitters and one that committed suicide in the egg. Argh.

How can you say no to this face

Are you still hearing them chirp?

I can say no to that. I think that's one of those azz-kicking birds.

I can still hear some chirping.

Just watch and wait. Ducks are sloooooooow hatchers.

 

[psue]

I can say no to that. I think that's one of those azz-kicking birds.
It is and Jerry aint getting ONE!

Just watch and wait. Ducks are sloooooooow hatchers.
And geese are even slower!

 

[Kevin565]

I can still hear some chirping.

Any updates?

 

[JazminesZoo]

Well hatch day has come to an end.....

I hatched 28 out of 29 Turkeys that went into LD !

I lost 2 Ohiki that didn't make the pip

& 1 didn't develop.... But I hatched 12 purdy little peeps out of 15

I also ..... drum roll...... ALOT Shitload of Pekins !!! 74 went into LD & 68 Hatched

THEN the realization into play

I also just hatched my own 6 Cayugas ~

MY HATCHER WAS PACKED ~ Ask Christine she saw it too!!!

 

[JazminesZoo]

WOW Shitload isn't bleeped !!! hehehehe

 

[Goin Quackrrs]

Well hatch day has come to an end.....

I hatched 28 out of 29 Turkeys that went into LD !

I lost 2 Ohiki that didn't make the pip

& 1 didn't develop.... But I hatched 12 purdy little peeps out of 15

I also ..... drum roll...... ALOT Shitload of Pekins !!! 74 went into LD & 68 Hatched

THEN the realization into play

I also just hatched my own 6 Cayugas ~

MY HATCHER WAS PACKED ~ Ask Christine she saw it too!!!

Whoa. I don't know where I'd put that many babies!

WOW Shitload isn't bleeped !!! hehehehe