Tis Time for a March 2020 Hatch-a-long!

[FortCluck]

I found a duck egg hiding underneath the basket where my chicken eggs are, but unfortunately it was DIS.

@CluckNDoodle If this duckling makes it through this do you think it would be okay to add it with the other ones that I have... The other 3 that are a day old or 2 days old?

 

[FortCluck]

Although, at 44 FREAKING WEEKS OLD, it better be.

My ducks are a year old and just laid a month ago my chicks are 20 weeks but not sure when they'll lay. They're giant crosses

 

[Mylied]

She finally laid a freaking egg! At 69g it's pretty impressive for a first time.View attachment 2050737

That's huge for a first egg! My showgil pullet laid her first egg yesterday and it's tiny. I didn't weigh it though.

 

[Mylied]

I found a duck egg hiding underneath the basket where my chicken eggs are, but unfortunately it was DIS.

@CluckNDoodle If this duckling makes it through this do you think it would be okay to add it with the other ones that I have... The other 3 that are a day old or 2 days old?

I'm not CluckNDoodle but it's fine to add them. Only matters after 3 or 4 weeks.

 

[FortCluck]

I'm not CluckNDoodle but it's fine to add them. Only matters after 3 or 4 weeks.

Ok anyone could've answered lol. Hoping it makes it

 

[Muscovy Wunda]

One of them is still alive the other two were DIS. I don't know what to do about the alive one. It's not absorbing the yolk and it's still veiny.

How do I help it or is it beyond help?

What are the chances its muscovy? I'm only assuming if you set it same day as all the other duck eggs, this could be why it's taking so long. But I would have thought he'd mention its a muscovy

 

[FortCluck]

What are the chances its muscovy? I'm only assuming if you set it same day as all the other duck eggs, this could be why it's taking so long. But I would have thought he'd mention its a muscovy

No muscovy is this group. He has runners, mallards, magpie, and silver appleyard. Too late if it is a muscovy because it's bill is out and that will probably mess with it I would assume.

I'm 100% sure it's not one of my muscovy eggs because it's a mint green egg.

 

[CluckNDoodle]

I found a duck egg hiding underneath the basket where my chicken eggs are, but unfortunately it was DIS.

@CluckNDoodle If this duckling makes it through this do you think it would be okay to add it with the other ones that I have... The other 3 that are a day old or 2 days old?

Yes, I'm sure once it has recovered it will be just fine to put in with the others.

 

[Muscovy Wunda]

No muscovy is this group. He has runners, mallards, magpie, and silver appleyard. Too late if it is a muscovy because it's bill is out and that will probably mess with it I would assume.

I'm 100% sure it's not one of my muscovy eggs because it's a mint green egg.

Yeah I only wondered because you said 30 days still with yolk.( I had a muscovy that laid green coated eggs, but shell was definetely white). Is it still absorbing? I'll find the link I used for my little duckling which really helped to stop membrane drying out. You've done the rest of it beautifully

 

[aliciaplus3]

I actually run a Styrofoam incubator to use for a "hospital" and/or transition point. right now the brinsea is STUFFED full, as in the eggs were left in the turners and set down or in an egg carton for the duck eggs that wouldn't fit so that they could all fit in the incubator! if I had tried to lay them down it wouldn't have worked. so as things hatch my plan is to move em to the styro to dry and get ready to go into the brooder.