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[dan26552]

Blue Swede duck #1

Blue Swede duck #2

Blue Swede duck #3

Blue Swede #4

They all have their faults, two don't have bibs and the two that do are way over bibbed :/ Don't know which is better.

 

[DwayneNLiz]

So I promised this to meltel

So beautiful! And look at that lil 'ling

I love BEAVERS

THEY ARE GOOD EATING TOO.....

ROFL

So real quick.... I'm out on a date with my wife.... She woke up today and started acting normal again. First time in a long time.

Grazi!!!!!!! Have fun and put us away!!!!!!!!!

Hope you have some beaver for dessert!

love you!!!

 

[WalnutHill]

Gray poult

 

[WVduckchick]

Blue Swede duck #1

Blue Swede duck #2

Blue Swede duck #3

Blue Swede #4

They all have their faults, two don't have bibs and the two that do are way over bibbed :/ Don't know which is better.

Love #2! Mate her with a good bibbed male. I think it's easier to add more white than get rid of too much.

Gray poult

Lovely!!

 

[dan26552]

Love #2! Mate her with a good bibbed male. I think it's easier to add more white than get rid of too much.
Lovely!!

Yeah she is pretty isn't she? My only Swede drake is blotchy bibbed though it is a decent bib and not overly. He's also her dad so it might work.

 

[dan26552]

I have a malposition, any advice?

 

[WalnutHill]

I have a malposition, any advice?

I only have one duck hatch behind me. But if it was a turkey, I'd not open the incubator and monitor it for 18-20 hours after pip. When the voice is loud and shrill, when no gulping is seen, I'm willing to help. Get it out of the incubator fast and into a warm, moist environment. Be ready with dry paper towel, a teaspoon of corn starch in case you hit a bleeder, and a damp towel to wipe your fingers.

Open the chips and see what you can see. If you see blood vessels in the membrane, back into the incubator for a couple more hours. Malpositions take longer to draw down all the blood vessels. If all looks clear and the baby is struggling, chip back toward the middle of the egg, one chip at a time. Look for visible blood vessels. If none, proceed around the shell one chip at a time. Put it back in the incubator to rest if temps drop too far.

Never put a damp cloth on a chick in the incubator. Dry only.

 

[dan26552]

I only have one duck hatch behind me.  But if it was a turkey, I'd not open the incubator and monitor it for 18-20 hours after pip.  When the voice is loud and shrill, when no gulping is seen, I'm willing to help.  Get it out of the incubator fast and into a warm, moist environment.  Be ready with dry paper towel, a teaspoon of corn starch in case you hit a bleeder, and a damp towel to wipe your fingers.

Open the chips and see what you can see.  If you see blood vessels in the membrane, back into the incubator for a couple more hours.  Malpositions take longer to draw down all the blood vessels.  If all looks clear and the baby is struggling, chip back toward the middle of the egg, one chip at a time.   Look for visible blood vessels.  If none, proceed around the shell one chip at a time.  Put it back in the incubator to rest if temps drop too far.

Ok. Thanks. Not real sure when it pipped, sometime this afternoon though.

 

[WalnutHill]

Ok. Thanks. Not real sure when it pipped, sometime this afternoon though.

Don't rush things.

 

[dan26552]

Don't rush things.

I won't. I'd rather not deal with an unabsorbed yolk or injure it because I was too hasty.