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[SundownWaterfowl]

Adorable pictures!

I have around 18 call duck eggs due this Thursday. Cant wait. I sold all the previous ducklings from my last batch, most of these will stay, if not all.

 

[OzarkCountryGirl]

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OMGosh....I LOVE that picture!

 

[MagsC]

I put this in another post as well, but my Blue Swedish eggs got here yesterday and I put them in the incubator this morning. Now the "duck" incubator is full.

Candled the ones that are in there already, I am not real great at determining how duck eggs are doing, but to my limited expertise they all look good so far.

 

[ShadyGlade]

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I have my fingers crossed you have a terrific hatch.

 

[froggie71]

We've seen our first pip!!!

 

[ryple]

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That's a keeper photo. That's got to be a stock quality photo for publication!

 

[SundownWaterfowl]

Moving my call eggs to the hatcher tomorrow morning. I have 18 due.

 

[Mojo Chick'n]

Ok, I tried the carton hatching method - moved them back to laying on their sides on the floor of the hatcher.

I had one pipped today - that I didn't know was pipped, cause it was pipping otu the side towards the pointy end (bottom) and then I check the three eggs that were supposed tohatch two days ago, and sure enough, one had pipped the same way and it got stuck and died

My white call duck eggs from DuckyBoys are up on deck next, so I put those on the floor on their sides. The one that had pipped wrong I put on it's side and helped it slightly, and it is out now, and looking good.
It's another black one like Sloopy.

I am reasonably sure that both Sloopy and Spiffy are boys, and Squishy is a girl (woohoo!! I needed another blue female to replace her mama). Spiffy is gorgeous, so I'm keeping him/her no matter what. Sloopy we'll have to see - I have another black baby that I think is a girl that I had bought. The one just hatched is a black, too - so maybe I'll have a pair of blacks out of the three of them.

I wish I had another silver to match up with Spiffy. But maybe I can match Spiffy up with the blacks and get blue again.

I'll keep ya informed on the white call duck eggs - I been busy with company from out of state, (got more coming next week) so I haven't been online much lately.

Oh, here's a Q for all of you with call ducks....

Spiffy is rather flat bodied, so sometimes gets flipped on his/her back and can't get uprighted. His wings aren't that big yet, and his legs and neck are short, of course, so he gets stuck. None of the other babies do this, just Spiff. Is this normal or is he just shaped weird?
I've had to put him upright three times now - not on the same days.

meri

 

[SundownWaterfowl]

I do use the egg carton method, and I always poke air holes in the bottom of the cartons, that way if a chick/duckling pips low, he/she can still breathe until I can help him/her out.

 

[Calebs Acre]

Today is Day 24 on my 27 runner duck eggs and some of them are chirping AND a few have already pipped, so we moved them to the new hatcher that my husband built from an Omaha Steak cooler. Gosh, I hope it works!!! I have so many eggs due to hatch this week