Who's Hatching Ducks? Hatch With Us!! *Page 3*

[SundownWaterfowl]

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If the egg has a large hole in it where you can see the beak, and there is no progress within 12 hours (16 hours max), then I would help. I will go take a picture of the egg and post it here so you can see what I mean. Just because the duckling can breathe, doesnt me that he cant die. He could get stressed out in the shell.

I just helped out my gray call with the large hole. He was definitely ready to come out. Poor thing skinned a tiny piece of his beak on the shell. All of the veins were absorbed, and all of the yolk was absorbed.

Here are some pictures of him.

First picture is of the hole he made in the shell.

Second picture is of me helping him out.

Third picture is of him out of the shell. His head is out, so I set him back in the carton to finish getting the rest of the way out. After I set him back in, I added some hot water to a sponge in the incubator to bump back up the humidity. The other pipped eggs are making progress. Probably they will all be out by tonight.

 

[Feathered Wings]

Sundownwaterfowl Thanks so much for the pics and the info.

That baby is so cute

Mine just have the crack shell no hole yet so i will wait for the hole then wait 12 hours before i help.
Doe's this sound right ???

 

[Feathered Wings]

I was just looking in the incu and i can see one egg the little duck is really chipping away slowly at the egg.

Sundownwaterfowl what kind of incu are you useing??

 

[SundownWaterfowl]

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They are hatching in a Hovabator 1602n. I incubated them in a brinsea octagon 40.

 

[SundownWaterfowl]

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Your welcome.

Yes, wait for the hole. Most will zip around the egg to get out, but a some will just make a hole and you will need to help them the rest of the way out.

 

[Feathered Wings]

Anybody use a Hovabator 1588 to hatch duck eggs i had been thinking of getting one of those??
Did it give you a good hatch i would love to hatch some more duck eggs??

Folks on BYC just rave about them hatching eggs so well.

 

[SundownWaterfowl]

I have 2 more ducklings almost out. They are almost zipped around the whole egg. 1 is gray and 1 is mixed color.

 

[drmeyes236]

I placed 7 Pekin eggs last night! One cracked in shipping , 3 americanas due on Saturday!! Where do I get duck food around Cleveland,Ohio? (counting my ducks before they hatch!)

 

[starryeyes]

I have the hova bator 1583 I have rouen duck eggs in there i have not misted them :O , I also have sexlink chics in there this is my first time hatching so this is my test hatch i see movement in the duck eggs i also have eggs due at different times so we shall see how all this works out. I am to pick up 20 2 week old plymouth rock chics in the morn with 22 ready to lay red sexlink. We will be a busy family LOL. So I guess my question is my duck eggs are 13 days old i have not misted them i have a auto turner so should i mist them?????/

Starry
Ontario Canada

 

[SundownWaterfowl]

A white call just hatched from my mixed color eggs. Almost a month ago I let my white hen go with my new white drake for a day. Maybe she still was fertilized by him.