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This will be our 3rd year processing our own meat birds. In the past we have butchered them, then let them rest in a cooler of ice for 24-48 hours, then packaged them. This year due to some circumstances we have to approach the process differently. I was wondering if it is ok to butcher them...

Our first out of five eggs has hatched! Duckling looks healthy. 3 other eggs are also externally pipped (I noticed all within a few hours of each other). How long do I leave this one in the incubator (still needs to fluff up) and then what do I do about the others? Thanks!!!

Hey everyone. So we have 1 year old chickens & ducks. And 11 week old chicks & ducklings. The 1 year olds have been getting the same food since they were able to. We typically feed them the Dumore feed I’ll add as a pic, from Tractor Supply. We switched to our local feed store and the 2nd pic...

Our G1 egg due to hatch 5/2 never hatched, and when I just checked it, was dead :( Our H2 egg due to hatch yesterday (same as our healthy duckling that hatched this morning)shows no external pipping signs. I checked it and can hear tapping, and when I looked I can see the bill and a shadow in...

My duckling hatched very early this morning- like around 5 or 6 I believe. It is still in the incubator but is drying out well. I still have two other eggs in there I am waiting to hatch but I have the brooder box up to 92° Under the light. The duckling is chirping and moving around but the...

Hi everyone! So of my 3 eggs, one was day 28 today& 2 are day 28 tomorrow. One of tomorrow’s eggs is shaking/vibrating so much and I see an external pip! Not fully open but the shells cracked in, in a circle shape....the one due to hatch today I don’t see anything yet.....is that normal? I also...

Any recommendations for small incubators? I’ve seen so many on here but I’m looking to hatch our Runner eggs...I don’t mind turning manually but would like easy & reliable temp and humidity settings. Also would probably only be looking to do 3-9 at a time. Any help would be appreciated, as we...

Does anyone know what I’m looking at, and more so, is it normal? This is my 1st time incubating duck eggs from our Runners. I have a 3rd egg in the incubator, not pictured and the embryo fills up the entire egg so it’s entirety is dark. It’s also a day 21er. Worth mentioning all 3 eggs have lots...

Hi everyone! So I started with 5 fertilized runner eggs in my still air incubator. It’s homemade but I’ve kept the temp and humidity within appropriate parameters. We lost 1 at 20 days. Our 2nd was due to hatch yesterday. I noticed some dark spots and lines on the shell. No pipping no...