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Hey all, I’ve got a single chick egg that had been initially incubating with duck eggs and now moved to its separate incubator. Lockdown was 3 days ago and no sign of external pip. I did remove to candle and sure enough I felt her moving around inside the egg, hopefully internally pipping. I...

Hi there. I’ve hatched ducks and chicks for several years using the NR360. Fabulous machine, had great results in years past around 90-95% hatch rate with a full incubator. This year has been very different. At the beginning of January I set a full incubator with 22 eggs, many were duds...

Hi all, I have my 1 y/o Pekin duck whom I’d very much have liked to save but I don’t think it’s going to go that way. Back in December we actually took her to our vet who did bumble surgery on her foot and infection had spread up the leg. We had her on abx for probably a month or 5 weeks and she...

Hi all, I purchased a second incubator since we seem to have duck and chick fever here and want to go a little crazy. The last hatch we didn’t use the turner because the Pekin eggs were too large so we did it manually. I think I recall hearing it turn on its own while we had it warming up back...

Hi all! Despite ordering months ago from Meyer Hatchery my order got pushed back multiple times due to weather and now apparently some USPS embargo. So rather than honor my order I got kicked to the back of the line and my ducklings won’t come til JUNE now! I was hoping perhaps someone would...

Prefer Cayuga, Silver Apple Yard, Ancona or Welsh Harlequin. Willing to drive to surrounding states.

Hi! I hatched 6 pekin ducklings 1 week ago and so far they have been healthy from what I can tell. They eat and drink plenty and they get a bath once a day where they do swim and are dried off in plenty of time. Perhaps this is me hovering too much and I could be wrong on this but, it seems...

Hi all. Recently I bought a bit Ol tub of brewers yeast not knowing corn and wheat were the main ingredients. I don’t particularly have a problem with those grains but if they are GMO I’d rather that not be part of my flocks feed. Does anyone have a source for feed that would supplement the...

Hi all, using an nr360 I have diligently incubated 8 fertile eggs for the last 26 days turning 5x daily and keeping temp at 99.5 and humidity at 60% the first 18 days til I saw air cells seemed a bit full so dropped it to 40-45%. Yesterday I put them on lockdown and raised humidity to 70% and...

Hi all, for anyone who water glasses eggs we have been pulling from our reserves for the last few months and still have quite a bit of eggs left. This morning as my wife was going to pull some out she discovered a broken egg and the water had become cloudy. My question is if the remaining eggs...

Hi all! This is my first time hatching eggs, I have 8 Pekin eggs which all have movement inside and ducklings are taking up significant portion of the egg at day 18. I have extensively researched and follow Dave Holderreads book on raising ducks. He suggested washing duck eggs that were dirty...

Hi all! I just sold my first dozen duck eggs on eBay! They sold in 10 min lol, guess I need to up my prices already. I’ve never shipped duck eggs before but wondered if there are any “tricks of the trade” to make sure they arrive safely and not only without cracks but also assuming this person...

Organic, non-GMO eggs for sale from happy pasture raised chickens and ducks! 🤗🍳 If you’ve never had duck eggs before, they are obviously larger, and have a richer, creamier texture. As opposed to chicken eggs, which are acidic, duck eggs are alkaline. Both are fantastic to eat, bake with, or...

This past spring was my first experience with chicks as we bought day old chicks and ducklings from TS and we raised inside he ducks for 4 weeks and the chicks for 6. The ducks went outside mid April and we had in an unheated “hut” with pine shavings and they thrived, still giving me eggs...

Hi, I’d love to trade for the right friendly adult goose or some Welsh Harlequin , Silver Appleyard or Cayuga. Willing to drive to meet

This may be a stupid question, but I will be going on vacation for a few weeks and wondered if I had a higher end incubator to turn the eggs and manage humidity, temp etc that they could be left until I get back making sure obviously that I would return well before they hatch? People will be...

Hi all, first timer here. Been keeping chickens and ducks for a few years but first time for trying to hatch my own. Considering an incubator but wondering if it will be dumb if I don’t begin the incubating process til mid October? I understand chicks need to be inside for 5-6 weeks til they are...

Presently after harvesting some of my drakes I have three males (one Pekin/two Saxony) and two females, ones of each breed mentioned. I had intentions to have more girls but wasn’t able to get any more of either breed. I’ve noticed the male Pekin being aggressive with the other males and...

Hey guys, just harvested 3 of my Saxony drakes a few days ago. YouTube was helpful but I’m not sure I got EVERY single pin feather. I did the 150 temp water with paraffin wax and that seemed to work well, however it seemed like there were still bits here and there left. All and all they came out...

Hi, hopefully this is the right place to post but hoping to find someone on here or a resource for good show stock for Saxony ducks. I’ve heard some have access to Dave Holderreads stock but open to any options. I’d consider eggs but prefer at least ducklings or young adults. Thanks!