Search results for query: *

Thank you, @Miss Lydia and @New duck mommy 2021 🥰

Hello everyone. I don't have good news, but I wanted to update this thread for those following. My sweet Bobby didn't make it. Before burying him this morning, I decided to open his egg and see what happened. The part of his body in his air cell (that I initially thought was his head) was...

I see what looks like dark red blood near and below his external pip site. I think that means he hit a blood vessel and bled. I candled him again and still no movement. I'm going to let him be in the cooler until the morning and check one more time then. I just want to thank everyone for their...

Hi again, another update. I just candled Bobby in his egg for like 20 minutes. He's not moving anymore. And he doesn't seem to be holding his temperature. I changed his towel (it was damp from the wet sponges) and reheated his cooler...but I am losing hope that he's still alive in there. And I'm...

Hello everyone, we are back from dinner! We were gone four hours! My nerves are shot, lol. But when we got back, he was still in his air cell, though he looks farther into it (closer to the bottom of the egg). I am concerned about the membrane where he externally pipped, though. The hygrometer...

Do you think we still have several hours until he hatches so that I can go to dinner? If it were you, would you stay home? Gosh, I'm sorry for all the questions but I sure am grateful for all your help. <3

Should I cover the membrane with tape or plastic wrap or something to keep it moist?

Just another update! I candled him (without taking him out of his cooler) and somehow it looks like he ended up in the air cell and now is BREATHING in the air cell!! What on earth?! He is so active! Is this possible? @New duck mommy 2021 I think you said above that this has happened to one of...

Hello @New duck mommy 2021 and everyone following our little journey! Just a quick update. Bobby has broken through the membrane and poked his beak out all the way. This is what it looks like now. So...today is Thanksgiving at my in-laws' house. We're supposed to be there at 2 pm. I don't want...

Wonderful, thank you. <3 He can hear the new babies (the cooler is right next to their brooder) so maybe that's why he's working so hard to hatch. :love

Thank you. I am trying not to worry but it's hard. He is periodically pushing against the external pip, and bits of egg shell have fallen off. The membrane is still intact. I very super gently used a q-tip to put some herbal (usnea) salve on the membrane but I am doing nothing else!

@New duck mommy 2021 I just candled and the external pip is NOT inside the air cell! Why? Is this bad? He is pushing on the crack in the egg right now!! What does this mean??

I just edited the post with the photo! Oh my goodness, I don't know what to do now! Just sit on my hands and watch the show, right?? 😍😍

OMG OMG OMG @New duck mommy 2021 and anyone else who is following...I just went in there to make sure the dip in the air cell was facing up and HE HAS EXTERNALLY PIPPED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I WILL SHARE A PHOTO JUST A MINUTE!!!!!!!! 😍 😍 😍 😍 😍

This is so amazing!!! Thank you!!! <3 <3

Good morning, everyone! Happy Thanksgiving! <3 I just shared a video above of my little Bobby Egg this morning...and, something is happening! I see "dip down" and shadowing! I have no idea if he's pipped or not, haha! But things are different than yesterday! Oh my goodness, we are all so...

@New duck mommy 2021 Happy Thanksgiving! If you see this today, would you mind telling me if you think Bobby has internally pipped? I don't hear anything coming from his egg but things look so different. Thank you for everything and if you don't see this today, no worries of course, and have a...

Here are our beautiful new babies!!! 😍

Thank you, thank you!! Your comment makes me feel so much better about everything! I will absolutely keep this thread updated as soon as the action starts!! 😍😍

Hi Ruth! Yes, those are our new ducklings! The post office called 10 minutes to 9:00 this morning and we picked them up immediately! They are the sweetest little things. We have one jumbo pekin (my husband named her Mae), one blue Swedish (my son named her Dashi {his favorite character in his...