duck incubation

Hello! Please can I have advice for an expecting duck mum 😆 I feel stressed and worried about my eggs. Brought 6 Call duck eggs from eBay. All looked good when candling. Around day 7 one died it had the ring of death. Around day 18 another one appeared to of died too, the egg was mostly yellow...

I had a duck that was broody, she’s not yet a year old. We let her sit on 12 eggs but they slowly got eaten down to 3. It’s the last week of incubation and it felt easier to move them to the incubator than separate her from my flock of 35 since I’m pretty sure the other ducks ate the eggs when...

Runner duck eggs started internally pipping yesterday...2 days early. They are in lockdown. Has been 18 hours, no external pips. Have found 2 very different guidance info. Do I intervene this afternoon and try to put in safety holes?Or, do I wait until tomorrow or next day? I have never...

Hi all! I’ve looked at other similar threads but wanted direct advice. My duckling externally pipped about 40 hours ago but has not started zipping yet. I haven’t seen the egg rocking and am not sure if it passed away inside. The other duck externally pipped 24 hours ago and seems like it’s...

Hi, While I know the title of website is Back yard Chickens. I was wondering if anyone has incubated duck eggs? Unfort I bought a batch of eggs labeled as fertile for Aylesbury breed, However after 10 days no development was seen and the temps where kept at 37.5 Celcius and round 55-60%...

Hi, I've had a black pacific duck egg incubating for 30 days (usually 28-30 day incubation period) and I think it may have died but this is the first time I have ever incubated an egg so I am rather unsure how long I leave the egg until I investigate. There is a lot of conflicting information...

I am so crushed! Been incubating duck eggs for first time. We initially had 3 (one went bad early on). The two remaining have been thriving and growing and moving and doing great when all of a sudden I candles one of them (day 20) and saw this. Didn’t see any movement and I’m certain this is not...

one of my duck eggs on day 24 has a grey ring around the outside of the shell. It lines up with where the airspace is. I can also hear tapping coming from inside l? What should I do

Aaaaaand we’re back.. 4 years later and I’m lucky enough to need to use this app again. Basically.. I jokingly bid on some call duck eggs (on eBay) and was surprised the next day when a “Congratulations! You won” appeared on my phone.. So here we are. Day 1. 5/9 eggs have saddled air cells...

Hi BYC friends! This is my first hatch and I’m on day 21! I have 9 duck eggs (4 mallards, 5 runner) and they all appear to be moving and progressing as expected. One egg, however, has a peculiar black spot inside. Any thoughts on what this might be (see pic and short video)? I am turning the...

Candling one of my mallard eggs at day 6.

Incubating duck eggs. And a few days ago I was advised to run dry till first external pip. My hair cells were very small. But now were on day 29 for welsh harlequin eggs and they haven't internal piped. I can tell they are trying. I could see it for the last 24 hr. So continue running dry or no...

Baby is here! What do I do now? What temp do I set the incubator? Does he look good?

I haven't had a lot of following on my other thread: Call Duck Hen failure to commit so I thought I'd just do a follow up post to share the results of the incubation attempt. After a few early deaths, a couple of infertiles, and one accidental egg cracking (incubator lid fell in), we've ran the...

I'm currently looking for a bird species that I could release into the wild once I incubate them and potentially care for them until they are fairly grown. Is this at all an option or should I look for a feed store or local farm?

hi again all, about two weeks ago I posted about hatching Runner Duck eggs. Yesterday my boyfriend put an external temp. gauge in the incubator and it read 60*C and we have realised the incubator is very, very broken. We are looking to get a new one and you experts should be able to give me the...

Hi everyone, Though I don't post often, this forum has been a HUGE help to me over my past two years of duck keeping. This year we are incubating eggs for the third time. Today is day 28, and I'm getting concerned. Our first hatch went BEAUTIFULLY. They hatched a little early, but everything...