Hello fellow duck lovers. I am a long time duck mom but 1st time hatcher. I am two days into hatching and I only had two good eggs. One seems to be doing OK making progress while the other was at a standstill for 36 hours. From everything I’ve read I needed to intervene. So I have created a hole...
i have a female peking and a male alyesbury. i went on vacation for 5 days and left someone to feed and water them. they didn’t take the eggs with them and i freaked out seeing 5 eggs in their nest when i got home. i immediately candled them and it looks like a few of them are fertile. me and my...
This is the first time I have incubated duck eggs. Yesterday was day 28 and they all started pipping. However it has been 24 hours and they have not started to “zip”, so I am starting to get nervous.
When I put my ear up to the incubator I can hear little peeps and I can see and hear the...
We just had a baby duck!!! I had to help it because it pipped a little hole and was crying in distress 36 hours later with no more progress. I watched videos on YouTube and read lots of articles first. I am so happy now! It is now 2 days old and eating/drinking/pooping. I am amazed at the...