Duck eggs

[squirrelhunter]

The 5 remaining duck eggs I have in the incubator are coming along. They're on day 15 and I just candled them again,there's movement in all of them. Hopefully after 3 tries I may have some luck this time. Got my fingers,toes,ears and eyes crossed.....don't ask about the ears though

 

[Amish Heart]

Crossing my fingers for you! I've got 57 eggs in the first week (chicken), but am thinking about starting up my small incubator for duck and turkey eggs.

 

[squirrelhunter]

I candled them again last night and all 4 are still moving in there but for some reason 1 isn't filled out as much as the other 3 and 1 has a lot bigger air pocket. Only 1 more week to go.

 

[Amish Heart]

Hooray! I hope they hatch!

 

[squirrelhunter]

It's looking real good,3 out of the 4 have good air bubbles and lots of movement,the other one's air bubble isn't quite as good and there isn't as much movement,some not not as much. Tomorrow's lock down.

 

[Amish Heart]

Crossing our fingers for you

 

[*Andi]

Best of luck!

 

[squirrelhunter]

I'd taken the eggs out of the turner this morning,getting ready for lock down. Just a minute ago I was going over the steps for lock down and it said to put something like a mat or cloth in the bottom that wasn't slippery,so I thought of paper towels. I got a few sheets and opened it up to put them in and 2 of them are already pipping ,they're not suppose to hatch for 3 more days ,I've got to get the brooder set up .

 

[Amish Heart]

Hooray! Smart on the paper towels. We have an incubator like that and put an extra mat down that I had for the dehydrator that's used for fruit rollups and the like. I figured it was heat proof anyway.

 

[squirrelhunter]

1 has hatched already!!! :lil guy:

 

[*Andi]

Congrats!!!

 

[squirrelhunter]

I had 1 this morning that the whole end was off and have been waiting all day for it to finish hatching but it wasn't getting anywhere. I didn't want to help it and risk hurting it or killing it if it hadn't absorbed all of the yoke yet. Finally a little bit ago I'd had enough and candled it. I didn't see any yoke or blood vessels so I carefully started pulling the shell off,it's a good thing too because it wouldn't have gotten out on it's own. It was stuck to the shell in 3 or 4 places by dried out stuff. Hopefully all that fighting trying to get out didn't wear him out too bad and he survives,I'll know more in the morning. The other egg that had pipped Sunday and hasn't done anything since,died. So out of 7 eggs starting out only 2 survived,well maybe only 1,I'll have to see if the 1 I helped survives first.

 

[joel]

I like Mallard ducks myself.

 

[Caribou]

I just spent a week at my other house. I saw a few Eskimo ladies out hunting duck eggs on the tundra across the pond in front of my house.

 

[squirrelhunter]

I like Mallard ducks myself.

I do too but they can fly away .