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Any chance that chemicals from the shelf liner in my incubator will fumigate my unhatched ducklings? Hopefully I’m being paranoid. I’m using shelf liner during lockdown for the first time to keep the ducklings from getting splay leg. I’ve read lots of people do that. But it’s giving off a...

It’s almost time for my 2nd duck hatch of 2024! After the recent sadness, I’m trying to enjoy and look forward to this hatch. I have 20 eggs in the incubator, on day 23. All were still alive as of yesterday. They are wiggling! They will be a mix of these breeds: Cayuga, Swedish, Khaki...

I am going to build a new duck habitat to keep my ducks safe and happy. If anyone has any thoughts or advice on my plans, please let me know. Thanks in advance! Brief background: I live in Hawaii. The main predators are loose dogs, feral pigs, and mongoose. Mongoose are small and evil (yes I...

My poor sweet ducks got attacked this morning😭 I suspect it was the neighbor’s dogs. One of my 7 week old ducklings was killed and another one was severely injured. I’m absolutely heartbroken about the one who died but I’m trying to focus on saving the injured one and protecting the rest of the...

My poor sweet ducks got attacked this morning😭 I suspect it was the neighbor’s dogs. One of my 7 week old ducklings was killed and another one was severely injured. I’m absolutely heartbroken about the one who died but I’m trying to focus on saving the injured one and protecting the rest of the...

Hi, I’m doing my 2nd duck incubation in my incubator and my first one went very well, but this one is starting to look like it will be really bad. I started with 42 eggs. It’s now day 9, and 11 have died. Some died in the first 4 days and developed blood rings. Others had died by day 7, and a...

Hi! I have some beautiful ducks and ducklings and I’m not sure what color they are, but I was looking at pictures online and wondering if they might be Buff colored. They are mixed breed (I know they aren’t purebred Buff ducks). Here is one of my adult ducks. When she hatched she was a solid...

My 5 week old duckling, Speck, injured her bill yesterday. I don’t think it’s too serious but I’d appreciate any opinions. Do I need to worry more 😬 In the morning I saw a streak of blood on her bill so I cleaned it and discovered a tiny poke, like slightly larger than a pinhole. I put some...

My 5 week old duckling, Speck, injured her bill yesterday. I don’t think it’s too serious but I’d appreciate any opinions. Do I need to worry more 😬 In the morning I saw a streak of blood on her bill so I cleaned it and discovered a tiny poke, like slightly larger than a pinhole. I put some...

Any ideas what breeds these ducklings are, or what color they will be when mature ? They are siblings from the same nest. The guy I bought them from said the mom is a khaki Campbell but he has multiple drakes. So most likely they are either pure khaki, or a mix. I’ve never had one the color of...

Do these chocolate/brown ducklings look like Indian Runners? I don’t think so, but I’ve never raised Runners before. The person I bought the hatching eggs from said they were Runners, but I’m leaning towards Khaki Campbell. They are 2 weeks old. (The yellow ducklings in the back are from my...

Could someone please tell me if this looks like shrink wrap or not? This is a duck. 2nd picture is after I put Vaseline on the membrane. Thank you! P.S. don’t worry. I won’t assist further until those blood vessels

Help! My incubator is malfunctioning on day 28 of duck hatching! I have 4 eggs still hatching! It is a Vevor N 48. First time using it. It was great all incubation until today. Now it is periodically having apparent electrical problems?? It has been beeping it’s alarm, flashing it’s candling...

Hello fellow duck people. I’m back with some new air cell photos and other questions. My incubator has been at 40-46% humidity for the last 2 days. Here are some new photos of their air cells at day 17. What do you guys think? 2 of the eggs that I candled have this weird little dip in the...

Hi, My duck eggs are 14 days into incubation. I have duck eggs from my flock, and purebred Indian Runner eggs that I bought. I’m concerned that the Runner eggs air cells are growing quite a bit faster/bigger than my other eggs! Should I lower humidity? Raise it? I only have one incubator so...

My humidity has been running a bit on the higher end. Does this look ok for a day 10 air cell size? This is a duck egg

This is an update to my “iffy candling pictures thread”. These eggs are 7 day old duck eggs, and these are current pictures of 3 I was concerned about. Still no signs of veins or life. 2 of them also have a grayish color to the shell, which is concerning (no I don’t think it’s their natural...

This is a duck egg on day 4. I know it’s super early, but this looks extra abnormal to me. That glob in the egg floats around freely. Sadly it is one of the Runner eggs that I bought.

I’m incubating duck eggs. My incubator’s display says it is 37.5-37.6 degrees Celsius. I used a human mercury thermometer set at egg level to compare - and it says it is 37.1 Celsius. (I do not have any ice to calibrate the mercury thermometer, and I can’t use boiling water because it doesn’t...

Hi everyone, I’m about to start my first duck incubation in many years. I used incubators to hatch ducks when I was a kid - and last year my ducks hatched out a bunch of babies on their own. But I have a new incubator and am excited and nervous to get started! The incubator is a Vevor N-48...