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    Indian Runner Ducks- hatching eggs

    "Spring" has arrived :-)
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    Indian Runner Ducks- hatching eggs

    I just LOVE watching them hatch and grow. :) Currently we have 4 runner ducks and 1 emerald,
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    Indian Runner Ducks- hatching eggs

    I should add, that all the little ones that we have raised, were eggs we purchased or were given, and not laid by any of our other ducks.
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    Indian Runner Ducks- hatching eggs

    Thank you for the advice! :) In the past to introduce our newbies to the rest of the chickens and ducks, we have set up a covered wire pen in the hen house where they all hang out and spend the night (during the months that the pond is frozen). This way they can all see and hear each other...
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    Indian Runner Ducks- hatching eggs

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    Indian Runner Ducks- hatching eggs

    Yes, we thought too that it might have been her inexperience . We have decided that if we hear any other peeping, it might be best to remove the eggs to the incubator and then re-introduce the hatchling to mamma later on? Thoughts? She pushed 2 eggs from the nest early on and I put them in the...
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    Indian Runner Ducks- hatching eggs

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    Comment by 'mag pie' in item 'Indian Runner'

    Yes, we thought too that it might have been her inexperience too. We have decided that if we here any other peeping, it might be best to remove the eggs to the incubator and then re-introduce the hatchling to mamma later on? Thoughts? She pushed 2 eggs from the nest early on and I put them...
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    Indian Runner Ducks- hatching eggs

    I have a year old runner duck sitting on her first clutch of eggs in our chicken coop, she seemed in everyway to be a good and attentive mom. Yesterday we heard one egg chirping and it was in process of hatching (pipped and in the process of unzipping). Came in to check about 1.5 hours later to...
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