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Ok now those would make awesome breeder pens! I do think I want to put a couple tractors together because I'm adding a couple breeds that like to free range and I'm too nervous to just let them loose around here...too many predators (snakes, alligators, wild hogs, possum, raccoon, neighbor's...

Love it! I am thinking of doing my breeder pens like this. I was trying to decide what to do for the bottom/foundation. It looks like the cinderblocks will work really well...

I understand blue genetics, but the partridge stuff is new to me, thanks for that info! I was just confused because I don't see any blue feathering on her, that's why I was wondering, but maybe it is the photo...

There are always lots of duck eggs for sale on eBay if you wanted to hatch your own

Very beautiful, but are you sure it's a blue partridge? She looks like maybe partridge?

Yeah they are super messy...a LOT more work than chicks imo, I had Muscovy's that I rescued and they weren't that much fun honestly. Not as personable as chickens, but maybe another breed would be different. I would not want to be stuck with ducklings inside all winter

Looks normal to me...they were "updating the site" a few minutes ago, maybe that has something to do with it...?

You have one up and running around that is already a win!

Maybe you can try moistening it. I actually fastened a makeshift tool, a long handled cooking spoon with a q-tip taped to the end, and I can fit it through the vent hole. I've been moistening the membrane at the pip hole of my one pip since the humidity was so low when it first pipped. Maybe...

Don't worry, I think if they've already started zipping there's a good chance they will go all the way. I *believe* shrink wrapping wouldn't allow them to zip at all. You can't put the humidity up any higher, just hang in there!!! If they stall for several hours and then seem to be pushing and...

YAY! I have the same One pip on Day 20, I thought my eggs were all dead but it appears there is life in them yet, lol. Who knows if they will make it out but it's a start! I had my humidity down really low in an attempt to try and shrink the air cells before pipping, so now I'm trying to raise...

Adorable!!!

Here's one of my little splash Ameraucana from my first hatch

No, there wasn't any fluid in the air cell, I mean I can tell there is fluid underneath where the chick is, which I know should be mostly dry at this stage.

I know, I can't win for losing, lol. I did just candle one and had movement, but no way to know if they are doing ok or not...moving on!!

Yeah I know there is too much fluid in mind since I candled them last night and I can see fluid. So I am just telling myself this set was a bust and on to the next one. If any hatch, bonus. I did read on a thread that if you put a bowl of rice in the incubator it will help absorb the moisture...

I think if you're feeling your air cells are too large it is unlikely that there is an excess of fluid in the egg. If there were, the air cells would look too small...

What do the veins look like? Do they look ropey and full or do they look thin and watery? I think thin and watery means dead chick, veins are draining into the blood ring. Ropey and full means alive chick...

I dunno, I think I would lockdown everything you aren't 100% certain is dead. But, others with more hatching experience may have a different opinion...

I had already decided that if every egg I have going into lockdown dies, I'm not doing any eggtopsies It's too upsetting and I already know what I did wrong. There is always next time!!