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  1. alaska-chick72

    Breeding age and egg fertility question

    So My female ancona has been laying eggs for a few weeks now and none of the eggs have had a bullseye in the yolk. There are 2 male anconas with her. (this will change as soon as I can locate a few more females) Im curious as to when Ill start seeing fertile eggs. Its dark here in Alaska and to...
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    duck incubator fan,,, amps vs volts

    I got a fan for my LG and want to install it. Tried 2 different phone charger cords and one did nothing the other made the fan move a lil bit then stop. Im not ellecrtically inclined,,,, more illiterate in that department. Anyway back to the point. The fan is a 12vDC 0.16A 1.9W Dc Brushless fan...
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    trying to regulate temp

    Ok, so Ive got a little giant incubator, no fan, that during the day it will hold close to 99.5 in the day time. It will drop to around 98.4 in the early hours of the morning. I got a fan and set it up to circulate the air and got the temp to right about 100.5. Put 2 jars of warm water (with...
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    fertility

    Anyone have a good estimate on when a ducks eggs will be fertile after they start laying? Lets say if a duck lays its first egg yesterday (dec. 1) about how long would you wait to start collecting eggs for the the incubator?
  5. alaska-chick72

    Wintering ducks in Alaska

    Is there any one here from interior Alaska that might give me some tips on wintering over ducks? I was unprepared this year but got my little flock warm and cozy in their 'coop.'
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    Magpie or ancona?

    Been reading up on these two breeds and would like to know what is a accurate way to tell the difference between these two breeds? I have 3 either magpie or ancona and not sure what breed they are. They have the more even body color of a magpie but mottled head spots and not a perfect cap. The...
  7. alaska-chick72

    Still air incubators,,,, 99.5 or 100.5??

    So, I have been reading as much as I can on incubation and just today reading in some of the threads here saw that someone mentioned with a still air incubator the temp should be kept at 100.5 instead of 99.5 for duck eggs. Can someone please elaborate on this? I'm having a hard enough time...
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    is it normal?

    Is it normal for ducks to "go off their feed" in the winter? They are eating enough to get them through,,,, im guessing. But it dosent seem like enough to me. I have 3 mallard drakes and 1 female magpie and 2 male magpies. I know its not the right ratio,,, but got these ducks kind of dropped on...
  9. alaska-chick72

    Incubator thermomiter placement

    Good morning to all! Ive been reading up on incubating duck eggs as my hen has started laying (finally). The incubator is a little giant still air incubator. The directions say to set the thermomiter on top of the eggs. Reading here and there online some say to set it about mid height of the...
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