emergency hatching

  1. duckyfei

    emergency!! my duck is killing her hatchlings

    hi guys, my duck is currently sitting on her first clutch of eggs, yesterday one of the first ones pipped, but the shell seemed quite cracked… I put it back under mama duck, but this morning, poor duckling was crushed and flattened… they got out of the shell but was killed :( we have another...
    • duckyfei
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    • broody duck duck emergency hatching hatching duck eggs help with ducks
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    • Forum: Ducks
  2. C

    Hatched today and cant stand up

    Please help... I had to hand hatch a chick today , who's membrane dried up and he was stuck inside the shell. I carefully got him out and put him back in the incubator... he can't stand up and is on his back and his leg keeps shaking, what should we do ?? Their are other chicks in the...
  3. D

    Help! Is this egg dead? (Day 30)

    I am afraid that my friend opened the duck egg too early and it is the last survivor after an incubator meltdown. It had not internally pipped yet and the membrane isn’t dry. However, it seems unresponsive and the veins have become less prominent and are fading. Is the poor baby dead? The most...
    • duckodoggo
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    • duck advice emergency emergency hatching emergency help hatching a duck hatching a duckling hatching advice incubation
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
  4. C

    Emergency hatching!

    Hello. These are pictures of the chicks I ended up hatching in my bathroom because the mother hen was mean and killed her first chick. All 7 made it!! A spray bottle to keep the eggs from getting too dry and a straw to feed them sugar water! Now 2 of those hens are hatching their clutch anytime...
  5. BokBokChicky

    Hen stepped on egg!

    Our 21 day old embryos are finally pipping through, I let the hen's down so they could go to the bathroom but when they got up they stepped on the egg! It cracked the egg even more but didn't break open, will the chick be okay?
  6. amandamann724

    Chicks pecking at other eggs- blood

    This is our first time hatching chicken eggs. We have two out and they are pecking at the other eggs and each other. One of the eggs they are pecking at now has an open hole and blood. The other egg has a chipped shell where they are pecking but the air sac isn't broken yet. It looks like its...
  7. Lyndssxo08

    Egg damaged right before expected internal pip

    Hi everyone, Ughhhh so let me first start off by saying I never let my husband usual touch any of my hatching eggs in my incubator but I was late getting off work tonight and one of my ducklings has hatched earlier and I told him it was a good time to remove it from the incubator and to leave...
  8. Quacksalot12

    Need help and have questions about call duck hatching

    Hi there! This is my second attempt at hatching call duck eggs. I have several questions about call duck hatching since they seem to have a much more complicated hatch than other ducks. I had 3 fertile call duck eggs in the incubator(and also have 2 fertile swedish eggs in there as well)...
  9. BugBittenAnkles

    24-30+ Hour Pipped Egg & Dry Membrane, HELP!

    Hello All, I'm a new (and accidental) chick mama and am freaking out. I posted this in the "incubating and hatching" board but, again, I am freaking out. (Sorry in advance.) Yesterday, after having our young hen successfully hatch 10 eggs, we found another three left. One was a a successful...
  10. RenegadeSkate3

    Humidity and how much? For day 14 quail eggs!

    I have 13 quail eggs that are all in great condition to hatch, I use a hovabator 1602n and I just recently filled up both tray areas for the humidity rise, since it is day 14, and it’s lockdown time, I’m just confused.... do I filll both compartments of the water tray full or halfway for both, I...
    • RenegadeSkate3
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    • cotournix quail emergency hatching help asap quail eggs
    • Replies: 13
    • Forum: Quail
  11. S

    URGENT HELP NEEDED! ASSISTED HATCH MUSCOVY.

    I read the assisted hatch page in its entirety four times. After my rescued Muscovy internally pipped, we waited 24 hours before assisting by making an external pip. I then waited, per the instructions turns, 12 hours (no activity) before creating the zip line and opening the air pocket. After...
  12. redranger209

    Dead Chick!

    I put incubated eggs under my broody hen, and I guess one hached while I was away. I found it a foot from the nest, out of its shell, perfectly developed and dead. There where no peck marks, and it was cold. I put rest of eggs in incubator, HELP!!!
  13. K

    Overdue duck egg!! No signs of pipping. Plz help!

    I have been incubating an abandoned duck egg. I'm completely new at this, but I've done hours of research about how to incubate eggs. This website has helped a lot! Up until hatch time my egg has been developing fine. I had two to begin with, but two weeks ago one of them started sweating out a...
  14. K

    Please help! Overdue duck with no sign of pipping. Warning! Graphic images

    I have been incubating an abandoned duck egg. I'm completely new at this, but I've done hours of research about how to incubate eggs. This website has helped a lot! Up until hatch time my egg has been developing fine. I had two to begin with, but two weeks ago one of them started sweating out a...
    • K33sha
    • Thread
    • assisting hatch duck emergency hatching hatch overdue
    • Replies: 36
    • Forum: Ducks
  15. M

    Hello from Magnolia, Tx

    Hello everyone, I'm new here and also to the chicken world, and as a mater of fact, one of my chicken has 10 eggs and one of them has opened. I don't think if it's time to hatch because the embryo is still inside a bag with liquid. I took the shell off thinking it was dead, but it moved, so I...
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