Recent content by Hanlills777

Had a another duckling try hatching today but got stuck so helped her out halfway. She then tried struggling out and I noticed some blood on the mat, turned her over and there's a very thin blood vessel still attached to the shell and it's bleeding. Tried to wedge her back into the egg but she...

Hi all, sorry me again. Today is lockdown, (day 25) and I had another teacher pop into school to do it as I'm not able to but she said 3 have pipped already!! That's early and they've not had the higher humidity yet! Has anyone else had this before and what happened? I'm afraid that they'll...

Hi all, am hatching duck eggs in my classroom again but just been looking at the calendar, I put eggs in on the morning of the 5th june and started counting 28 days from then, estimating hatch day to be 2nd July with day 25 being Saturday 28th June but as my incy is in my classroom was going to...

One duckling pipped this morning two days late and made it's way out slowly today. When it was almost out I noticed a yellow bubble on it's tummy that was then attached to the shell still, I assume this was the yolk sac? It continued to struggle and I was afraid it would pull completely out too...

One of my ducklings hatched last night but was very stuck and dried to the membrane when checked this morning. We softened the membrane around him a little and he managed to get out of his shell and separate but there was a little yellow gunk left in the shell, I'm guessing he didn't absorb all...

Hello, I'm now on day 26 of incubation with my duck eggs, which when they were candled yesterday showed signs of movement in 13 of them. I've been whistling at them today and a few are wiggling in response and also wiggling on their own if I don't whistle. I've been looking around at advice...

Hello, I candled the eggs today at 19 days with the children and was concerned to find some little black wiggly things in a few of them that were not moving but were not there last week. They were not attached to the duckling embryos. The ducks in these eggs are still alive but are not very...

Hello, Now that my eggs are in and doing well (I have 14 viable eggs out of 20) I'm just wanting to get prepared for the last few days well in advance. At the moment my temp is 37.5c and my humidity is 45. What should I raise them to towards the end and when? My 28th day is a Wednesday so if...

Hello, I'm just about to hatch duck eggs in my classroom and was just wondering on what temperature and humidity should be ideal for the incubator? Do you have to check it every day or is it ok to leave for a couple of days? Thanks in advance, Hannah :)

Hello, I'm about to hatch ducklings in my classroom but as the children are about to have a weeks holiday I'm going to have to unplug the incubator about 2 days after the eggs have gone in so I can take the incubator home and then again a week Later to bring them back to school. This is the only...

Hello, I'm about to hatch ducklings in my classroom but as the children are about to have a weeks holiday I'm going to have to unplug the incubator about 2 days after the eggs have gone in so I can take the incubator home and then again a week Later to bring them back to school. This is the only...