Hatching CRITICALLY ENDANGERED duck eggs
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- Опубліковано 27 чер 2024
- It took us 2 years to find the rarest duck eggs on earth. Will our Hookbill ducklings hatch...
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Thanks for watching!
I appreciate the fact that you guys wait to film the whole series before posting it up.
So impatient people like me don't have to wait a whole month to see if those the eggs hatched or not 😍 love yall
Ikr, Same.
I’m glad Your helping those ducks out. They are very endangered
Toataly agree. Also think it’s funny you say that while your avatar is a duck lol
You’re
Oktopus no one cares
The first duck hatched*
Me:HOLY IS THAT A GOLDEN ONE, THAT IS ENDANGERED OF ENDANGERED.
@@oktopusek Actually not, that is (you're) you are avatar. Your shows possession of avatar. So the original comment was correct. 😊
2/14 are low odds. We hope you get more to hatch. This species needs a come back.
The boys are looking good.
Honestly, if breeding had started when there were 100+ individuals left, they'd have had a chance, but not when the original breeding stock was 15.
Hybridizing them with similar ducks is the only way to save them from becoming too inbred to even be able to hatch, let alone survive.
This breed of ducks will not exist for more than a few more generations... Its pretty sad really.
The Keeper but then again, some animals have made miraculous comebacks such as the Californian condor and the Hawaiian Crow, where their populations were less that 20 breeding pairs. I think the condors were down to the single digits at its lowest.
@@The_Keeper if they can get the breeding enough generations removed it would end up ok. If you breed with third fourth fifth cousins you are ok. Its the first cousins siblings and parents breeding together that is the issue.
The Hook Bill is a breed, not a species so they are not naturally found in the wild. They have been bred to have those characteristics.
@@The_Keeper Kinda, by good selecting breeding they could get a proper population.
Every time you open the incubator during hatching (including pipping) you lower their chances of survival because of the sudden humidity drop which can get them
shrink wrapped by the membranes inside the eggs. It seems harmless because you don't see anything dramatic happening when you do it but it affects the chicks.
Also, all of the commonly hatched birds can survive at least 24 hours (some even 48 hours) inside the incubator while they "absorb" the remainder of the egg yolk
and there's absolutely no reason to take them out before that. The last couple days of the incubation cycle are commonly referred to as "lock down" for a reason.
Every time they manhandle hatching eggs or freshly hatched chicks I wanna scream, it’s so frustrating. Just leave em be. Like with mandarins where he spooked the hen off the nest for photo ops.
I 100% agree unless it a emergency but no you really should not open when they need nothing disturbing I would agree it upsetting but i surely hope he learns
He fiddles to much in my opinion.
I feel so many more would have made it if he just let them be......an didn't take them out just to look an jostle around. But maybe he'll learn from this experience? I hope so.
Thinking the same, hope he read this commet so he will be more careful with his next hatching adventure and will give him more success 🙂
Captain Hook & Smee were the first two names I thought of. Sticking with the Peter Pan theme here are a few other suggestions: Wendy, Michael, John, Tinker (or Tinker Bell), Tiger Lily, Nana, Peter (or Peter Pan or split the name and have a Peter and a Pan), Tick-Tock
That made Becky smile 😀
And if one's a girl you could call her Wendy ;)
Love y'all's videos a ton! Been watching for a long time and love to see the care you put into every animal! As a waterfowl biologist, I do think I have to point out a couple things about hookbills, just for some clarification and fun facts!
1.) They aren't an actual species of duck, and are just a breed of domestic duck (Anas platyrhynchos domesticus)-- the same as most farm ducks. This is important to note for population status purposes. The FAO has listed them as an "endangered" breed, but this doesn't have any impact on natural systems, like a wild species would (wild species are classified by the IUCN or individual governments). Essentially, they have fallen out of favor for commercial farmers, being replaced by other breeds (or chickens, in this case).
2.) That bow in the bill doesn't help or hurt foraging, and it probably came about by accident as farmers selectively bred them for laying. They tend to be frequent layers, and were extremely common when duck eggs were household staples in Europe. When chicken eggs were found to be more consistent, there was a switch from ducks to chickens, and commercial farmers stopped breeding hookbills because they weren't as profitable as chickens.
Sorry for the long comment! Just wanted to clear that up for anyone that might get confused by other people calling it a species!
I really liked Becky's name idea, captain hook.
This makes me miss my ducks😭😭 and now i wanna cry.
I love you guys and videos you create. God bless.
Hook and Pan!
I could see the pain and sadness in your eyes at 7:38, that’s why I love this Channel so much because you don’t do what you do for views you do it cause you love to, and respect you so much for that ❤️ 🥺
I think you should name one Dill and the other Pickle
I love it 👏🏻
I second that!
Adorable!
I like that. And it works because dill pickles are usually curved.
YES
It’s good to know that their is good people in the world
@ArghadityaUmasha. *thaire
Thaeyiear**
@Arghaditya Umasha they’msn’t
There is Captein Hook (from neverland with Tinker...) and Doctor Hook. So, Cap and Doc?
Waddles and Puddles if boys..............Lucy and Daisy if girls.
That's so CUTE!
These are super cute names
For some ducks you cant tell the gender for many weeks. Our Indian runner was between 6 to 8 months when we found out he was a boy named Mali....lol
One of each by the looks of it
He has super funny
Oh wow! I was actually wondering if you'd ever get some of these ever since I saw A Chick Called Albert's video on them.
Greetings from Serbia! I also breed various types of animals. I would like to give you a few tips that will be useful to you in raising ducks. When buying eggs, always keep in mind that there is a possibility that the parent flock is not fed properly. I advise you to always make a hole in the egg near the air chamber on the 26th day of incubation in order to increase the chances of hatching. You can make a hole with any sharp object. I would like you to use this advice next time. It proved useful to me. I wish you good luck! :) @white hous on the hill
I agree with you. I had the same problems but I solved them in the above way.
I love the one duck that just sits and pecks at the camera
Their names : ASHISH which means blessings and ANOOP which means incompareable ;the best ;unique . Thankyou.
Your videos are always awsome .
That’s sooo cool🙌🙌
How about Daffy and Fancy.. I love how you care for animals & BIRDS!
I rescued a Robin when I was a child..other birds too & cared for them till they could fly...God's creation AMAZES ME!😍
I'm only 8 seconds in, could these be the mystery eggs in the incubator who knows I'm gonna find out.
These hatching videos are so exciting and super entertaining. Please make more when you can!
I love the names Captain Hook, Peter Pan and other themed names so if you get more you can name them off of the characters on Peter Pan
Names for your new ducks... From my favorite movie, "To Kill A Mockingbird" , Jem & Scout.
Nena Elliott it has a movie?
Wanderling Sapling yeah, like all movies though the book is much better
@@wanderlingsapling1434 book and play
@@wanderlingsapling1434 yes, the book is better but the movie is wonderful. Atticus is played by Gregory Peck. Boo Radley is Robert Duvall.
Nena Elliott I would die for Gregory Peck
I'm sure you've hatched a lot of eggs but one problem I see is that you open the incubator too many times during the time the eggs are setting ,every time the incubator is opened even for a few seconds lowers the humidity and the chicks dry out in the shell and die ,once the eggs are set, the incubator should stay closed with high humidity until 24 hours after hatching date .
How cool!!! I recently got a breeding group of hookbills in NS Canada (totally not knowing how rare they are) and expecting our first hatch any day! Such a fun breed 🦆🦆
“Hook” and “Pan”!
You can do egg swaps with other hookbill families! 😁
I never knew these even existed.
They are some really cool looking ducks. Are they going to need tags and/or wildlife certificates?
I would have never known that was how it worked if you hadn’t asked and they hadn’t answered. So thank you both!
I suggest Captain Hook, BILLy, and HOOKleberry for names! I’m so glad y’all are spending the money and time to save this species of duck. Wish I could help, but unfortunately I do not nor can not own ducks. Lysm ❤️
P.S. I sent you fan mail!
❤️Colby
Yes! Captain Book and Hookleberry!! Billy is good too.😄 great suggestions!
Ivy Dragonbreath Yes! I spent forever trying to come up with decent names that weren’t ridiculous just so I could have SOMETHING to comment lol 😁
I love your channel and your family, after reading some of the comments, I went to the channel (A chick named Albert) from July7th 2018 and watched him hatch 3 out of 4 of these rare ducks and has some interesting information on hatching these ducklings if you ever get more eggs. I suggest you give it a look he's been raising ducks for over 30 years. Good luck and can't wait to see your aviary complete
Name them: Arc and Bow
Titan X
Those names seem to fit really well
Lol or valley 🤪
@@rie7267 Thanks!
Potential future ducks could be other words that tie to being curved!!
Come to think of it, one of the other youtubers, I watched periodically hatched this breed of duck and went into their history and why their on the brink. I think he too had to drill into some eggs to save some of the ducklings due to it being a defect of their inbreeding/low gene pool, some don't make it others get an underdeveloped egg tooth and their very particular on hatching temp, moisture and when rolled.
“GORDON BOMBAY and HANS” Wonderful Mighty Ducks throwback.
The ducks are so precious! It is sad to see some not make it but I feel like you did the best you could do!!
You should keep jungle fowl or more types of pheasants or a baby ostrich as they are actually legal to own and you have alot of land to house one
Definitely should name one Captain/ captain Hook!
I appreciate that you show the beauty and death on your farm. People often forget just how harsh life is...sometimes death just happens. It's a good life lesson for your kids to recognize that life that passed and appreciate what they have.
Seeing u cry for the little ducks that didn't make it made me cry. U have such a good heart and ur kids r gonna grow up to appreciate animals just like u and ur wife. 💜💜💜
ABSOLUTELY LOVE YOUR CHANNEL!! Can’t wait to see these beautiful ducks! Also can’t wait until the aviary is finished, the birds will be so excited!!
I miss seing that incubator again in action hahaha. Love from the philippines
HOOKBILLS! I can't understand why they aren't more popular. They're the sweetest, most polite, cutest lil friends
I had no idea these beautiful ducks even existed.Thank you for doing your part to bring them back and for sharing them with us here.
I hope someone shares some more with you soon,y'all are so wonderful with your birds.
Hmmm hmmmm oh endangered duck u say? LET THE BREEDING START
The problem is inbreeding means many are dying quickly
Kaitlyn Burton You’re right interbreeding off animals can cause birth defects and possibly death like you quoted.👍
Hook and Crook! ( rhymes)
"We are grateful for what we have and we will be trying again" this line of yours was really awesome. It's so nice to see the love and care your family show for these animals. Wondering if you have any future plans for adding exotic parrots to your collection.
It sucks when some don’t make it, heartbreaking. But they’re adorable and have never heard of this breed.
They got so big in 3 weeks!
Yes, they are a million times bigger than the Mandarins now 😀
You should name them Hook and Bill 😂
5:08
To watch the other duckling comfort it's sibling was so incredible...
What a shame that those little ducks didn’t hatch but the two you have are great. It’s wonderful to see you adding to the population of an endangered species. Also exciting to be able to watch the progress of these hatchings. ❤️ from Australia 🇦🇺
If you see this hope you have a nice day and stay blessed
thanks
This should be interesting and fun. 👍
Thanks!
Dutch Hookbills are great ducks. I love mine! They have been my favorite breed to raise so far. You'll love them.
I LOVE THESE KIND OF VIDEOS!! When you let it play out and then we get closer and see that they thrived!
I think you had to raise the humidity some days before hatching, or even wet the eggs with a spray water
True... I didn’t spray this time. I usually do with duck eggs. I’ll try it next time to see if that helps.
@@whitehouseonthehill yeah probably was that , they developed but dry out and couldn't hatch. better luck next time
I had similar experiences with Indian runners and Muscovies this year (haven’t kept ducks for a long time) and came to the conclusion that they were slightly to big to hatch. So I’m going to try just doing 40% humidity next time with 60+ for last 3 days same as I do for chickens. I have a brinsea ovation advanced so it has the same accurate humidity control. Judging by your candling I think they might have been on the large side too. Did they pip internally? Water spraying actually pulls moisture from the egg as it evaporates of the surface, so maybe if you had better success before at same humidity the spraying might have helped them lose a bit more weight.
Some good names: Arc and bow
Credit: Titan X
It is wonderful what you are doing to preserve this species! How interesting these ducks will be as we watch them mature!
Amazing video! Love that you are helping the endangered species! It’s great to have people like you guys to keep these guys going!
I wish you were more clear with you terminology. Just mentioning that this is a breed of domestic duck and not a species of its own would be helpful. Mentioning that their 'critically endangered' status is through livestock registries and not the IUCN would be better. Breed extinction is still a big loss, just ask pre-contact dogs, but it isn't the same thing as extinction of an entire domestic animal or of its wild forebears.
Clove don’t think it matters much, it’s just a youtube title lmao
Wow those ducks grew quick. Captain Hook Is a great name :Becky picked
Just found out your channel and instantly jealous of the life style that you have. Love to see the animals life, your cute kids and everything.
*The* *ducklings* *were* *absolutely* *adorable!* *My* *heart* *melted* *at* *the* *first* *duckling* *to* *hatch!*
I love that you show us the results in the same video then making us wait her anxious so huge props 🙌🏽
i love that you always try to make the world better
This is adorable omg I love this, it’s so sad that these guys are endangered but I’m so happy your helping them! Hopefully these guys will reproduce and get the numbers back up!
The first one seemed to be encouraging the others to hatch. So cute!
Oh my gosh they're so adorable! So glad you got 2
Wow! Never heard of them! What awesome looking babies and awesome you guys are taking part in keeping them alive! 🐝🐝🐝🐝
I love watching your family working on the farm
Awwwwwww!!!!! I love, love, love watching your hatching videos. You are the best at showing the whole process! Very cool that you were able to get a couple out of the total number of eggs. I had never heard about this breed before so pretty awesome to learn about them and watch the hatching process here. Thank you so much for sharing that with us!
They are so sweet ! Thank you for sharing this unique breed !
I love how you made this all in one video and didnt keep us waiting thanks 🤩🤩🤩
Your all’s hatching videos never get old!
That's wonderful you are hatching those endangered ducks. Sorry more didn't make it. But, you are the best person to hatch different birds and knowledgeable.
Thank you for this. I just recently hatched out two different batches of ayam cemani eggs and only got two birds. Out of over 20 eggs. I had a high fertility, but a low hatch rate, it was so disappointing. But the two birds are now three months old and going strong! Good luck to your little ones!
The first duckling was so sweet to help it’s siblings!
They are so adorable and unique looking. I hope you can find some more to hatch. Love your content. Makes me smile 😊
I love the hatching videos.
I hope you make some more!
Thank you very much for helping in saving these ducks
Great job, glad you were able to hatch the ducklings, good luck with them. Bill
💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗 thank you guys for sharing, yes there are always questions as to when to help. Hopefully you can add a couple more to the world!
You have taught me a lot about chickens and ducks, even if I have been around them my whole lives, just little tips and tricks that makes them happy and healthy. Thank you
I’m so happy for you guys! Hookbills!!! This is so exciting, I can’t wait to see them grow up.
I love these ducks along with your other beauties. Hatch-A-Holic for sure. Keep Hatching Jake. Love yall. Baby Isaiah was close to naptime I think. He is even cute with fixing to pitch a little fit. lol
This is amazing!!!! So excited for this adventure!! Way to go for helping to save an endangered species!
I would suggest Captain Hook and Smee. When I was little I loved Peter Pan and I always found Captain Hook and Smee a pretty funny and hilarious duo, they always made me laugh. Your ducks are beautiful, I'm so glad you managed to incubate at least 2 of them❤️
Cool , so happy and excited for these little endangered ducks glad you helped them
Loved how the first duck made sure the new one hatched by just letting it now it wasn't alone
Wow. Totally beautiful!!
I just found this channel and i wish i did sooner , i love your videos already! very educational and interesting.
Imagine chillin in the womb and suddenly there's a light shining directly in your face, and you aren't even being born!
Aww I'm so happy to see at least two hatch.. 🐣 It's a shame there weren't more but I will always enjoy the hatching videos, as that is what brought me to this channel 💕
Clicked right away! These ducks are so intriguing. You could say I'm "hooked" on them.
I live in the netherlands and in my neighbourhood there is a petting zoo, my grandpa and mother have worked there for many years, at some point we adopted some duck 10/15 years ago. They are indeed dutch hookbills, i know im seeing the video late but if you guys are still interested in some eggs please let me know, i really want this species to live and the genetics is a Big problem everywhere.
That is so sweet to see they are so unique !!
It always amazes me when you candle the eggs and see movement and blood supply even a heartbeat. I've seen Albert bring chicks back by breathing on them to keep them warm. You need to contact this guy
That looks SO exhausting watching them hatch!! What a hard job they have
I love you guys! Keep going and never give up! You’re amazing!
Thank you so much for sharing this gift with use. I hope you can help bring these wonderful duck and help get better genetic diversity.
your channel is therapeutic. love it.
Super cool hatching project!
So cool you are raising these two ducks. They are busy little guys. I saw a report on hook billed ducks. They are really neet.