Help!
So I have a duck egg in my bator along with a bunch of other eggs that I took from my girls because they weren't doing a very good job. anyways I've never made it this far without losing my eggs because my bator used to read incorrectly and over heat.. But I got new parts and it has been...
I tossed the last one.
Also I noticed the bump on the others is larger so maybe they are moving? But when I candle them I don't see movement or hear anything.
I went and took pictures of my eggs. I didn't take a picture of one of them because I think it's either an early death or just younger than the rest. Also one of the ones I did take a picture of looks odd.
Here's #1
Here's #2
Here's #3 this is the one that's looks odd.
So I had 9 eggs in my bator and none of them hatched. But my two ducks were also sitting and one of them had no luck and left the best and the other took over all of the eggs. So today I took all the DIS's out and she has four eggs left, now because this was my first time for any of this my eggs...
My house is kept between 68-70 degrees.. Should I try misting them more to get the humidity up higher and see if that helps? Or even candle them quickly?
I put a thermometer I had laying around my house in the bator and its reading the same temperature as the thermometer that's built in so maybe mine are actually correct
They are Pekins, in a still air bator I got from Tractor Supply. Everything temperature and humidity wise has been pretty consistent through out the incubation process, the temp has been 98.9-99.1 (I know it should be higher but I couldn't ever get it there) and the humidity was between 40-50%...
So I have 6 duck eggs in my Incubator and it's day 29 I think... I read that you shouldn't count the set date as day 1 so if that's correct then it's day 28. The temp reads at 98.9-99.1 degrees and 55% humidity, but I still don't see any movement or pipping. Should I try candling them quickly to...
Today is day twenty eight on my bator! Hopefully I'll get some ducklings soon.
They typically hatch around the same time you put them in, right? Because is so mine won't hatch till tonight.
I haven't checked it with a different thermometer or hydrometer. Just the built in one. I'll add a few more towels to get the humidity higher and try to make sure nobody turns the air on. The highest it's gotten ever was 99.6 and that was when is was 88 in my house.
It's a still air incubator.
I have all of the water channels full to the very brim and I has a wash cloth that I dipped in water in there
Also my bedroom is a lot warmer than the room they are currently in, is it safe to move them to my bedroom quickly? or should I just leave them? I on' want...
Just went on lockdown yesterday! I'm so excited I just keep going over and staring at the eggs.
Also how long does it take from the internal pip to hatching? And when do the usually start pipping? day 28, right?
Is it normal for the eggs in the last week of incubation to become very active? I noticed that one of my eggs is moving around on its own. Is it getting itself ready to hatch? They still have 6 days.