They should MOST definitely put hatching eggs on the box, I was told by the corporate office of the us postal if you don't they will rough handle them.. Now that they have included insurance on priority and I can tell you they started doing that because of a box that they lost for 3 weeks and...
HUM, its got to be a setting off, how's the temp and are you sponging them or just controlling the humidity? I never put water in my incubator, I sponged them and the water that went on the egg help with humidity.
What I did it let them set for 24 hours big end up in a cool room, after 24 hours then I candled them again, if still loose, I put them in the incubator to start the process, I did NOT lay them down.
I simply kept them in the turner with the turner off, sponged them three times a day as if I...
AWEEE, you should have talked to me, I've hatched out 6 call ducks with detachable air cells. One thing about duck eggs that I have learned, they are very hardy. Much harder then a chicken although I just recently hatched out 4 Mille Fluer Cochins with detachable air cells.
Ok first of all there is a forum for Ducks, second, I have read and I am doing it right now, about misting them, this is to increase the hatching rate.. I have hatched out ducks in the past only I had a really good head start because the neighbors brought me eggs that the mommy was sitting on...