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That's what happened with the 2 batches of shipped call eggs. The first batch had such huge saddle shaped air cells, so with the second batch that had round ones I had no idea if they were to small or not!!
Peas!!! Get frozen peas, just thaw some out and give them to him... those are something the kids can give him more of and no worries...
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Maybe the shells are super thin and crack when the duck sits on them. How's their diet?
Ok so I went a tiny bit hands on with the first egg, I felt so guilty since its been drilled into my head that we aren't suppose to touch them, but in my heart of hearts I just felt something was wrong and my humidity was to blame, so if it's my fault that the chick is having issues, then isn't it my responsibility to help it out? Well, that's what I used as my excuse to work up the courage. The chick was becoming less vocal so I was afraid of it suffocating. I started gently chipping at the egg and once I broke the membrane over the beak, it started singing! Such a beautiful sound! I got quite a bit done until I saw a tad of blood so I quickly wrapped it in a wet paper towel and put it back in the incubator. That was almost an hour ago and it is still singing non stop lol. Here's a pic of it when I started peeling the shell away.
Now for my new questions:
-it has a bit of a "click" when it breathes, is that normal?
-also, how long should I wait before trying to assist again?
Ok, so you bought the Little Giant at TSC? Which model? And you did not buy seperate hygrometers or thermometers? Can you run out today and buy a hygrometer? And a thermometer? Early hatches can be from your temps being to high. They are really easy to calibrate. The egg in your first post looked good. It can take chicken eggs at least 24 hours after external pip to make progress. When you start assisting you want to just make the pip hole big enough so that you can dampen the membranes and check for veining. Then you can keep the exposed membranes moist with some bacitracin and keep rechecking until all the veins have receded. So is this chick out yet? It should be able to get out on its own when it's ready unless it has gotten really sticky inside from so much air being exposed to it. The clicking noise may be nothing or the chick may have breathed in some of the sticky stuff (if there is any). Does the inside of the egg look wet or really shiney? Are you still seeing veins? And they won't suffocate if they have made an external pip, even a really tiny one.
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Sunday about 6:30AM I still see three internal pip from egg 1 & some serious breathing. I 1st found internal pip last night.
2nd egg still about the same, with just a tad more drawback no movement in #2. (Hopefully resting) getting worried I may have some sticky egg issues going on.
This was a picture from last night.
Temperature 99to100F humidity good 60/70%.
What ya think?
Is this pic egg one or two? I'm so happy to hear that one of the eggs internally pipped!!! The draw down looks good in this pic.
I'm getting bummed & panicky here. Ugh. It wasn't this hard last summer in my 1st homemade incubator. Maybe dumb luck? Lol freaking out here trying to stay positive.
