Help - Incubation Troubles!!!

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northernliving

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Hello everyone!

I'm on day 30 with nine welsh harlequin ducks. This is my first hatch ever and I've had a hard time finding consistent information about their incubation period. I've read everything from 23 days to 30 days. Soooo, here I am on day 30, they've been on "lockdown" since day 26 (b/c I was figuring I'd go for a 28-30 day incubation period) and when I candle them they are moving around in there but I'm having doubts that they'll ever hatch.

In hindsight, I wish I'd done a 'dry incubation'. I kept them between 45-55% RH (using a Brinsea 20 advanced). And a temperature of 37.5. Since day 26 I've had them at 65%RH but I don't think they're air cell looks quite big enough and I can still see fluid (maybe yolk? it has red veins in it?) right under the air cell.

As they are moving, is there hope?! Should I help them - could they be alright but die soon b/c they run out of air ....should I intervene!?

Thanks for any help for a newbie
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How are they now? If you still see fluid and veins when candling they are not ready to hatch yet. Have any of them broken into the air cell yet? Welsh Harlequins should be a 28 day incubation, so yours are a little late. I wouldn't freak out too much yet though since they are still moving and alive in there. Sometimes they just take a little longer due to lower temps during incubation, or just mother nature deciding to take her time a little. The important thing is they are still moving in there. Hopefully one of the people Amiga tagged up there will show up and help more soon. Good luck!
 
northernliving said:
Hello everyone!

I'm on day 30 with nine welsh harlequin ducks. This is my first hatch ever and I've had a hard time finding consistent information about their incubation period. I've read everything from 23 days to 30 days. Soooo, here I am on day 30, they've been on "lockdown" since day 26 (b/c I was figuring I'd go for a 28-30 day incubation period) and when I candle them they are moving around in there but I'm having doubts that they'll ever hatch.

In hindsight, I wish I'd done a 'dry incubation'. I kept them between 45-55% RH (using a Brinsea 20 advanced). And a temperature of 37.5. Since day 26 I've had them at 65%RH but I don't think they're air cell looks quite big enough and I can still see fluid (maybe yolk? it has red veins in it?) right under the air cell.

As they are moving, is there hope?! Should I help them - could they be alright but die soon b/c they run out of air ....should I intervene!?

Thanks for any help for a newbie
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Are you the one who called me yesterday??
 
Orca5094 said:
How are they now? If you still see fluid and veins when candling they are not ready to hatch yet. Have any of them broken into the air cell yet? Welsh Harlequins should be a 28 day incubation, so yours are a little late. I wouldn't freak out too much yet though since they are still moving and alive in there. Sometimes they just take a little longer due to lower temps during incubation, or just mother nature deciding to take her time a little. The important thing is they are still moving in there. Hopefully one of the people Amiga tagged up there will show up and help more soon. Good luck!
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they are sticky.. that's why they are late, I can see lots of gooy.. I was hoping they would internally pipped but i don't think at this point they will..
 
Thanks everyone! Lacrystol has been a bit of a life line the past 24 hours
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- thank you thank you!

Not sure how these little ones will turn out still. Looks like they are very sticky. This morning all 9 were still moving but no one had pipped internally. So, safe holes have been made and RH increased hoping to loosen up the goo. Now I'll wait.....
So stressful
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@Lacrystol
I just found this picture on another thread, but I think it's what my little ducks look like through that safe hole. With all that goo that we can see when candling, is it possible for them also to be shrink wrapped?!
 
northernliving said:
@Lacrystol
I just found this picture on another thread, but I think it's what my little ducks look like through that safe hole. With all that goo that we can see when candling, is it possible for them also to be shrink wrapped?!
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Anything is possible, I've seen sticky babies one to many time, I Dont know if I agree with the Sticky Definition though. 60-65 is not what I consider to high during lockdown. So with that in mind, how is it possible for them to become sticky, if there definition says "to high humidity during lock down"?

there are four concepts of causing a sticky issue:

1. Most popular, to high of humidity during the process
2. Low temp
3. Poor Ventalation - not the right amount of oxygen going in the egg
4. Poor stanation - Dirty bators or bators not properly cleaned
 

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