A bit anxious, hatching call duck eggs, day 28

[Feltonistas]

Hello, I’m a bit anxious so I decided to make this thread. I’m on day 28 with 6 call duck eggs, all moving and alive at the moment. A couple of days ago I thought a saw two internal pipping, so, reading a few threads and articles, I decided to wait 24 hours before making a safety hole. Then I waited 24 more hours and nothing was progressing, so I decided to open up the air cell a bit more and I noticed that there was not an internal pipping and I was seeing the shadow of the duckling pushing up against the membrane. I quickly put some Vaseline on the exposed membrane and put it back. Now I’m panicking because maybe I was a bit too rushed and opened the air cell too quickly. The duckling was moving a lot and I heard some peeping, I hope I didn’t ruin anything. Thank you for your feedback

 

[casportpony]

How are your eggs doing? Let me tag some call duck hatchers.

@BirdsBeesTrees
@shawluvsbirds
@WVduckchick

 

[BirdsBeesTrees]

Has anything changed? Putting a safety hole in an egg without an internal pip is not good. You will now have to make a small tear in the membrane where the bill is and dab any blood with a dry paper towel. I don't think it will be able to pip on its own now that you've moistened the membrane.

 

[Feltonistas]

They are doing fine as of now, two have internally pipped and are currently doing chewing motion, so they are still absorbing the yolk, peeping and moving a lot

 

[casportpony]

Do you have any pictures?

 

[Feltonistas]

 

[casportpony]

Big veins! Probably won't be ready for another day or two. What incubator are you using?

 

[Feltonistas]

They are taking a bit longer than expected, because my incubator has ran a bit high during incubation, around 100.4, so I thought they would start hatching sooner, but that’s ok. Now I’m not doing anything, I’m not touching or anything. This picture is of this morning (I live in Italy, it’s night now) now the veins are much smaller, I must say. Incubator is on the cheaper side bought on Amazon

 

[Feltonistas]

honestly the two that I opened a bit are the ones that are doing better than the others, since the other four have not even internally pipped and are moving really slow, I have to say

 

[casportpony]

HIgher temps while incubating will cause them to hatch sooner. Lower temps cause delayed hatches. Before you hatch again, I suggest you get a couple of extra sensors to stick in the incubator. Something like this:

https://www.amazon.com/Govee-Temperature-Thermometer-Hygrometer-Greenhouse/dp/B08CGM8DC7

Whatever you get, make sure you check the accuracy by doing the salt test.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...hygrometer-experiment-pictures-video.1224319/