Help with assisting twin hatch (muscovi)

[Rose_adamaj]

@PrettyCoolChicks Thank you for this thread. I am rooting for your ducklings!

 

[New duck mommy 2021]

@New duck mommy 2021 uh oh, is this also a bruise? Different egg. I completely missed this before. Will candle while waiting for an answer …

Yes that’s a bruise
Get a safety hole right away
That’s been there longer

 

[PrettyCoolChicks]

Yes that’s a bruise
Get a safety hole right away
That’s been there longer

I ended up doing exactly that, immediately after posting about the candling. Still can’t see anything. It looked like there was a second layer of squishy shell behind, so I’m guessing Iight colored beak. No movement but not much more I can do. No blood there either.

Just so annoyed I didn’t notice earlier because I remember seeing it yesterday evening in hindsight… it just didn’t register because I didn’t expect bruising on that egg

 

[PrettyCoolChicks]

Quick update, I just checked on egg #3 again (the one with the larger bruise) and wasn't happy with the pinhole. I made it slightly larger and figured out I hadn't gone through the membrane correctly. I can now see a little beak moving behind the hole.

My last egg #1 has no bruise for sure. I am now going to let them do their thing for the next 48h, but so far they all seem to have movement

Now just need to hope they figure out the rest on their own .

 

[Canadian Wind]

Quick update, I just checked on egg #3 again (the one with the larger bruise) and wasn't happy with the pinhole. I made it slightly larger and figured out I hadn't gone through the membrane correctly. I can now see a little beak moving behind the hole.

My last egg #1 has no bruise for sure. I am now going to let them do their thing for the next 48h, but so far they all seem to have movement

Now just need to hope they figure out the rest on their own .

Hardest thing to do is wait. Sit on your hands and try try try not to interfere! I speak from experience. I 'helped' too early with my first ones.

 

[New duck mommy 2021]

I ended up doing exactly that, immediately after posting about the candling. Still can’t see anything. It looked like there was a second layer of squishy shell behind, so I’m guessing Iight colored beak. No movement but not much more I can do. No blood there either.

Just so annoyed I didn’t notice earlier because I remember seeing it yesterday evening in hindsight… it just didn’t register because I didn’t expect bruising on that egg

Well all one can do now is wait
Once you learn about bruises you will start to watch every egg just in case
I automatically do it now

 

[PrettyCoolChicks]

Hardest thing to do is wait. Sit on your hands and try try try not to interfere! I speak from experience. I 'helped' too early with my first ones.

Thanks! Yeah, I read so many threads where people helped too early before my first batch that I got scared enough to not help any of my first 2 hatches, and both the malpositioned ones hatched by themselves.

I was shaking like a leaf and had a good cry after poking that pinhole in the first bruise (but only for 5 minutes because work meeting after). Now that's done and I know I must wait I actually feel pretty chill at the moment, compared to previous hatches.

Well all one can do now is wait
Once you learn about bruises you will start to watch every egg just in case
I automatically do it now

Yes, I'm definitely not going to forget to check that moving forward. <3

 

[BelovedBirds]

Thanks! Yeah, I read so many threads where people helped too early before my first batch that I got scared enough to not help any of my first 2 hatches, and both the malpositioned ones hatched by themselves.

I was shaking like a leaf and had a good cry after poking that pinhole in the first bruise (but only for 5 minutes because work meeting after). Now that's done and I know I must wait I actually feel pretty chill at the moment, compared to previous hatches.

It's been quite a while since I hatched my ducks, but I remember that shaky feeling! I felt like throwing up from the stress when I helped my duckling hatch. I waited longer than necessary, but still felt terrified of doing something wrong.
Very worth it though, she was just fine

 

[-Chanticleer-]

I’ve been stalking this thread since the beginning. I don’t have ducks but I’m rooting for your little babies and can’t wait to see them.

 

[Violanna]

I’m super excited to see how your hatch is going! I’m going to be trying ducks soon. Been doing staggered hatch chicks for a few weeks now. So far I have 100% hatch rate, only lost 1/6 post hatch, but that one was born with a deformity and we chose to cull it rather than have it live in misery! Rooting for your twins!