It was doing great until early this morning. I got up at 4am & again at 8am. Between that time the baby got itself into trouble. I was planning on putting it into a brooder this morning, but it seems my cat got his arm in the incubator holes at the bottom and really scratched the baby duck. It...
Well I am using a 30 gallon aquarium that is currently on it's side. I found a weird article on how to make a incubator out of an aquarium. I have 3 lights in there, and a heat mat. I also opened the lid on my 95 gallon aquarium in the same room so it will increase my overall humidity in the...
Thanks for that advice! That's exact ally what I ended up doing last night! The duckling wasnt internally pipped, which I found very odd b/c I could see it's bill going up & down in the membrane for 2 days. I don't know if he was too weak to pop through it or what. But I opened the membrane a...
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So by 12:30 last night I decided to go for it! I opened the air cell to find out that it never even internally pipped to begin with! Which is so weird b/c I saw it's bill. The membrane still had some veins in it. I tried to put a little hole to help it out, but it starred to bleed a...
Newest update! I think I'm having issues with my Muscovies internally pipping... Yesterday morning was day 31 and I noticed 1 egg of 4 start rocking. I candled it but didn't see the bill in the air sack yet. At this time I bumped up humidity to 60-80% and had temp at around 96.5. (I also have a...
Alright, thank you! I'm obviously a little too excited! I even have a spare iphone turned into a remote viewing camera ontop of my incubator to make sure my temp is stable at all times of the day.
Hi I think I'm having issues with my Muscovies internally pipping... Yesterday morning was day 21 and I noticed 1 egg of 4 start rocking. I candled it but didn't see the bill in the air sack yet. At this time I bumped up humidity to 60-80% and had temp at around 85.5. (I also have a 90 gallon...