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    Swan eggs hatching, need help please!!!

    Absolutely gutted!!! Perfectly formed dead in shell, never internally pipped. [/IMG]
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    Swan eggs hatching, need help please!!!

    No obvious movement, no smell. But the little veins still look like they're working....
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    Swan eggs hatching, need help please!!!

    More drawdown, nothing else to report
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    Swan eggs hatching, need help please!!!

    I'm guessing less too... I got another 145 eggs today, I'm not impressed though as they're from one of my daughters Giant African Land Snails.... Anyone know a good recipe for them?
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    Swan eggs hatching, need help please!!!

    I've read different incubation periods from lots of sites, anything up to 45 days. Still nothing definitive, and lots of misinformation about swans in general. Luckily I have some experience hatching, quail,chickens,turkeys and 9 goslings once.
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    Swan eggs hatching, need help please!!!

    Ok, day 31 since I got the eggs, when candled may 16th the embryos were easily visible, so are a few days more than the 31 days I have them. No internal pips, or visible movement, but are still drawing down. The veining I can see gives me hope that they're not dead yet. Anyone like to hazard a...
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    Swan eggs hatching, need help please!!!

    Still waiting, plenty of time left at this party! No internal pips, no bad smells, so I'm hoping they're alive. I realised the other day that this is a still air incubator as I've always used forced air and I had the temp just under 100f the last couple of weeks, so I've brought it up slightly...
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    Swan eggs hatching, need help please!!!

    Thanks for responding guys, I'm feeling better after reading more threads of yours. Twice today I restrained myself from using the drill bit on them... This forum is huge, I've been reading it for hours everyday since I got the eggs! Fingers Crossed
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    Swan eggs hatching, need help please!!!

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    Swan eggs hatching, need help please!!!

    Ok, may 16 I got a call about a nesting pair of wild swans. The male was attacked and killed by a dog and the female who had been incubating 3 eggs, left the nest and wouldn't return. On arrival it was decided to remove the eggs and attempt to artificially incubate them. When I got home, I found...
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