The smell was still the same today so I decided to call it and say it's dead. I opened him up to see how far along the chick even was and he was super tiny and hard to find. Maybe 11 days old if that? I'm super sad, I was doing everything right from what I read. If I did get more ducks in the...
Really fast update, I was watching the egg for any sign of movement in the incubator and I noticed this mark, it kinda looks like a bruise. Should I be worried?
OH NO! okay:< Would it hurt the chick if it was alive and I poked a hole away from the chick itself to really make sure it's dead. I've read so many horror stories about people Cracking open eggs that are still living.
This egg was the only one, it was a wild egg I took in cause the mom abandon it. I know it was alive at one point because it was moving around inside the egg a bunch during candling around 15 days ago. Would it hurt to poke a hole away from the chick itself to see if its actually dead. I would...
I removed it and it doesn't smell horrible but it doesn't smell great, to me it smells like swamp water. I've tried whistling, tapping, playing duck noises and nothing. The incubator I got doesn't allow me to see humidity but there's always condensation built up. The temp has been at 99 degrees...