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    No hatching progress, 24 hours. Temperature problem?

    The top number is the humidity and it says 58%.
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    No hatching progress, 24 hours. Temperature problem?

    No, it says 97. By using a manual light (i.e. one that is controlled by me), I was able to raise the temperature in the incubator to 99 degrees and now the light comes on when it gets down to 97, so at least for now, it seems to be holding steady.
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    No hatching progress, 24 hours. Temperature problem?

    I really appreciate all of your help on this. The 2 ducks hatched overnight...yay! A third has pipped and the other two are moving around.
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    No hatching progress, 24 hours. Temperature problem?

    I didn't know what you were referring to when you said "safe hole" earlier, but I just looked at your website and saw that this involved poking a hole through the membrane. Should I do this now for the one who has not done it himself? And what do you normally use?
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    No hatching progress, 24 hours. Temperature problem?

    Thanks for your help. I'm not sure what wet bulb is. I am using a regular light bulb and a combination temperature/humidity gauge that I bought at Home Depot. I got the humidity down to about 55%. Both ducks are chirping away! One has made a hole and is sticking his beak out; the other has...
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    No hatching progress, 24 hours. Temperature problem?

    The link to the Metzer Farms hatching info that I referenced above can be found here: http://www.metzerfarms.com/IncubatingAndHatching.cfm?CustID=2324449
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    No hatching progress, 24 hours. Temperature problem?

    I'm not sure what type of duck eggs they are. We have runners, pekins, mallards, muscovies, and a few others. I read the following guidelines on Metzer Farms and they hatch a lot of duck eggs!! Following are the conditions recommended for incubation and hatching: Incubation Hatching...
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    No hatching progress, 24 hours. Temperature problem?

    I have been incubating 5 duck eggs for the past 28 days (today is day 29). Yesterday, 2 of the ducks pipped, but neither one has made any progress in the last 24 hours. I've read on numerous posts that duck eggs can take a long time, but I'm wondering if the temperature in my incubator is too...
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