I have a question regarding hatching. In what position should the egg be in the incubator when it’s time for lockdown? The incubator I have have the slots so that the eggs are upright... can ducklings hatch okay like this? Or should the egg be horizontal with the air sac end propped up a bit?
I have been incubating a duck egg I found on Easter Sunday. It appears to be doing well and I have been seeing quite a lot of movement when I have candled it. However, the pointy end has quite a lot of free space and I’m not sure if this is a problem? There is an air sac at the rounded end. So...