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Yay, thankyou Lacrystol, I had 5 eggs in the incubator that my son had put in to 'keep them safe'. I worked out they were about 2 week in to incubation. Humidity had been held at 40% and misting daily. I ladi them in the centre of my incubator as it is autoturn and had chick eggs in too. I...

Well two female ducklings out of 8 eggs. Meant to be backyard quality Cayugas, so white chests and lower white jaw, very cute and couldn't possibly part with them. One has the most interesting white swirling/motling on its head and patchy yellow black face....love them. Rechecked the...

thankyou so much will try laying them down, mumma does that in the pen.....

Lacrystol, i read your web site an will try giving one of the methods a go. My third hatch had 8 eggs, first pipped day 25 and died, 2 pipped day 26 (1 unzipped partially then died and the 2nd unzipped completely then died with the shell stuck and still in it), 1 pipped day 26 and hatched day 27...

They were air cell end up in the autoturning incubator and then laying down from day 25- hatch

Hi Lacrystol, I forgot about my thread after my bad hatching and had chicks hatching shortly afterward. Here is the update. I have a fan force incubator with autoturn function, humidity and temp control. I hadn't gotten a liquid thermometer at the time of hatch but think the incubator temp is...

Thanks will do....the rrest still in the incubator, two days over due, no internal or external pipping, not sure how long to leave them before calling it quits....

Just updating. I carefully opened one of the assumed dud eggs. The duckling was nearly fully developed, head nearly under wing, but large yolk sac and dead. Did gently open the next one after candling, membrane thick but well receeded and no movement or smell. Gnetley opened the membrane and...

Hi I have incubated a dozen home laid duck eggs, I had the humidity at 55%, took down weights butthe most weight they lost was about 9%. Figured this out too late to make much difference and the air sacs were pretty small. Candling showed movement in all eggs at day 22, most appeared ok at lock...