No hatching progress, 24 hours. Temperature problem?

NineDogCircus said:

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 low. The thermometer reads between 93 (light kicks on) and 99 (light kicks off) degrees, with the humidity reading between 75 and 95%.

Here's my dilemma. I can adjust the light to come on and raise the temperature; however, I would have to remove all of the eggs to do so. The wire floor that they are sitting on is above the temperature gauge. So my question is, after 24 hours, should I leave them alone and give them more time, or should I remove them (I do have a heat lamp I could place them under while I adjust the temperature) and turn up the heat? And if the answer is to leave them, at any point should I adjust the temperature...say if nothing has happened for 36 hours, 48 hours?

Thanks in advance. Like all newbies, I'm getting nervous!!!

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Lacrystol said:

What kind of ducks, and do you have an air incubator or a still or homemade one??

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Lacrystol said:

HUMIDITY IS WAY TO HIGH

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NineDogCircus said:

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 low. The thermometer reads between 93 (light kicks on) and 99 (light kicks off) degrees, with the humidity reading between 75 and 95%.

Here's my dilemma. I can adjust the light to come on and raise the temperature; however, I would have to remove all of the eggs to do so. The wire floor that they are sitting on is above the temperature gauge. So my question is, after 24 hours, should I leave them alone and give them more time, or should I remove them (I do have a heat lamp I could place them under while I adjust the temperature) and turn up the heat? And if the answer is to leave them, at any point should I adjust the temperature...say if nothing has happened for 36 hours, 48 hours?

Thanks in advance. Like all newbies, I'm getting nervous!!!

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NineDogCircus said:

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
Day 1 - 25 Day 26 - 28
Temperature 99.5 98.5
Humidity 86 94
Turns Per Day 3 - 7 0
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The incubator is home made. It has a light, a fan, a humidity gauge and a temperature gauge. The humidity has been running around 70-75% all day and the 2 eggs have made some progress. They appear to be unzipping...I think. I will go lower the humidity a bit; however, I'm still concerned because this is the first time I've heard about lowering it. Everything, I've read said problems arise when they are too dry!!

Thanks for the input. Do you have any about having to get the eggs out in order to raise the temperature?

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Lacrystol said:

This is false information, that Humidity is to high. GRRR, I'll contact them and let them know... your humidity should be at 65 to 70 If they are now making progress then you should be OK, but do not let it get any higher then 70.. You can leave your temp where it is but you are going to have to give them extra days to compensate for it. You temp light should have shut off at 102 this way it would turn on about 95 keeping a moderate temp in between. about 99

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