➡I accidentally bought Balut eggs: 2 live ducks! Now a Chat Thread!

[Kiki]

Quick backstory:

The eggs were shipped 23 days ago I thought that they were all dead but then all of a sudden, when I got back from arkansas, they started to hatch! Three hatched, one had to be put down, and this one is the last one to hatch (I have one more in there but I think it quit)

This is getting good.
I'll be right back.
I need to go get some coffee.

 

[littleprairieheartsfarm]

I’m going to be up all night waiting for an external pip

 

[GoldenChooks]

Wait so are you saying no quail eggs have air cells?

No, mine just had really rough shipping and I think that's what caused it

 

[jwyles]

Yes but since they have no air sac they take up the whole space and the eggs are completely dark

I have seriously no experience here but not having the air sac, could that hinder its ability to live inside the egg once this process begins, or hinder its ability to get out of the egg? Just curious.

 

[Ursuline Chick]

This is getting good.
I'll be right back.
I need to go get some coffee.

Think I may have to do the same.

 

[GoldenChooks]

Here is a picture to prove that I'm not crazy and that the chicks are a week late (they are supposed to hatch on day 18 but we're shipped 23 days ago)

 

[Kiki]

I’m going to be up all night waiting for an external pip

2 nights.

 

[Ursuline Chick]

No coffee made, so I am drinking Dr. Pepper, which I think Kiki hates, if I am not mistaken.

 

[Kiki]

Here is a picture to prove that I'm not crazy and that the chicks are a week late (they are supposed to hatch on day 18 but we're shipped 23 days ago) View attachment 1462378

Your not crazy, I promise.
Don't worry about that.


Let me get this straight.
You got shipped eggs.
Put them in a bator.
Left the state.
Came home and thought they were all dead then some started hatching.
Now 5 days later you still have one that is hatching?

This bator...does it have a turner?
What temperature has it been on?
And...what humidity level?
Did you happen to calibrate the instruments or no?

 

[littleprairieheartsfarm]

Here is a picture to prove that I'm not crazy and that the chicks are a week late (they are supposed to hatch on day 18 but we're shipped 23 days ago) View attachment 1462378

Did they go straight into the incubator or did you let them sit first?