11th Annual Easter Hatch a Long 2020

[casportpony]

So I got a bit of a dilemma... One of the Muscovy eggs that hasn't pipped internally has a bruise towards the pointy end and I am wondering if it's upside down and if I should remove the shell where the bruise is.

 

[ronott1]

After going to the store today and seeing that the price of eggs has went up and knowing that the farm stores are selling out of chicks as fast as they can get them in, hubby is finally on board with me hatching more chicks! Going to go get the Farm Innovators incubator that I replaced out of the garage sale pile and set it up as a hatcher. This will make it a lot easier to sneak those call duck eggs in! LOL! Which leads me to another question (for those who have hatched calls)..... I have only hatched chicken eggs before, so my first time hatching ducks.....

I know that incubation period is 26-28 days (sometimes up to 30). Are temperature and humidity the same as with chicken eggs throughout incubation? I have read that calls can need assistance (especially if they are from show lines) and have read the assisting hatches thread, so feel pretty good there. Anything else I am missing?

It is all pretty much the same for ducks and chickens when it comes to hatching

 

[ronott1]

Is it too late to join in? I saw this thread as I was searching for info on my FIRST ever hatching! I just happened to set my eggs on March 21st so hatch day is April 11th! I’ve never done this so it’s all an experiment. I got 16 eggs shipped (unknown breeds), and after a spectacular fail with a homemade incubator, I bought an inexpensive one. I currently have 5 eggs still active and developing and went on lockdown tonight. This is all so exciting!

It is nice having you here!

 

[ronott1]

So I got a bit of a dilemma... One of the Muscovy eggs that hasn't pipped internally has a bruise towards the pointy end and I am wondering if it's upside down and if I should remove the shell where the bruise is.

I would leave it alone. I try very hard not to help since helping is often not a good thing!

Can you candle to see where the head is?

 

[casportpony]

I would leave it alone. I try very hard not to help since helping is often not a good thing!

Can you candle to see where the head is?

Can't see the head and it didn't draw down the way the others did.

 

[casportpony]

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[ronott1]

Reminder:
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[Pensmaster]

Can't see the head and it didn't draw down the way the others did.

There always seems to one in the bunch.

 

[casportpony]

There always seems to one in the bunch.

I'm just glad it's only one this time.

 

[Jules929]

I have 15 chicks from the potluck batch, and 3 pips in the Cream Legbars batch.

My March Cream Legbars hatch = 6 males, 3 females.
The potluck Cream Legbars = 1 male, 1 female.
Current Cream Legbars batch has 10 in lockdown, with 2 of them being questionable. Hopefully this group will at least even things up.