6 days left for muscovy eggs to hutch and emergency incubator. Help

[nuthatched]

Will it do any harm if the temperature drops or raises 1 Celcius degree sometimes? I try to prevent that but you know, it's out of my control sometimes

Not unless it's drastically hotter or cooler, maybe 5 degrees. A degree or two usually won't hurt.

 

[KranK]

Not unless it's drastically hotter or cooler, maybe 5 degrees. A degree or two usually won't hurt.

It doesn't go that high or low. Usually 1C up or down, when it's "stabilised" then its the matter of 0.5 Celcius degree or lower. Once it went to almost 40 degrees because i wanted to heat it up fast but i lowered the temperature as soon as i saw it

 

[KranK]

Not unless it's drastically hotter or cooler, maybe 5 degrees. A degree or two usually won't hurt.

And btw if those are muscovy then they need 35 days to hatch. Eggs have been putted under the hen on 7th april (however runner ducks hatched at 4th may, not 5th) so 35 days will be on 12 may. I've heard that i should stop turning the eggs and raise humidity 3-4 days before hatching. So i'll need to stop turning them or 9th or 10th may? Will it do much difference? And how do i raise humidity? should i put a sponge inside the water cup so it has more surface to evaporate from or just put in more water? And should i change eggs places even after i stop turning them so they get evenly heated? Or just leave them like they are. Curretly i'm changint their positions every time i turn them

 

[nuthatched]

@Miss Lydia L don't you have Muscovy?

 

[Miss Lydia]

I do but I let my Muscovy hatch their own.
This article might help though.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/incubating-and-hatching-muscovy-eggs.63532/

 

[KranK]

I was turning and wanted to candle the eyes and when i grabbed one it started shaking! When candling i couldn't see anything, the whole egg was dark from either sides like it was full of duck. Others werent as full so i marked the one and put in in the best place in my opinion.

 

[KranK]

Should i put them on lockdown on 9th or 10th may? they should hatch at 12th

 

[KranK]

And the second one is moving

 

[New duck mommy 2021]

And the second one is moving

You can lockdown now
If heat was to high or humidity to low the little ones can come early
I just had a batch of my eggs at a school for a class hatch and I went to help with lockdown day 25 and we had an external pip
If they are wiggling they are most likely getting into position to hatch and you don’t want to be turning them at that point

 

[KranK]

You can lockdown now
If heat was to high or humidity to low the little ones can come early
I just had a batch of my eggs at a school for a class hatch and I went to help with lockdown day 25 and we had an external pip
If they are wiggling they are most likely getting into position to hatch and you don’t want to be turning them at that point

Can i turn them one last time to be "secure" about them deforming? I've turned them twice already. And should i still change their places without turning during lockdown? As you can see in the picture there is no fan so those on edges have lowest heat so i changed their places every turning.