A Chicken Amidst The Ducks???

[Hatching Teacher]

Hello Everyone!
I’m a teacher (and brand new on here). I’ve been reading and re-reading several of your posts looking for the answer to my problem...my class and I are on day 17 of incubating 30 Muscovy duck eggs. All looks to be going well except for one egg that is faaaaar more developed than the rest. It’s a bit smaller than the rest and has a darker shell. When candled, it just looks ‘dark’ inside as opposed to the ‘half clear/half dark’ of the Muscovy eggs. Sooo, my question is, is there a way to tell for SURE, because I know if it’s a chicken (which I’ve hatched before) it will have to go into lockdown tomorrow. Please help!! And sorry for the long post....teachers are always wordy. Lol!!

 

[ronott1]

It wont hurt to raise humidity. Wait until day 19 or 20 though.

What fun!

 

[Hatching Teacher]

I was thinking I should move that egg into another incubator maybe? And should I stop turning it?

 

[ronott1]

An incubator set up as a hatcher is a good idea.

For reference, if you do need to hatch as well as incubate(staggered hatching), you can take out a rail and set the egg in the space where the rail was. After the first staggered hatch is finished, you can put the rail back in.

 

[Hatching Teacher]

Just letting you know that it WAS in fact a chicken. I decided to take a chance and move it into a Hatcher on Day 20 and on Day 22, ‘Oreo’ was born. The Muscovies are just coming to the end of Day 30...