Advice for Muscovy egg hatching

[mshap7]

Just be gentle and you should be okay. How's the air cell looking?

I am bit worried the air cells aren’t as large as they should be at day 12, this is probably due to too high humidity. In the picture the line I drew is day 7 but the picture was taken day 10.

 

[casportpony]

Yeah, that looks a little small to me too.

 

[mshap7]

Yeah, that looks a little small to me too.

I am definitely going to take your advice and lower humidity to 40-45%. Hopefully the air cell will get a bit bigger.

 

[casportpony]

Read that article too.

 

[mshap7]

Read that article too.

Already read! Just went and bought a hygrometer to put inside the incubator because I don’t trust the reading my incubator says.

 

[mshap7]

Read that article too.

Just candled tonight, the air cell has gotten much bigger in one but not the other... Also, do you think this is a forming blood ring or just a thick blood vessel? I can see the little embryo moving around so I know it’s still alive.

 

[Isaac 0]

Please post a few more pictures, but that does kind of resemble a blood ring to me. Is it actually moving, or is it just the yolk sloshing around when you pick the egg up?

 

[mshap7]

Please post a few more pictures, but that does kind of resemble a blood ring to me. Is it actually moving, or is it just the yolk sloshing around when you pick the egg up?

This is from day 10... The little guy is definitely moving around in there. Thanks for all your advice btw.

 

[Isaac 0]

That's why I asked for another picture , it looks fertile from that angle.

 

[mshap7]

That's why I asked for another picture , it looks fertile from that angle.

Oh good!! I love watching them move around in there