Air sack issues??

[Letticethemagpieduck]

Hello,
I am currently incubating 3 magpie eggs (on day 6). I ordered 6 AylesburyxCayuga duck eggs, one arrived cracked (I got rid of this one) and the others have detached air sacks. Is it worth me incubating these or should I give up with them? The air sacks can move to the other end of the egg when inverted. I currently have them sitting in an egg box, small end down. I’m planning on leaving them there for 36hours (1 1/2 days) just to acclimatise. Any advice will be great. It is my first time incubating.
Thanks x

 

[Miss Lydia]

@WVduckchick @Pyxis

 

[WVduckchick]

Sounds like they are fully detached. Bummer! But Leaving the upright like you are doing is a good plan. They may or may not reattach, but I’d still give them a chance.
Good luck!

 

[Letticethemagpieduck]

Sounds like they are fully detached. Bummer! But Leaving the upright like you are doing is a good plan. They may or may not reattach, but I’d still give them a chance.
Good luck!

If they don’t re attach then can I still incubate them? I have seen people online who keep the eggs upright with the pointy end down the whole incubation. Thanks

 

[Miss Lydia]

@WVduckchick ?

 

[WVduckchick]

If they don’t re attach then can I still incubate them? I have seen people online who keep the eggs upright with the pointy end down the whole incubation. Thanks

Absolutely! I do some incubations with the eggs upright until the final 3 days. I prefer to have them laying down the whole time for duck eggs, but yes, upright works great too. I always incubated my Swedish duck eggs upright. Call duck eggs I prefer laying down. But upright would definitely be advisable for wonky air cells.

 

[PaulX]

I'm doing this too. 9 of my 12 eggs had air cells that float all the way to the other side like yours. 4 of those 9 had quit by day 11. Today is day 16, I'm gonna candle again and stop turning.

Unless you can get new eggs cheaply and quickly I'd say put them in.

Not that I have direct experience but I read a lot about not turning in the first 10 or so days would increase your mortality by a lot. I suppose it's a balancing act between turning them and letting the air cells settle.

 

[WVduckchick]

I'm doing this too. 9 of my 12 eggs had air cells that float all the way to the other side like yours. 4 of those 9 had quit by day 11. Today is day 16, I'm gonna candle again and stop turning.

Unless you can get new eggs cheaply and quickly I'd say put them in.

Not that I have direct experience but I read a lot about not turning in the first 10 or so days would increase your mortality by a lot. I suppose it's a balancing act between turning them and letting the air cells settle.

In my opinion, 10 days is much too long to not turn them. Turning is crucial for proper development of the CAM network of blood vessels. A couple days of not turning is ok, but days 4-12 are critical turning days.

 

[PaulX]

In my opinion, 10 days is much too long to not turn them. Turning is crucial for proper development of the CAM network of blood vessels. A couple days of not turning is ok, but days 4-12 are critical turning days.

Yes, so what I did was incubating upright for 36 hours before putting them in the turner, but I planned to put them upright again in day 16 as you advised in a different thread.

 

[WVduckchick]

Yes, so what I did was incubating upright for 36 hours before putting them in the turner, but I planned to put them upright again in day 16 as you advised in a different thread.

Your turner is one that they lay on their sides?