Am I incubating duck eggs correctly

[tanithcrane]

They seem to be doing really well i have some pictures but some air sacs seem to be on the side rather then blunt end of egg ive been candling them at least twice a week but think it may be too much im going to give it a week then candle them again but just concerned that im doing it all wrong
Thankyou for the article im going to have a read just really hope i havent killed them all

 

[tanithcrane]

 

[tanithcrane]

 

[WVduckchick]

How’s it going now?
The first pic in that last post looks like a quitter, but much further along than the pic with the nice veins. The one with the veins looks great!

 

[tanithcrane]

How’s it going now?
The first pic in that last post looks like a quitter, but much further along than the pic with the nice veins. The one with the veins looks great!

The first one has been moving everytime i candle it , does it look a little unhealthy i have noticed not so many veins do u think it will make it or is it gone already
But all the others i hope are doing ok
I didnt even realise about the first one untill now
Thanks for the help

 

[WVduckchick]

The first one has been moving everytime i candle it , does it look a little unhealthy i have noticed not so many veins do u think it will make it or is it gone already
But all the others i hope are doing ok
I didnt even realise about the first one untill now
Thanks for the help

Judging from a picture can be deceiving, but the one without veins does look to me like it died. But you can leave it in until you are sure. Each time you candle, it will get more and more evident, one way or the other. Sometimes the movement we see is actually just gravity from us turning the eggs or moving them. So hold it very still, and watch for it to move on it’s own. Tapping the shell with a fingernail will often cause them to move for you.

 

[April’s Zoo]

You can float test for movement..... place the egg gently into a glass or bowl of warm* water with the air cell pointed up. Once the disturbance from putting the egg in the water has stopped, watch carefully to see any wiggling, or movement.

*water should be warm-ish, but not too hot.... you don’t want to cook the egg after all, but you also don’t want to chill it. You want to have the water warm enough to keep the egg at its normal incubating temperature.

 

[WVduckchick]

Please don’t put the egg in water. I hate the float test.

 

[tanithcrane]

Judging from a picture can be deceiving, but the one without veins does look to me like it died. But you can leave it in until you are sure. Each time you candle, it will get more and more evident, one way or the other. Sometimes the movement we see is actually just gravity from us turning the eggs or moving them. So hold it very still, and watch for it to move on it’s own. Tapping the shell with a fingernail will often cause them to move for you.

I candled them all again and held them very still and all moving but two are moving but dont have air sac on the blunt end of egg instead looks like half the egg is just one big air sac but they are moving and got very prominent veins

 

[WVduckchick]

I candled them all again and held them very still and all moving but two are moving but dont have air sac on the blunt end of egg instead looks like half the egg is just one big air sac but they are moving and got very prominent veins

You may need to increase humidity a little, if the air cells are getting too large. Or is it just that one egg?
Glad they are all moving for you! What day are they on now??