Anixety!! I put duck eggs into lockdown early day 23 its now 26 one is not rocking or has a extended pip! like the other, Have i killed it?

[IrisJade]

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[NatJ]

It might be dead, or it might be taking a nap.

I would not expect it to die from being put in lockdown a few days early, but hatching is a dangerous time for baby birds. Sometimes they die for no reason that anyone can see. Even if it has died, that may have nothing to do with what you did.

I suggest you be patient and see what happens. If it is not dead yet, leaving it alone is the best thing. If it is already dead, there is nothing you can do to change that.

 

[IrisJade]

It might be dead, or it might be taking a nap.

I would not expect it to die from being put in lockdown a few days early, but hatching is a dangerous time for baby birds. Sometimes they die for no reason that anyone can see. Even if it has died, that may have nothing to do with what you did.

I suggest you be patient and see what happens. If it is not dead yet, leaving it alone is the best thing. If it is already dead, there is nothing you can do to change that.

It was alive the time i put this one in lockdown, and it had alot of shadows in the air sac and moving, i dont wanna open the incubator because the other one has recently got a external pip

 

[Debbie292d]

Hatching is hard work, and they take a lot of breaks. Like @NatJ said, try to be patient and see what happens. It might be fine and just resting.