Are Black east Indian ducks harder to hatch?

[mrslb333]

I set 6 eggs 26 days ago everything has been perfect all 6 fertile and babies inside wiggling and kicking around until 2 days ago when I did a final candle before lockdown 5 have died in the shell I usually do a quick candle every 3 days just shining a torch on them to check for veins, and they were fine

So now I have one left

The others are definitely dead . I hatch a lot of eggs and never usually have this problem except with Seramas and Silkies ducks I'm usually spot on with. Its my first time with this breed however so I was wondering if they were any different to normal?

 

[SilverPhoenix]

I haven't tried hatching any yet, as I just got my first pair a month ago, but I've heard they're difficult to hatch like seramas and call ducks.

Hopefully someone more enlightened on this topic will step in at some point!

 

[mrslb333]

I love Seramas too

Why do I pick the hard to hatch ones, lol

 

[4-H chicken mom]

I have found that I have better success when I hand turn them five times a day. When I started with an auto turner, I had many die. I also mist them starting at day 4 until lockdown. So sorry about your loss. It is really frustrating.