Call duck Eggs wiggle but no internal pip Day 25

[Basghettiii]

Am i allowed to candle to check for internal pip? Or just leave it alone in the incubator? It’s day 27.. supposedly

I would recommend leaving the eggs alone as the babies get into proper position to hatch. Give them time, when I was hatching my chickens (which are supposed to hatch around 21 days), half of them took about 24 extra hours to even start pipping. Most of them hatched on day 22. Just leave them alone for now. If there aren’t any signs of pipping by day 30, I would check to make sure the babies are alive.

 

[Horou]

I would recommend leaving the eggs alone as the babies get into proper position to hatch. Give them time, when I was hatching my chickens (which are supposed to hatch around 21 days), half of them took about 24 extra hours to even start pipping. Most of them hatched on day 22. Just leave them alone for now. If there aren’t any signs of pipping by day 30, I would check to make sure the babies are alive.

How would you suggest I check? Will i need to do Safety hole? Or better not to? I’ve read online, and there were tons of mixed answers both google and on BYC.

 

[Basghettiii]

How would you suggest I check? Will i need to do Safety hole? Or better not to? I’ve read online, and there were tons of mixed answers both google and on BYC.

I would suggest very carefully candling the egg, check for signs of internal pipping and movement. I’ve seen mixed reviews on safety holes as well, but I think I’ve seen more good reviews than bad ones on here. I would certainly look into it more if I were you. Research is the most important thing here.

If you do candle, try your best to not rotate the egg. You don’t want to accidentally turn the baby. That’s why lockdown exists- so that the baby doesn’t get moved while it is getting into position. Your best bet would be to leave the egg alone entirely unless you are worried, or unless you want to create a safety hole.

If you do the safety hole, be extremely careful. It is recommended that the safety hole is only used if the baby has yet to pip externally after about 24 hours of pipping internally. Though, ducks are slow hatchers, sometimes taking about 24 hours to externally pip on their own. Also ensure that you don’t make the hole too large- it could dry out the membrane, and a dry membrane is very bad for the prognosis of a baby. When making the safety hole, don’t turn the egg. Same idea as the whole candling thing.

I’m no expert, so please do more research! I’m sure you will do very well for those babies. I’ve never hatched ducks before, but I’ve spent some time on here. That’s the only reason I know any of this really. So I would suggest poking through some threads that ask questions similar to yours, and see what some more experienced people think. I’ve got some good insights that come from hatching chickens in the past, but like I said, never hatched ducks. I hope this information finds you well!

(Please do update on the babies, I would certainly love to see them )

 

[Horou]

UPDATE!!!

Day 28, we decided to candle them really quickly and put them back into the incubator.

Egg#1: no internal pip, it’s been the same since the Day 25. Shadow filled, except the air sac.

Egg#2: has internally pipped. Egg#2 Internal Pip!! (Shown in the video). What should be my next step? I know it’s to wait, but how long can the air sac in the egg last? How many days after the internal pip would I need to intervene IF in case there’s no progression?

Egg#3’s update in a bit

 

[Horou]

there’s no movement in egg #1, other than the occasional slight wobble. Is it a concern?

 

[Basghettiii]

Slight wobble is okay at this point. The baby should be in position now, and is likely just trying to break through the membrane of the egg. I would keep an eye on the egg just in case, maybe check in on it in another 24 hours.

It takes around 12-36 hours for a baby to externally pip after internally pipping, so if there is no progress after around 24 hours, I would probably assist or at least check on the baby.

 

[Horou]

Slight wobble is okay at this point. The baby should be in position now, and is likely just trying to break through the membrane of the egg. I would keep an eye on the egg just in case, maybe check in on it in another 24 hours.

It takes around 12-36 hours for a baby to externally pip after internally pipping, so if there is no progress after around 24 hours, I would probably assist or at least check on the baby.

Thank you very much for your response!

I would also like to mention, that we don’t know when Egg#2 internally started to pip. Because we were too afraid to candle before. What should the next course of action to be if we don’t know how long it has been since the internal pip?

 

[Basghettiii]

Thank you very much for your response!

I would also like to mention, that we don’t know when Egg#2 internally started to pip. Because we were too afraid to candle before. What should the next course of action to be if we don’t know how long it has been since the internal pip?

I would still recommend checking between 12 and 24 hours from now. You will probably hear some noises within the egg that will indicate that the baby is starting to poke its way through, so definitely listen for those! My babies started peeping about 24 hours before they hatched

 

[Horou]

I would still recommend checking between 12 and 24 hours from now. You will probably hear some noises within the egg that will indicate that the baby is starting to poke its way through, so definitely listen for those! My babies started peeping about 24 hours before they hatched

How loud is the peeping? Our incubator’s really loud, and majority of the time, I think I’m going crazy that I can hear it but my bf cant

 

[Basghettiii]

How loud is the peeping? Our incubator’s really loud, and majority of the time, I think I’m going crazy that I can hear it but my bf cant

They will be pretty small peeps, so you would need to be pretty close to hear them if your incubator is loud haha. I could hear mine from a good ten feet away when they really got going inside their shells, but that’s probably just because my house was dead silent when they started to hatch. You will probably be able to hear it a little bit if you listen closely, even with the loud incubator.