Can you help me?

[DUCKGIRL89]

I have 4 khaki campbell eggs in my incubator and they are now on day 19 I just candled them and I still se no growth! Would they smell by now if they werent forming? Can you PLEASE!!! Post pics of candled duck eggs on day 19?

Thanks!

 

[nurse_turtle]

No growth at day 19 means the eggs are bad. Probably non-fertile. They wouldn't necessarily smell if there's no bacterial component to the failure of growth.

 

[jm93030]

What do you mean by NO GROW?

Are the eggs totally clear?

if they are than tossed them away

Are they black with an empty clear spot on one end of the egg?
they may be good and probably you wont be able to see more growth or movement

 

[Chick1043]

Are the inside of the eggs dark or bright? It would help if you posted pictures!

 

[heatherkh]

From what I gather, undeveloped eggs won't necessarily smell. They only smell if they've gone rotten - somehow bacteria got inside the egg. Personally, I don't candle because I don't want to second guess what I'm seeing or not seeing and inadvertantly toss out viable eggs. What about just waiting until the hatch date and see what happens? I'm no expert at this at all, but the more I read about candling, assisted hatches and whatnot on BYC the less I want to monkey with incubating eggs.

 

[Lacrystol]

I just hatched out my first duck, This link helped me a lot..



https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=491013