Day 15 on duck eggs...have some ?'s (ATTN. MISS PRISSY!)

[shelleyd2008]

I have a total of 5 duck eggs and 4 goose eggs in my bator. It is now day 15. I was told to mist and cool the goose eggs daily, and since they're in the same bator, I have been misting and cooling the duck eggs too.

The goose eggs look like they aren't doing anything. There are 2 duck eggs that have quitters.

The other 3 duck eggs have gorgeous veining!!

The present incubation practice is this:
Still air bator, temp about 99-101 at even level of eggs, humidity usually about 70%, cooling for 15 minutes +/- daily, misting with room temp water at beginning of cool down session, turning 3-4 times daily.

My question is: Since the goose eggs have seemed to quit, do I still mist and cool the duck eggs? I was told they didn't need it, but since I've been doing it, should I keep doing it?

Thanks!! I don't want to mess these eggs up!

ETA: What humidity do they need for the hatch? I was told by the person who sent these that she's had better luck with hatching humidity around 55-60%?

 

[shelleyd2008]

No one has any ideas?

 

[CindyS]

I mist my duck and goose eggs but do not cool them, on purpose anyway, i suppose they cool down when I turn them. If you want to quit cooling them it wont mess anything up.

 

[WyanLuv]

what about misting chicken eggs? are you supposed to do that too?

 

[CindyS]

no, only waterfowl eggs, it simulates the duck or goose going for a swim and getting back on her eggs.

 

[MissPrissy]

I mist duck eggs but I don't cool them.

Day 15 and your goose eggs are clear? Are you positive nothing is in there?

 

[shelleyd2008]

I'm not positive, but there were two that looked like they had blood rings early on. One looks different than the others, kind of darker, but I can't find any veins at all. That one has some bubbles in the yolk/white area, so I'm thinking maybe it was scrambled, and that's why it looks darker. The other is completely clear. About the only things I can see in them is the yolk and the white, no veins or embryos or anything.

 

[CindyS]

I would say the goose eggs are no good then. there should be a little dancing baby in there very easy to see at 15 days