Day 29- no internal pips, no movement, nothing :(

[Kirstyleeturner]

Hi,

I have 2 runner duck eggs on day 29. The last time I saw them move or wiggle was day 25. I candled last night and saw faint movement from one and nothing in the other. The humidity is around 70% and i fear that my temperature has now been wrong this whole time as I put a separate hydrometer/thermometer in there thats reading 2 degrees lower than the incubators one!! I have upped the temp slightly today to bring the temperature up closer to 37 on the thermometer I put in. Is this ok or just leave it at the incubators one?

And when should I start to get worried or think about intervening? We originally had 4 and these are my daughters xmas present and we'd be devastated if they didn't make it. Thank you.

 

[Kirstyleeturner]

So turns our they are Muscovy and we are on day 34. Have internally pipped this morning so I'm still waiting!

 

[shawluvsbirds]

We have one left and are now on day 30. I candled it and he is wriggling occasionally but the air sac is getting larger with no internal pips. What do i do?

Ducks are very slow hatchers just sit on your hands and wait for now.
It gets really hard to see movement right before hatching because the bird is filling up that egg.
If they never internally pip there's not a whole lot you can do anyway.
If your temperature was a little bit low they could just be hatching late.
Air cell getting bigger is a good sign.
When they are getting ready to hatch that air cell will kind of dip to one side of the egg, be sure when you take them out to candle that you put them back with that air cell side up.

 

[SolarDuck]

Ah yes that makes sense Muscovy take longer to hatch. Muscovy are my personal favorite type of duck though you will love them so much if they make it!!!! I think Muscovy are the most dog like

 

[CaliFarmsAR]

I would candle them right now. You said they are day 29? Have you heard any noise from them?

 

[CaliFarmsAR]

We have one left and are now on day 30. I candled it and he is wriggling occasionally but the air sac is getting larger with no internal pips. What do i do?

Can you candle and post pictures? He could not be ready.

 

[shawluvsbirds]

I believe they are runners but not 100% sure

Any progress?

 

[FunnyfarmMidwest]

@Kirstyleeturner any ducklings yet?

 

[Kirstyleeturner]

Unfortunately the little guy didn't make it. He just stopped moving after trying to pip for about 36 hours. I peeled back some of the shell and it turned out he hadn't properly broken through the internal membrane. Did he just die from exhaustion? I'm so sad and confused as he got so far? What could cause that?

 

[FunnyfarmMidwest]

Unfortunately the little guy didn't make it. He just stopped moving after trying to pip for about 36 hours. I peeled back some of the shell and it turned out he hadn't properly broken through the internal membrane. Did he just die from exhaustion? I'm so sad and confused as he got so far? What could cause that?

So sorry for your loss. You did your best for the little fella. Hard to tell, sometimes it’s just not meant to be.
Was that your only egg or are there others?