Day 30 for duck eggs still no pip

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Is that 80 to 85 just for lockdown?

Also, have you checked to make sure that your thermometer is correct? Day 25 is early for the others to be hatching, so I'm thinking that your temp is actually running a bit high. Or is it possible the others had already started developing when you put them into the incubator? Perhaps they had been outside and the temps had been high, or a duck may have been sitting on them?

One other question, is there any other breed of duck that you have that these might be instead of pekins?
 
I set them all at the same time no duck sat on them I've never had a hatch this far apart and before hatch I monitored the air cells and some looked to be a little small so I increased humidity towards the end and 80-85 has been during lockdown their is one male Muscovy so I thought maybe it was his baby but I've never seen him mate with the Pekin there in a separate pen all together so unless he flew into theirs mated and flew back out I'm not sure lol development appeared to be the same throughout the process when candling....the 3 that hatched already did appear to be big when they hatched though I did notice just now that one has pipped a VERY tiny hole and because of this I can't open to check the other I thinking its a wait and see
 
Sorry I meant decreased humidity during the end the 80-85 was only during lockdown I was adding water in the beginning when I noticed they were small I DECREASED humidity but during lockdown I increased it back up so at the beginning it was 80 I dropped it towards the end to even the air sacs out but during lockdown I put it back to 80-85
 
The one hatch that I had fail was the only hatch that I kept the humidity low after I started raising my humidity my hatches started doing a lot better... the styrofoam incubator that I made sweats so I loose a lot of the humidity at lockdown my air cells where right where the should be...idk I'm thinking it's prob more a temp issue than humidity...i think Pyxis hit it right on the nail I bet my temp was a little high because it's a new thermometer than I usually use and the 2 that haven't hatched were further from the bulb so I'm thinking the temp was a little off I usually get great hatches so i think my humidity is prob fine as not the same humidity works for everybody there's a lot of influences when working with humidity the only difference in this hatch and the last is the new thermometer so Pyxis do u think I should lower the temp or leave it where it's at now? I have a dimmer on my light so I can turn it down a little
 
My guess is that these are part muscovy, based on what you've been saying. Muscovies take 35 days to hatch, and muscovy crosses take around 32 days. So, I would say these are mule ducks and you can expect them to hatch in the next couple days. I would leave the temperature alone for now until you can get an outside thermometer to verify what it actually is, because even though it seems like it's a bit high, it's not high enough to kill them, so I wouldn't mess with it until you can verify what it actually is.
 

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