Day 30 for duck eggs still no pip

[Brittanyjohnson1986]

So I had one of them hatch a few mins ago and it of course wasn't a Pekin!! He/she is a Pekin Muscovy mix!! So that is the reason for it taking so long!!

 

[Miss717]

So I had one of them hatch a few mins ago and it of course wasn't a Pekin!! He/she is a Pekin Muscovy mix!! So that is the reason for it taking so long!!

Finally.

 

[Pyxis]

So I had one of them hatch a few mins ago and it of course wasn't a Pekin!! He/she is a Pekin Muscovy mix!! So that is the reason for it taking so long!!

I thought that would be the case That one's gonna be sterile when it grows up - it won't be able to produce offspring. So if it's a drake you could keep it in either pen without worrying about it messing up your breeding plans.

 

[Miss717]

I thought that would be the case That one's gonna be sterile when it grows up - it won't be able to produce offspring. So if it's a drake you could keep it in either pen without worrying about it messing up your breeding plans.

Interesting I did not know that cross breed ducks are sterile. Is that the case with all cross breed ducks or just Pekin/Muscovy.

 

[Pyxis]

Interesting I did not know that cross breed ducks are sterile. Is that the case with all cross breed ducks or just Pekin/Muscovy.

Muscovies are a different species than all other domestic breeds, which are derived from mallards and so are the same species of mallards. So crossing them is like crossing a horse and a donkey - the two species are similar enough to breed, but the offspring are sterile.

That's why the ducklings from such a cross are called mule ducks

 

[Miss717]

So any Muscovy cross is sterile?

 

[Pyxis]

Yep! There aren't 'breeds' of muscovies like there are mallard derived ducks. So a muscovy bred to anything that's not a muscovy produces sterile offspring because you've crossed different species.

 

[Pollmadoll]

I am also at day 30 no pipping yet.

We did have a serama silkie hatch successfully last night.Question is it is alone due to the other chick dieing yesterday as this started pipping. Very sad as I was hoping they would be brought up together . Luckily my neighbour has a broody Serama silkie hatching some more chicks and I can have some of those once hatched.

Going back to the duckling . Poor little thing has a bad detatched air cell problem to deal with. I tried to candle it just now but found it quite hard to see within the aircell? Should I just leave it in the incubator. I need to know if this duckling is still alive?

 

[kelebek1977]

I am also at day 30 no pipping yet.

We did have a serama silkie hatch successfully last night.Question is it is alone due to the other chick dieing yesterday as this started pipping. Very sad as I was hoping they would be brought up together . Luckily my neighbour has a broody Serama silkie hatching some more chicks and I can have some of those once hatched.

Going back to the duckling . Poor little thing has a bad detatched air cell problem to deal with. I tried to candle it just now but found it quite hard to see within the aircell? Should I just leave it in the incubator. I need to know if this duckling is still alive?

Old post I know but did your duckling hatch? Im on day 30 too. Its syill alive cause the egg is wiggling.