Desperately Trying to Hatch Ducklings

[chickens really]

Seriously waiting till 10 days of incubation will let you know if anything is viable..
Keep waiting..Candle day 10...

 

[Duck Lover88]

Seriously waiting till 10 days of incubation will let you know if anything is viable..
Keep waiting..Candle day 10...

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[ColleenRyan]

I saw that too!

 

[ColleenRyan]

I see nothing happening in those eggs ..

I was worried but I remembered I need to be patient and let it happen. I keep telling myself whatever happens happens for a reason I just would love to have the babies of my babies since something took them from me

 

[casportpony]

I saw that too!

I did some candling experiments and found that I could see signs of life very early in chicken and duck eggs, though it was really hard to get a good picture of what I was seeing. I think I did a post about a pigeon egg that changed in just a few hours, that was pretty cool, so I'll see if I can find that.

 

[casportpony]

@ColleenRyan, I found the thread:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/candling-experiment.1190463/

Some cool pictures there!

 

[cppeace]

I had a 90+% hatch rate the one time I hatched duck eggs in my homemade incubator. I get the temp 98-101 (99-100 when I could watch it). The Humidity I kept between 40 and 55% until 4 days before due to hatch and then raised it to 50-60%. All my eggs that made it past development staged hatched and thrived.
I hand turned 3 times a day. I only opened the incubator to adjust humidity or urn turn eggs.
Good luck!

 

[ColleenRyan]

I had a 90+% hatch rate the one time I hatched duck eggs in my homemade incubator. I get the temp 98-101 (99-100 when I could watch it). The Humidity I kept between 40 and 55% until 4 days before due to hatch and then raised it to 50-60%. All my eggs that made it past development staged hatched and thrived.
I hand turned 3 times a day. I only opened the incubator to adjust humidity or urn turn eggs.
Good luck!

Thanks so much! I’m doing everything the same except turning hem as much as I can (always an odd number)

 

[ColleenRyan]

I had a 90+% hatch rate the one time I hatched duck eggs in my homemade incubator. I get the temp 98-101 (99-100 when I could watch it). The Humidity I kept between 40 and 55% until 4 days before due to hatch and then raised it to 50-60%. All my eggs that made it past development staged hatched and thrived.
I hand turned 3 times a day. I only opened the incubator to adjust humidity or urn turn eggs.
Good luck!

How old were the eggs you incubated? I’m just unsure because I know some of mine are older than what’s ideal I’m just desperately working with what I have

 

[BantyChooks]

The coloring makes me suspect that they will start growing.

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