KingNoodle
In the Brooder
- Nov 6, 2021
- 9
- 4
- 11
Hi everyone,
Twenty nine days ago i found a duck egg next to my pool and decided to try and incubate it. Unfortunately I don't have an incubator and had to improvise. At first i was unable to get materials to make a homemade incubator so for around 2-3 days it was in a sock inside a box in my snakes enclosure under the heat. The temperature was about 33c (91.4f) but i had some significant drops to about 25c (77f) but they were only for about 10 min before they got back up. After this i made a an incubator in a cardboard box will a halogen bulb. With this I was able to get temperature to hover between 36c (96.8f) and 38c (100.4f). I did have a hiccup about day 21 where we had a power cut for a few hours and we had to keep it warm by the fire but apart from that its been pretty good. Humidity was kept at around 45% from about day 5 and now at day 29 it is about 60% and had been since day 26. Development has looked fine and by day 25 the duck took up almost all the space in the egg, however, the air sac was a little small.
On day 28 around 11 am the egg started to shake every 30ish mins, i know this is a good thing however it is now the morning on the 29th day and I can't see that it has internally pipped. It is still shaking about every 35min at the moment. I have been using a torch (without moving it) to try and see shadowy movements and in the last day the air sac has quickly grown to what would be a good size.
Do you think that it may just be late because of its odd start or should i be worried?
Is their anything i can do to make it easier, i know i shouldn't be trying to help it out, but is there anything to make it so it can get out eaiser?
Also, is this amount of growth in the air sac normal or may it be a sign of shrink wrapping or it being about to break the membrane?
As you can tell this is my first time hatching an egg and would really appreciate advice from others.
Thanks
Twenty nine days ago i found a duck egg next to my pool and decided to try and incubate it. Unfortunately I don't have an incubator and had to improvise. At first i was unable to get materials to make a homemade incubator so for around 2-3 days it was in a sock inside a box in my snakes enclosure under the heat. The temperature was about 33c (91.4f) but i had some significant drops to about 25c (77f) but they were only for about 10 min before they got back up. After this i made a an incubator in a cardboard box will a halogen bulb. With this I was able to get temperature to hover between 36c (96.8f) and 38c (100.4f). I did have a hiccup about day 21 where we had a power cut for a few hours and we had to keep it warm by the fire but apart from that its been pretty good. Humidity was kept at around 45% from about day 5 and now at day 29 it is about 60% and had been since day 26. Development has looked fine and by day 25 the duck took up almost all the space in the egg, however, the air sac was a little small.
On day 28 around 11 am the egg started to shake every 30ish mins, i know this is a good thing however it is now the morning on the 29th day and I can't see that it has internally pipped. It is still shaking about every 35min at the moment. I have been using a torch (without moving it) to try and see shadowy movements and in the last day the air sac has quickly grown to what would be a good size.
Do you think that it may just be late because of its odd start or should i be worried?
Is their anything i can do to make it easier, i know i shouldn't be trying to help it out, but is there anything to make it so it can get out eaiser?
Also, is this amount of growth in the air sac normal or may it be a sign of shrink wrapping or it being about to break the membrane?
As you can tell this is my first time hatching an egg and would really appreciate advice from others.
Thanks