- Feb 7, 2013
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So, in counting the day after eggs were placed in incubator, yesterday was 24 days. They started chirping, rocking, and some had visible "crack/holes" in shells & upon a quick candling, I see that most are internally pipped very well. Went ahead & put them in lockdown. The holes are not large enough to see anything, but some do show a "white" membrane underneath where the broken shell piece fell off.
Their actual "due" date is 2.5 days away. I haven't seen much progress today, altho they chirp when I talk to them. Some more eggs have the crack/holes, but I'm not seeing much progress beyond that. I'm hoping (holding breath) that things are moving along by tomorrow. I understand that ducks can take longer to hatch after pip, I read around 33 hours...but if I don't see improvement by tomorrow evening (48 hrs from pip), should I consider a bit of "helping" that I've researched on here?
I just don't want to do it too early, but I feel they started a little early being that it was day 24. What would you do? Should I leave them alone until Wed (28 days) & go from there? That would be 72 hours from pip.
Thanks in advance for any & all advice!
Here is a video of what I saw yesterday before lockdown.
http://youtu.be/5jil9xYKXS4
Their actual "due" date is 2.5 days away. I haven't seen much progress today, altho they chirp when I talk to them. Some more eggs have the crack/holes, but I'm not seeing much progress beyond that. I'm hoping (holding breath) that things are moving along by tomorrow. I understand that ducks can take longer to hatch after pip, I read around 33 hours...but if I don't see improvement by tomorrow evening (48 hrs from pip), should I consider a bit of "helping" that I've researched on here?
I just don't want to do it too early, but I feel they started a little early being that it was day 24. What would you do? Should I leave them alone until Wed (28 days) & go from there? That would be 72 hours from pip.
Thanks in advance for any & all advice!
Here is a video of what I saw yesterday before lockdown.
http://youtu.be/5jil9xYKXS4