Duck eggs air cell way too small! Help please

[AnjKar n Ducks]

Well, I had four total hatch. Appears to be 3 females and 1 male. One that externally pipped did not make it. There are still 5 eggs that never internally pipped, and when I candle them, I see no movement. I guess I have learned my lesson to incubate at Lowe humidity. I'm going to set some more in a day or two, and I will run it dry and adjust up latee, since it usually hovers right at 35% without water added. I'm using a homemade bator, and I think I can improve my design a bit too. I'm going to add a bunch or sand for thermal mass. I noticed that when I removed them from the turner the temperature was about 1-1.5 degrees lower and less stable, so that 2 inches made a big difference.

Anyway, here are some pics! Thank you all for the advice!

They are beautiful

 

[Ravynscroft]

Adorable!!!

Especially the first hatcher with the mirror... you did a great job, Doulos, don't be hard on yourself for the losses, it is a learning process... you'll do even better next hatch!

 

[Doulos]

Yes, I'm thinking of leaving the other 5 in the bator tonight, just to be sure, then I will clean it up tomorrow and set a few more. I'm giving two of these away to someone who requested a pair. So that means two more females for me, which will improve my ratio to 4 to 1.

 

[Ravynscroft]

Good deal and good plan!

 

[Shannonw1228]

Thank you all for the advice! I did remove all water from the incubator, and it's been sitting at 30% humidity since yesterday just after I posted. I also realized when reading some links yesterday that I was at day 20, not 21, because the day I put them in was day 0! So that gives an extra day. I also started spraying them last night. I will try that twice a day.

I was wondering if there is a level of humidity that is dangerously low. I saw someone else on this forum had suggested on another page that it could be lowered to 15-25% using rice, but I wondered if that might be dangerous.

When you sprayed your duck eggs did you let them cool or spray in the incubator I need to spray mine quick five days until lockdown

 

[casportpony]

When you sprayed your duck eggs did you let them cool or spray in the incubator I need to spray mine quick five days until lockdown

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