Duck eggs day 27

[atomic]

This is a photo of the closest one to the side I could candle, does this look normal? I’m still nervous to remove them while they’re wiggling. But I will. I also THINK I might see a tiny crack in one that has been the most active.

 

[atomic]

Also I put them in the incubator on the 4th, so according to my math today is the 27th?

 

[My15Ducks]

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This is a photo of the closest one to the side I could candle, does this look normal? I’m still nervous to remove them while they’re wiggling. But I will. I also THINK I might see a tiny crack in one that has been the most active.

It looks normal but from that angle I can’t tell if it has internally pipped. Candling at this point is mainly for your peace of mind so if you don’t want to do it you certainly don’t need to

 

[atomic]

Thank you so much for the link, however unprepared it makes me feel. Lol. If it doesn’t make any difference in the long run I believe I will just let them be and supervise.

 

[My15Ducks]

Hope you have some pips today!

 

[atomic]

None so far, they’re still moving around though. I’m losing hope a bit but we will see what happens.

At what point should I give up?

 

[My15Ducks]

Don’t give up yet! Your hatch may be delayed due to low temperature from an inaccurate thermometer.

I would candle them all, and give safety holes to all the eggs that have internal pips. You can read how in that article I linked. If an egg doesn’t have an internal pip, check it carefully for bruising outside the air cell area. It could be trying to pip in the wrong place

 

[atomic]

I candled all of them, there is movement but nothing that screamed out being as obvious as the pip photo in the article. I also couldn’t hear anything when I put them up to my ear. One has what appears could be this bruising you speak of.

 

[My15Ducks]

For that bruised one, I would take a screw or drill bit and make a tiny hole in the center of the bruise. Don’t use a power tool of course, just hold the screw or bit and scratch or twist until you have a tiny hole.

This is my egg on day 26. It had a bruise (I circled it to monitor the area) so I put a safety hole in the middle of the bruise, and about 12 hours later it had pipped right by my safety hole.

 

[atomic]

I tried to twist a tiny hole into the bruise before I had to leave for work, but it was very hard and I was nervous about applying too much pressure. I’ll work on it again once I get home tonight. As far as the other ones, should I attempt the same thing?