Duck eggs: day 28. Help a stressed out momma!

Chickies2020

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Apr 12, 2015
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So its the morning of day 28th. Here's what I'm working with:
- Khaki Campbells
- set late at night, counted "day 1" beginning the next morning
- 3 eggs, all live when last candled on day 25
- Brinsea mini, followed all instructions in terms of water, lockdown, turning, etc.
- have not opened incubator since day 25

I can kind-of-sort of candle through the wall of the incubator, and while it's not a great view, I can see the air sacs and don't believe there are any internal pips. There's no audible peeps and none are rocking or moving at all.

Am I worrying for no reason? Shouldn't they have pipped by now? Or be moving or rocking?
 
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After convincing myself they were all dead I did quick candling and they are all fine - one internally pipped, and the other two are still moving around. Hopefully I didnt mess anything up with the >30 seconds of candling - definitely no external pip and the humidity was back to normal within seconds.
 
After convincing myself they were all dead I did quick candling and they are all fine - one internally pipped, and the other two are still moving around. Hopefully I didnt mess anything up with the >30 seconds of candling - definitely no external pip and the humidity was back to normal within seconds.
Candling eggs are not going to hurt them, especially with no external pips.
When you count your days you start your count 24 hours after set.
I set eggs at 10pm last Wednesday, so day one started for me at 10pm Thursday.
 
Why havent they externally piped yet? I have no idea what day they internally pipped since I hadn't handled them since day 25. It's day 28 - COME OUT!
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