Duck Incubation time.. (first timers)

[Ravynscroft]

Also how long is it okay for the humidity to stay at 70? I turned and spritzed them 2 hours ago and the humidity still hasn't gone down.

It can take a day to lower, don't worry... check it before you go to bed tonight...

 

[Abraeri]

Thanks again

Also GeoGreyWolf hope you have a successful hatch

 

[WVduckchick]

This is from Storeys Guide to Raising Ducks, by Dave Holderread. Pretty much the premiere authority on ducks.

 

[GeoGreyWolf]

Thanks again

Also GeoGreyWolf hope you have a successful hatch

thank you, hopefully i do. I will wait till a week prior to lockdown to see how the air cell is doing prior to misting

 

[Ravynscroft]

thank you, hopefully i do. I will wait till a week prior to lockdown to see how the air cell is doing prior to misting

That's exactly what I do...

 

[GeoGreyWolf]

Well as an update were on day 23 of this batch experiment. i believe one of the 3 has passed away, i see where the other two the darkness almost takes the whole egg, this one i still see veins on one side of the egg. The same one that had the smaller air sack. The other two hopefully will hatch, not much movement from them, and i can see through the top (air sack on rounded side) as well as the bottom pointy side, unsure if this is normal.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Can you post a pic of what your seeing.

 

[GeoGreyWolf]

Cell phone pictures are not the best. So the three eggs, the aircell has gotten bigger thankfully on all three. One still seems to have more veins than the other two, one looks dark all around except for the air cell and the last has air cell but a clear spot at the pointy end like a second air cell? Picture 1 normal air cell, picture 2 the egg with more veins than the others and picture three is the see through (second air cell?) on the pointy end. Tomorrow is day 25, so when i get home from work its Lockdown time. @Ravynscroft @Miss Lydia @Pyxis @casportpony @WVduckchick

 

[Pyxis]

Egg two looks really good. Three I think may have quit The first one, I can't quite tell, but if it looks like egg three with a big black blob and no veining and the yellowish tinge it likely has quit as well.

 

[Ravynscroft]

The clear spot in the pointy end is where the CAM didn't fully develop... that's the network of veins that enclosed the embryo around the inside of the shell... that one may or may not hatch, if it does *most times* it will have an open navel... if it does, just leave it in the bator til it closes up...