Duckling Hatch Help

[ecse129]

My ducks are on Day 27 so I know they aren't supposed to hatch until tomorrow. However they started rocking last Thursday and were rocking pretty steadily so I went into lockdown a couple of days early. They aren't rocking nearly as much anymore and I don't hear anything out of them. Should I be concerned? This is my first duck hatch so I am very excited for these things to pop out. They are in a Brinsea and I have been misting them every once in a while these last couple of days because humidity is not staying very high.

 

[faykokoWV]

If you've hatched chicken eggs and been impatient, you're about to go crazy. Ducks seem to take forever!! Keep the humidity up and be patient. It takes these guys a little longer to get out, even though they have an egg tooth, their beaks don't break the shell as well and the shells are thicker.

 

[debilorrah]

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I was thinking the exact same thing.My ducks always start rocking on day 23 ish and then stop right before hatch. My last hatch of ducklings, I only had 5 eggs in there, but they were all alive. My LAST one pipped and halfway zipped and then turned around in the shell. Little stinker. I finally had to pop the top off and I was greet with a fat duck butt. He managed to back out of the egg.