ducks piping at day 18? Why?

[goslingluv]

I have cayuga x welsh harlequin eggs incubating today is day 18 and they are piping... why so early? Im assuming they wouldnt hatch unless they are ready but strange to me. I have bantam eggs on day 18 as well same conditions and not piping... why the eagerness from the duck eggs?

 

[MGG]

I have cayuga x welsh harlequin eggs incubating today is day 18 and they are piping... why so early? Im assuming they wouldnt hatch unless they are ready but strange to me. I have bantam eggs on day 18 as well same conditions and not piping... why the eagerness from the duck eggs?

Are you sure you counted right? I've miscounted many times.

 

[Quails andchickens]

Did you harvest these hatching eggs a couple days later after being laid they might have had a kickstart in development while in a coop.

 

[goslingluv]

my chick were day 18 ducks were day 24 i may have panicked and got my dates confused...lol but good news everyone is popping out fine and healthy. But still early is there a reason the ducks are hatched 3/4 days early chickens in same incubator are on schedule...

 

[Quails andchickens]

my chick were day 18 ducks were day 24 i may have panicked and got my dates confused...lol but good news everyone is popping out fine and healthy. But still early is there a reason the ducks are hatched 3/4 days early chickens in same incubator are on schedule...

Oh Ok glad your hatch went well!