Eggs almost ready to pip

[MemawSwift]

Thanks, for the kind words. You must let me know when you go get some and what you're doing and progress. I had one wiggle yesterday and another today! At least 2 are still alive. I'm guessing when she was sitting they weren't incubating yet so I'll just wait. I found another on 6/22 and threw that in with the rest just to see if it was any good.( At least I dated it!) It's doing well, so on 7/20 it is due to hatch so the rest should be long out of there. I hope I don't have to give them that much extra time! I will keep you updated

 

[MemawSwift]

Third started rocking!

 

[Bucky649]

How you doing with the duck eggs.? Anything happen yet?

 

[MemawSwift]

One external piped but stopped. After 24 hours, part of the shell is turning dark and going around the air cell. I pulled off a bit of the shell and membrane to expose it's bill.(also pulled off all the shell of the dark) It's working it away now I had another external and I pick odd part of the cell. It broke the membrane on its own. Letting them rest for a while now.

 

[Bucky649]

Sounds like your going to have ducks soon! Don't rush them they need time to absorb all the yoke. You don't want them to come out with it still on . Please let me know how it's going.

 

[MemawSwift]

I have two baby ducks now! I did help the first one out. It was so weak after trying for so long. They are both doing good! Yolk was absorbed in both. I should have my lone chick today, it's zipping now. (day 20 for it). I have 1 with external pip and 2 picking internal now. #3 is probably gone, but I'm going to wait until everyone else is done.

 

[MemawSwift]

3 duckies and my (just found it laying on the ground) lone chick are all doing great! 2 more are external piped. One due in two days was picked by my newest baby. Since the baby wasn't ready to get out yet, I covered #6 slightly with a plastic bowel. It's not supposed to be her for 2 more days and there was blood. Maybe it can be still long enough to finish cooking. Still watching my #7. It's so long and irregular. I thought with all I've read it wouldn't make it, but seems to be on the home stretch! My #3, slow to develop, small shell and presumed dead isn't. I thought I saw it move(after nothing for 2 days). I candled it yet again and there IS movement but not close to internal pip yet. It could happen?

 

[Bucky649]

Happy for you. Glad you have live ducks after all your hard work.

 

[MemawSwift]

Thank you Bucky! No movement for my #3 egg for two days. (Light or water candle) I will check again tomorrow but I'm all but 100% it is gone with no further development. I'm not as hurt my it because I didn't expect much because of how slowly it was developing. I am happy with my 5 ducklings and single chick. (I think is a rooster (

 

[Bucky649]

Way to go a rooster.wow. Are the ducks Ancona ?