EMERGENCY DUCK EGG ISSUE

[waitwhoslucas]

hello guys! i just started to expand my farm and went to another farm to buy some chicken eggs to incubate! after waiting the full 21 days, all 5 of my eggs hatched but one. i waited till day 23 and made a small hole to see what the issue was. come to find out, i was accidentally given a duck egg and was still growing. thankfully i just broke into the air cell. it’s a small hole, probably about the size of a dime, but the egg seems formed and the egg is black under light. it still is moving but i think as i was opening the egg, i may have chipped into the membrane a tad bit. i didn’t break any vessels or anything, the membrane just peeled off, but i could still see a bit of veining and feathers. what i’ve done was place tape over the hole and placed it back in the incubator, what should i do? can it still hatch?

 

[TwoCrows]

Bumping this, good luck with this hatch!

 

[Miss Lydia]

hello guys! i just started to expand my farm and went to another farm to buy some chicken eggs to incubate! after waiting the full 21 days, all 5 of my eggs hatched but one. i waited till day 23 and made a small hole to see what the issue was. come to find out, i was accidentally given a duck egg and was still growing. thankfully i just broke into the air cell. it’s a small hole, probably about the size of a dime, but the egg seems formed and the egg is black under light. it still is moving but i think as i was opening the egg, i may have chipped into the membrane a tad bit. i didn’t break any vessels or anything, the membrane just peeled off, but i could still see a bit of veining and feathers. what i’ve done was place tape over the hole and placed it back in the incubator, what should i do? can it still hatch?

@New duck mommy 2021

 

[New duck mommy 2021]

What a neat surprise
I think that’s all you can do for now
But because you have opened the egg make sure humidity stays up around 65-70 to make sure it doesn’t dry out
I would maybe take a fresh egg
Crack it open
Wash and break a piece a bit bigger then the hole and place it over
That will work better then the tape

 

[waitwhoslucas]

What a neat surprise
I think that’s all you can do for now
But because you have opened the egg make sure humidity stays up around 65-70 to make sure it doesn’t dry out
I would maybe take a fresh egg
Crack it open
Wash and break a piece a bit bigger then the hole and place it over
That will work better then the tape

thank you! that’s a smart idea! also, do you still think they could hatch? the duck seems to be moving inside the egg when i check every few hours, but tonight will be the last time i check since it will be lockdown. i can’t find its beak i just see its body trying to push up. do you think it’s bc the last few days, it has to position itself? last question, since the shell is already broken, would it cause any change to the duckling and it’s hatch? the humidity was raised and placed tape over it in case but i don’t know if this would affect the veining or if the duck would come out healthy??

 

[waitwhoslucas]

thank you! that’s a smart idea! also, do you still think they could hatch? the duck seems to be moving inside the egg when i check every few hours, but tonight will be the last time i check since it will be lockdown. i can’t find its beak i just see its body trying to push up. do you think it’s bc the last few days, it has to position itself? last question, since the shell is already broken, would it cause any change to the duckling and it’s hatch? the humidity was raised and placed tape over it in case but i don’t know if this would affect the veining or if the duck would come out healthy??

i’ve seen other stories of this happening, the duck hatches with the yolk still attacked and the duck dies days later

 

[Miss Lydia]

thank you! that’s a smart idea! also, do you still think they could hatch? the duck seems to be moving inside the egg when i check every few hours, but tonight will be the last time i check since it will be lockdown. i can’t find its beak i just see its body trying to push up. do you think it’s bc the last few days, it has to position itself? last question, since the shell is already broken, would it cause any change to the duckling and it’s hatch? the humidity was raised and placed tape over it in case but i don’t know if this would affect the veining or if the duck would come out healthy??

@New duck mommy 2021

 

[New duck mommy 2021]

thank you! that’s a smart idea! also, do you still think they could hatch? the duck seems to be moving inside the egg when i check every few hours, but tonight will be the last time i check since it will be lockdown. i can’t find its beak i just see its body trying to push up. do you think it’s bc the last few days, it has to position itself? last question, since the shell is already broken, would it cause any change to the duckling and it’s hatch? the humidity was raised and placed tape over it in case but i don’t know if this would affect the veining or if the duck would come out healthy??

I can’t say for sure but I think it has a good chance