First time Duck Egg Hatching advice needed....

[ninety6]

Very cute! You might want a different water set up after they soak all your shavings.

haha, yeah they are already starting to make a mess. I'll probably end up with one of those water and feeder towers that they can't get in...

So is this mazuri food small enough? It's really small, but I've had a bag of Manna Pro starter CRUMBLES... should i crumble this up or is it fine. Seems like what they are grabbing they fling back out...

 

[Miss Lydia]

Make your own waterer

 

[FROZENROSETHEFAIRY]

Hi there!

We have 2 mallard eggs, and our best estimate is that today is day 25. We could easily be off by a day or two.

Last night (10pm), noticed shadows in the air cell moving around (in both eggs), looks like no fluid left, egg is all dark other than the air cell! So i've stopped turning, and waiting for external pip.

So -- the shadows in the air cell (like a bill) -- and clicking/tapping that you can feel, but no chirping/peeping that i can hear... 1 of the 2 eggs is wiggling around from time to time. Is this a complete internal pip?

I checked today with a flashlight and it seems they are both "breathing".. (rythmic moving shadows at the edge of air cell). I MIGHT have hear 2 tiny cheeps this morning, but it could have been birds outside...

I'm trying to leave them alone, but I am reading by 24 hours of internal pip i need a safety hole if no external pip yet. So should i make that safety hole this evening, 24 hours after we noticed the shadows? or go ahead now (we are about 18 hours after we noticed the pip if we are correct) -- not knowing exactly when the pipped.

Rookie, never hatched any sort of eggs before, trying to make it work!

I can take pictures or videos, but I'm trying to leave them alone..

(Still air incubator around 99-100 -- was 100-101 before last night, roughly 70% humidity currently, up from 50-55 before last night with a damp rag)


Going to keep a timeline here for easy access:
June 8, 10pm - noticed internal pip (estimated day 25, may be day 26!)
June 9, between 4-7pm - external pip on both eggs (18-21 hours after internal pip)
June 10, around 7am - egg 1 (peso) started Zipping
JUne 10, 9:15am, egg 1 hatch complete.

Help .. I've never hatched eggs before I have one runner duck in an incubator on day 29.. its going dark on the outside.. air sac end and a few other patches.. I don't want it to explode but I don't want to give up.

 

[FROZENROSETHEFAIRY]

Is this egg OK? On 29th day.. I dont want it to explode and don't want to give up.. it's an Indian runner egg, its doesn't smell rotten but does smell fishy.. HELP please

 

[Miss Lydia]

That doesn't look good. But let me tag some more experienced with hatching. I let my ducks do the work.
@AstroDuck
@DuckyDonna
@shawluvsbirds

 

[FROZENROSETHEFAIRY]

That doesn't look good. But let me tag some more experienced with hatching. I let my ducks do the work.
@AstroDuck
@DuckyDonna
@shawluvsbirds

Great thank you

 

[Miss Lydia]

AND...

 

[FROZENROSETHEFAIRY]

Great thank you

I know it should be in lockdown bit I just had to candle to make sure because I can't take my eyes off it and I wanted to know of I'm wasting my time.. please check out video

 

[Miss Lydia]

I don't see a video.

 

[FROZENROSETHEFAIRY]

I don't see a video.