First time hatching duck egg (abandoned) day 12 no moment! HELP

[ashriver924]

I would guess it's about two weeks (if a duck egg.) Good luck.

I have a video I recorded two days ago that’s really amazing but I can’t upload it because the files too big! From my calculations I was thinking more around the third week. I truly dont know

 

[ashriver924]

I would guess it's about two weeks (if a duck egg.) Good luck.

This was taken on Sept. 11

 

[sylviethecochin]

The egg in that picture is about five days old.

 

[ashriver924]

The egg in that picture is about five days old.

Ok, so that would put the egg at day 23! So, now what should I be doing or not doing, or preparing for? I’ve googled, researched and all I seem to get is mixed opinions about the different stages and what to do or not to do. Thanks for the help

 

[sylviethecochin]

The embryo should be a lot bigger in the egg if it's less than a week away from hatching. Either it's sick, or it's not a duck egg. Could be goose or Muscovy, maybe?

Keep candling and turning, as per normal, and wait for it to grow. When the embryo nearly fills the egg, up the humidity and put it in lockdown. With waterfowl, you should notice an internal pip long before the egg actually hatches.

 

[ashriver924]

The egg in that picture is about five days old.

Also, what should I look for as far as piping goes? How would I know if and when it does?

 

[sylviethecochin]

When the peeper is thinking about hatching, there'll be a certain amount of amniotic fluid that you'll still be able to see when you candle. It'll look like you have a dark mass almost filling the bottom two-thirds of the egg, and a halo of orange light around it. That's nearing the end of incubation.

The chick will have the membrane partially stretched up and around its beak, until it breaks through the membrane. Then it will begin tapping at the surface of the eggshell. That'll look like the picture above, and you'll be able to hear him rapping it. He'll take an age and a half, if he's waterfowl, but he'll finally poke through the shell.

At that point, you want your humidity to already be up. The purpose of the high humidity is to keep that exposed membrane stretchy and flexible. If it's too high too early, too much water will be absorbed through the eggshell and he won't be able to drink it all. He'll get a soft, squashy belly and die. So avoid bringing your humidity up until you're sure he's pipping internally.

After another age and a half, he'll zip--breaking a circle of shell, and he'll hatch soon afterwards.

 

[ashriver924]

The embryo should be a lot bigger in the egg if it's less than a week away from hatching. Either it's sick, or it's not a duck egg. Could be goose or Muscovy, maybe?

Keep candling and turning, as per normal, and wait for it to grow. When the embryo nearly fills the egg, up the humidity and put it in lockdown. With waterfowl, you should notice an internal pip long before the egg actually hatches.

When the peeper is thinking about hatching, there'll be a certain amount of amniotic fluid that you'll still be able to see when you candle. It'll look like you have a dark mass almost filling the bottom two-thirds of the egg, and a halo of orange light around it. That's nearing the end of incubation.

The chick will have the membrane partially stretched up and around its beak, until it breaks through the membrane. Then it will begin tapping at the surface of the eggshell. That'll look like the picture above, and you'll be able to hear him rapping it. He'll take an age and a half, if he's waterfowl, but he'll finally poke through the shell.

At that point, you want your humidity to already be up. The purpose of the high humidity is to keep that exposed membrane stretchy and flexible. If it's too high too early, too much water will be absorbed through the eggshell and he won't be able to drink it all. He'll get a soft, squashy belly and die. So avoid bringing your humidity up until you're sure he's pipping internally.

After another age and a half, he'll zip--breaking a circle of shell, and he'll hatch soon afterwards.

I’m trying to figure out how I can send you this video I just took not even 5 minutes ago. I did that hoping it would be better or easier for you to see how he or she is doing and a better view of the baby itself. Any suggestions for how I can send it to you?

 

[sylviethecochin]

I’m trying to figure out how I can send you this video I just took not even 5 minutes ago. I did that hoping it would be better or easier for you to see how he or she is doing and a better view of the baby itself. Any suggestions for how I can send it to you?

I probably couldn't tell you much from a video. If it's moving well and of a size with its hatchmates, I assume it's healthy.

What I've heard you're supposed to do is put it on youtube, and then link it here. I would tag sally sunshine and Pyxis to look at it if you can manage that, though.

 

[ashriver924]

I probably couldn't tell you much from a video. If it's moving well and of a size with its hatchmates, I assume it's healthy.

What I've heard you're supposed to do is put it on youtube, and then link it here. I would tag sally sunshine and Pyxis to look at it if you can manage that, though.

I’m having trouble tagging the people you suggested on YouTube, I’m usually not like this as far as technology goes, but sheesh I can figure it out. All I could do was copy the link.