First time with a broody duck, some questions

Alliesan648

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One of my anconas decided to go broody on a nest of about 13 eggs while I was on vacation so I don’t have a proper timeline here of a set date. I returned on April 15 and she has been sitting since then.
I candled about 7 days ago and they looked to be about day 25 according to the Metzer farms chart..(all dark, can only see the air sac) I could have been wrong though.. but that was a week ago.
Just checked some of them this morning and I see some movement inside some of them. Kind of like a little heart beat when I tapped lightly. No internal pipping that I can see yet.
Should I be worried? I don’t smell anything off yet. I have her locked in with food and water (big enough container she can get in and splash in) is there anything I can do/ look for at this point? I don’t have an incubator.
 
Wait it out! I went through the same exact thing this year. Returned from vacation and there she is on her clutch. I got too involved and figured they had died and turns out they were very much alive. Give it a few more days, I’d only be concerned if they start to smell. Once one starts pipping the process happens so fast and before you know it you’ll have a bunch of adorable fluff balls:love
 
9 out of 13 hatched out on May 14/15th after all. Patience is indeed key! ;)
she left her nest on the 16th and I took the remaining eggs inside to toss.. when I heard peeping coming from one of the 4 eggs on my coffee table. I ended up helping it out of the egg since it seemed to be in distress and it too survived.. so 10 ducklings!
Thanks for all the replies, I was certain they were all dead since this is my first time with babies hatching ;)
 

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