Fluid in Air Cell

[Soos-Quacken]

Greetings,

I have some duck eggs that I am attempting to hatch. It is about day 23 for them, and we canceled them to check up on their development. In two of the eggs, we saw some fluid in the air cell. Is this normal, or is it an issue. If it is an issue, what causes it, and how can it be helped?

Thanks!

 

[Laura_BelgianBantams_63]

I'm sorry, I don't know much but @Isaac 0 knows alot!

 

[Isaac 0]

Hi, if there is noticeable fluid in the air cell, or the egg sloshes around inside when you gently shake it, the egg is most likely a dud. By day 23 there should be some obvious veins in the egg, if you don't see any its a dud, you could post a picture if you'd like and I could take a look.

 

[Soos-Quacken]

We went in and candled them, and we are starting to think that it has actually piped internally. I don't really know how we misjudged the day the eggs were on, but here we are. Unfortunately we rotated them up until this morning. Any advice on how to help the eggs?

 

[Isaac 0]

Do you see any movement in the eggs?

 

[Soos-Quacken]

Yes, we see movement in all of the eggs. I believe only two have piped internally, however. We have raised the humidity, and we have also stopped rotating the eggs.

 

[Isaac 0]

Do you have any idea how long they have been internally pipped for?

 

[Soos-Quacken]

We candled last night, and we saw a shadow that we assumed was fluid in the air cell but was probably the start to the pip.

 

[Isaac 0]

I see, I would put a safety hole on the air cell later tonight/early morning, are you familiar with doing that?

 

[Soos-Quacken]

Alright, and it's ok to do that even though the egg's already internally pipped? And thank you so much, Isaac!