Hands on hatching and help

[jenniferlamar70]

Can somebody help me, my duck eggs been in lock down since day 25 and now we're on day 28 no internal piping or noise but there is movement. The air sac is huge like almost one whole side of the egg. I crack the shell some to see if I could see the beak but nothing . I'm so worried I don't what to do, this is my first time and don't if I should help the duck out some

What's your humidity at? I read that if your humidity is low during hatching they can get stuck or not turn properly. A big air cell can trap them and they can suffocate.. don't panic yet. I'm new to this and I might not be relating it properly. Let me find it again and I'll share a pic...

 

[magenxoo]

What's your humidity at? I read that if your humidity is low during hatching they can get stuck or not turn properly. A big air cell can trap them and they can suffocate.. don't panic yet. I'm new to this and I might not be relating it properly. Let me find it again and I'll share a pic...

my humidity is at 70% and my temp. Is 37 Celius. Should I wet it find the beak and make a cut so its beak can come out so it can breath? I'm new to this

 

[AmyLynn2374]

Can somebody help me, my duck eggs been in lock down since day 25 and now we're on day 28 no internal piping or noise but there is movement. The air sac is huge like almost one whole side of the egg. I crack the shell some to see if I could see the beak but nothing . I'm so worried I don't what to do, this is my first time and don't if I should help the duck out some

Movement is good. At hatchtime the air cell "draws down" and sometime it's unnerving because it's so big. There isn't anything you can do that will "help" a hatchling that hasn't pipped and been pipped for 18-24 hours. Just keep the humidity up and stay hopeful.

 

[AmyLynn2374]

my humidity is at 70% and my temp. Is 37 Celius. Should I wet it find the beak and make a cut so its beak can come out so it can breath? I'm new to this

If you go into the egg and starting cutting membrane you have a great chance of cutting through a vein and causing the hatchling to bleed out. The veins don't retract for hours after an external pip and it sounds like the ducklinghasn't even internally pipped yet?

 

[jenniferlamar70]

Dont mind the highlights ive been studying pretty hard lol

 

[magenxoo]

If you go into the egg and starting cutting membrane you have a great chance of cutting through a vein and causing the hatchling to bleed out.  The veins don't retract for hours after an external pip and it sounds like the ducklinghasn't even internally pipped yet?

No it hasn't internal pip yet, am I just working myself up, did I ruin it by chipping away of its shell?

 

[magenxoo]

Dont mind the highlights ive been studying pretty hard lol

So I should just leave it and see what happens, I hope i didn't ruin it by chipping away some of the shell

 

[AmyLynn2374]

Dont mind the highlights ive been studying pretty hard lol

I can say that I don't open a pip until around 18 hours after pip and I almost always still have to wait because there is still prominent veining.

No it hasn't internal pip yet, am I just working myself up, did I ruin it by chipping away of its shell?

Well, you are definitely going to want to keep a close eye on the exposed membrane because it has a higher chance of drying out. If you have bacitracin/neosporin (without pain relief) or vaseline you can rub a light coat over the exposed membrane to keep it from drying out. Other than that, there really isn't anything you can do that is going to have a higher probability of helping than hindering before the external pip. With ducks, they take even longer than chickens, (as a side note.)

 

[slordaz]

I can say that I don't open a pip until around 18 hours after pip and I almost always still have to wait because there is still prominent veining.

Well, you are definitely going to want to keep a close eye on the exposed membrane because it has a higher chance of drying out. If you have bacitracin/neosporin (without pain relief) or vaseline you can rub a light coat over the exposed membrane to keep it from drying out. Other than that, there really isn't anything you can do that is going to have a higher probability of helping than hindering before the external pip. With ducks, they take even longer than chickens, (as a side note.)

oh no, my friend had a hard enough time watchign the chicks under a broody while waiting for the rest to hatch she is gonna be drunker than a skunk when her ducks start hatching eggs

 

[AmyLynn2374]

oh no, my friend had a hard enough time watchign the chicks under a broody while waiting for the rest to hatch she is gonna be drunker than a skunk when her ducks start hatching eggs

LOL This is one reason I don't do ducks. Takes longer incubation and then can take double as long to go from internal to external and external to zip. I'd be a nervous wreck.