CrookedCoopRanch
In the Brooder
- Jun 27, 2017
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Hello. I'm brand new to this and have read just about every forum on here but still need help. Or just reassurance that everything is ok.
My two runner ducks layed eggs this spring and went broody so I let them incubate their eggs without bothering them much. However, on 3 separate days, I found a baby duck ripped out of its shell, yolk still large but looked fairly close to being developed. They live in a very large predator proof pen so I'm assuming the momma ducks freaked out and did this? So I bought an incubator and took the rest of the eggs just a couple days ago because it was too heartbreaking to lose a duckling everyday.
I am unsure of how far along they are, however, it would seem that we are getting up to day 30ish if I made my best guess. When the eggs were candled, I only found 2 normal eggs that had movement, an airsac and red veins. The eggs do not rock, I only see movement when I candle them. Both eggs have very large air sacs, at least 50% of the egg is air. The air sac is uneven, like swoops down and I can see the duckling in there but can't see a definite beak. After a few days, I candled the eggs again (today) and one egg started peeping but I still don't see any definite internal pip.
The eggs do not rock and roll. Is it possible for them to peep before an internal pip? I'm getting nervous that maybe there is an internal pip and that they may need help externally pipping?
Any advice would be appreciated. Has anybody experienced such a large air sac?
My two runner ducks layed eggs this spring and went broody so I let them incubate their eggs without bothering them much. However, on 3 separate days, I found a baby duck ripped out of its shell, yolk still large but looked fairly close to being developed. They live in a very large predator proof pen so I'm assuming the momma ducks freaked out and did this? So I bought an incubator and took the rest of the eggs just a couple days ago because it was too heartbreaking to lose a duckling everyday.
I am unsure of how far along they are, however, it would seem that we are getting up to day 30ish if I made my best guess. When the eggs were candled, I only found 2 normal eggs that had movement, an airsac and red veins. The eggs do not rock, I only see movement when I candle them. Both eggs have very large air sacs, at least 50% of the egg is air. The air sac is uneven, like swoops down and I can see the duckling in there but can't see a definite beak. After a few days, I candled the eggs again (today) and one egg started peeping but I still don't see any definite internal pip.
The eggs do not rock and roll. Is it possible for them to peep before an internal pip? I'm getting nervous that maybe there is an internal pip and that they may need help externally pipping?
Any advice would be appreciated. Has anybody experienced such a large air sac?
