Hatching ducklings

[pinksapphire]

I am hatching runner ducks in an incubator, one hatched day 28 and three day 29, it is now the end of day 30 and there is no sign of the other six hatching, i candled on day 24 and they were definitely all developing and movement in most, how many more days should I wait to see if they hatch and should I candle again to check ?

 

[U_Stormcrow]

I would candle and look for movement tonight. But I would still give it two more days.

 

[pinksapphire]

I would candle and look for movement tonight. But I would still give it two more days.

I candles them last night and no movement so I switched it off today and cracked the eggs four of them hand perfectly formed ducklings ready to hatch but they were dead I don’t know what went wrong

 

[pinksapphire]

Have they been shrink wrapped?

 

[U_Stormcrow]

I candles them last night and no movement so I switched it off today and cracked the eggs four of them hand perfectly formed ducklings ready to hatch but they were dead I don’t know what went wrong

I have late quits and very low hatch rates myself. Wish I had more useful advice, still trying to figure it out myself. There are definite temp and humidity components, plus in my case, my soil is VERY bad for hatching eggs. (highly acidic clays, eats the protections very quickly, so gather fast or don't bother trying).

Better fortune next time!

 

[pinksapphire]

I have late quits and very low hatch rates myself. Wish I had more useful advice, still trying to figure it out myself. There are definite temp and humidity components, plus in my case, my soil is VERY bad for hatching eggs. (highly acidic clays, eats the protections very quickly, so gather fast or don't bother trying).

Better fortune next time!

Thank you, first time hatching duckling in an incubator but my chicken hatched are usually 80-90% successful so was not expecting this

 

[U_Stormcrow]

Thank you, first time hatching duckling in an incubator but my chicken hatched are usually 80-90% successful so was not expecting this

My duck incubation success is about 1/3 my chicken success.

 

[Sondraa]

I am in same position as you. Everyone says wait but I see things like this and I feel afraid to wait. Do you think air holes could have prevented their deaths? Were the eggs a bit on the smallish side for duck eggs?