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Sad to hear you're having such a rough time...
My hatchs are very high even with a homemade incubator....
You might look at parent stock and their nutrition.
Secondly they are pipping way too early....
Temp is probably too high during incubation....I keep humidity at 62-64% and 37.5 degrees and around day 25 I drop the temp to 36.5
degrees Celcius (sorry canadian here) and increase the humidity to 70-73% by always checking and spraying eggs or putting a little moistened sponge in there.
I've only helped one out of dozens but most of my ducklings hatch within 24hours. The one I helped out .....pipped but wasn't moving along any after 30 hours and I was pretty sad....It seemed unusually premature but after some rest and beak water dips to keep it hydrated hilw alone in the incubator it was on its feet in another day...moved into the brooder and caught up to the others right away.
Hope all goes well but I honestly wonder why they are pipping so early...check your air cell size against charts for humidity and proper dehydration of your duck eggs. Well I guess for the future hatches.
Good luck
Sad to hear you're having such a rough time...
My hatchs are very high even with a homemade incubator....
You might look at parent stock and their nutrition.
Secondly they are pipping way too early....
Temp is probably too high during incubation....I keep humidity at 62-64% and 37.5 degrees and around day 25 I drop the temp to 36.5
degrees Celcius (sorry canadian here) and increase the humidity to 70-73% by always checking and spraying eggs or putting a little moistened sponge in there.
I've only helped one out of dozens but most of my ducklings hatch within 24hours. The one I helped out .....pipped but wasn't moving along any after 30 hours and I was pretty sad....It seemed unusually premature but after some rest and beak water dips to keep it hydrated hilw alone in the incubator it was on its feet in another day...moved into the brooder and caught up to the others right away.
Hope all goes well but I honestly wonder why they are pipping so early...check your air cell size against charts for humidity and proper dehydration of your duck eggs. Well I guess for the future hatches.
Good luck
