Help! Guinea Eggs still hatching but Duck Eggs just arrived in the mail

[heyheypaula]

So, I got a little enthusiastic and I impulse-bought duck hatching eggs on eBay with an estimated arrival of July 3rd. I thought *for sure* we’d be done with time to spare with our current incubator hatch. We’re currently right now on the tail end of a Guinea egg hatch, out of 17 eggs 8 hatched over the last 48 hrs (last one 24hrs ago) and I am left with 4 that may or may not be duds. The duck eggs showed up early! Normally not a problem but I checked these last eggs and it turns out I have a couple late bloomers, two of the eggs are still viable and have internal pips. So I could have another 24-72 hours left before the incubator is free again. The duck eggs have been sitting in our basement for 48 hours now in cartons fat end up. Should we just let them sit and hope the viability doesn’t go down too much or should we take the risk of disturbing the hatching eggs and add them today? What is the best option in your expert opinions??
Here are some of our cute (yet terrified) guinea hatchlings for fun!

 

[R2elk]

So, I got a little enthusiastic and I impulse-bought duck hatching eggs on eBay with an estimated arrival of July 3rd. I thought *for sure* we’d be done with time to spare with our current incubator hatch. We’re currently right now on the tail end of a Guinea egg hatch, out of 17 eggs 8 hatched over the last 48 hrs (last one 24hrs ago) and I am left with 4 that may or may not be duds. The duck eggs showed up early! Normally not a problem but I checked these last eggs and it turns out I have a couple late bloomers, two of the eggs are still viable and have internal pips. So I could have another 24-72 hours left before the incubator is free again. The duck eggs have been sitting in our basement for 48 hours now in cartons fat end up. Should we just let them sit and hope the viability doesn’t go down too much or should we take the risk of disturbing the hatching eggs and add them today? What is the best option in your expert opinions??
Here are some of our cute (yet terrified) guinea hatchlings for fun!

Go ahead and put the duck eggs in the incubator. The higher humidity will not hurt them if it is only for a couple of days.

If you have an auto turner go ahead and leave it off but do turn the duck eggs by hand until you are finished with your guinea hatch. After that you can get the auto turner up and running again.

 

[SimplyLivinthatFarmLife]

That's so exciting. What type of duck eggs do you have?