Hi everyone!
I'm hoping to receive some assistance with hatching duck eggs. I have been incubating a duck egg for 15 days now and don't know exactly what day it is on. I found a nest in my garden on May 30 with 8 eggs in it. The mother was still with the eggs and was sitting on them every day. However, 15 days ago on June 11, I found the nest destroyed by an animal and the mother had abandoned it...6 of the eggs were cracked and eaten, and only 2 were left whole. After candling them both, only 1 appeared to be living and viable. I decided to incubate this egg myself so it would hatch.
Judging by the size of the air sac and the duck inside, I would assume it has been at least 27 days...
Everything has been great so far- lots of movement, good air sac development. Today I also started to see the duck attempting to push into the air sac to internally pip.
I was just wondering, how long should it take until the duck has successfully internally pipped into the air sac? I just want to make sure things are moving along correctly and there is a successful hatch. I began to see the duck pushing into the air sac at about 1pm today. It is now 9:45pm and it is still trying. Is there a point at which it is taking too long and risks suffocating in the egg?
I know it takes them 12-24 hours from the internal pip to the external pip, so I guess I am just wondering if this is the same amount of time it takes for a duck to start pushing into the air sac and then successfully get in.
I'm hoping to receive some assistance with hatching duck eggs. I have been incubating a duck egg for 15 days now and don't know exactly what day it is on. I found a nest in my garden on May 30 with 8 eggs in it. The mother was still with the eggs and was sitting on them every day. However, 15 days ago on June 11, I found the nest destroyed by an animal and the mother had abandoned it...6 of the eggs were cracked and eaten, and only 2 were left whole. After candling them both, only 1 appeared to be living and viable. I decided to incubate this egg myself so it would hatch.
Judging by the size of the air sac and the duck inside, I would assume it has been at least 27 days...
Everything has been great so far- lots of movement, good air sac development. Today I also started to see the duck attempting to push into the air sac to internally pip.
I was just wondering, how long should it take until the duck has successfully internally pipped into the air sac? I just want to make sure things are moving along correctly and there is a successful hatch. I began to see the duck pushing into the air sac at about 1pm today. It is now 9:45pm and it is still trying. Is there a point at which it is taking too long and risks suffocating in the egg?
I know it takes them 12-24 hours from the internal pip to the external pip, so I guess I am just wondering if this is the same amount of time it takes for a duck to start pushing into the air sac and then successfully get in.
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it will come out when it knows it’s time 
