HELP HELP HELP!!! They're not hatching!

[Duckegghelpneeded]

Hello, I am beginning to worry about the duck eggs that I have been incubating. It is now day 29 and there is no pipping and I can't hear anything, I haven't opened the incubator since day 25 and since then the humidity has been higher but today I was to tempted and ended up candling 2 of the eggs out of my 12. The whole egg was filled up and I could only see the air sack but there was NO movement but on about day 18 when I was candling them I definitely saw them really moving around the shell. I am not very experienced AT ALL and I am very worried and don't know what to do, thank you.

 

[Duckegghelpneeded]

I also don't know what the humidity level is but there is lots of condensation on the incubator windows but I do know that the temperature has constantly and still is at 38 degrees c

 

[FortCluck]

Condensation means the humidity is too high. When humidity gets too high you risk drowning the ducklings.

I would candle ALL the eggs before you think they passed away.

Then if there’s no movement wait a day or so. Then re-evaluate by candling again. If still no movement I would do an eggtopsy (open the eggs)

Get a hygrometer and calibrate it for the next hatch, you need to know the accurate humidity in the incubator and do not rely on the incubators numbers. Get a hygrometer, it’s worth the money.

Put a separate thermometer(s) in the incubator as well. An incubators reading is usually never correct.

 

[FortCluck]

And pics would help too of what you are seeing when you candle...

Before you panic, just breathe... We all have had a hatch much like this one

 

[Pyxis]

Is your incubator still air or forced air? That affects what temperature you need it to be, so even if your thermometer IS calibrated and correct, if you use the forced air temperature for a still air, it's wrong.

 

[FortCluck]

Is your incubator still air or forced air? That affects what temperature you need it to be, so even if your thermometer IS calibrated and correct, if you use the forced air temperature for a still air, it's wrong.

I don’t have still air so what’s it supposed to be for still? I do 99.5 f for forced air.

 

[Pyxis]

I don’t have still air so what’s it supposed to be for still? I do 99.5 f for forced air.

101.5, measured at the top of the egg

 

[FortCluck]

101.5, measured at the top of the egg

I was going to buy a still air incubator, but my husband said no and to get the forced air I didn’t argue

 

[chickens really]

Hello. Condensation at this late in the incubation won't harm anything. What happens is if the air cells didn't get big enough during the entire incubation and the Ducklings drown once they internally pip.

 

[Kiki]

Can you candle an egg or two now?