Help! I don't know if my duck egg already had an internal pip

[Miss Lydia]

@Texas Kiki @WVduckchick

 

[WVduckchick]

I don't see an internal pip yet. What day of incubation are the eggs on, and what breed?

Guessing from the pic, I'd say its just getting into position, and has about 3 more days to go.

 

[Miss Lydia]

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[Mvan42]

I also don’t see any pip in the pics. I say leave them alone. Opening the incubator to much can cause harm. Since you are unsure of the date wait and see. I have had eggs wobble a few days before hatch. Patience is key

 

[in0d]

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No movement in the morning, neither at midnight. Haven't checked it since.

 

[in0d]

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Hi, just checked it again with flashlight and it wasn't moving and it had some little "water drops" on the inside of the egg. I wonder if it already died or should I wait a few days more.

 

[Mvan42]

Do you have other eggs in the incubator? Has any of them started to pip? If not wait unless it smells or is seeping liquid. Waiting is the hardest thing. But the constant checking can harm the chick also...

 

[AquaDuck]

Ducks are infuriatingly slow, so have patience. From the photo it looks like it still has a few days left. Just leave it to its own device for now.

 

[WVduckchick]

I agree with waiting. But don’t stop checking on it. You definitely don’t want it to explode in your incubator.

If you have never watched a broody hen hatch eggs, hatching in an incubator can be quite frustrating. I’ve had the pleasure of having many broodies, and I recently added a WiFi camera to watch a broody duck’s final week with eggs. I was amazed at how often she moves the eggs! She was constantly building up her nest, dragging bedding and feathers, then adjusting the eggs, and making a bowl in the middle. She would turn her body and move the eggs around. She stood up quite often, and stepped away from the eggs. She continued to do this, even after the first few hatched. She barely slept. She would sit still for maybe 10 minutes at a time. It was truly amazing.

Sorry, didn’t mean to go on and on, but I think we worry ourselves to much with incubator hatching. They aren’t as fragile as we think.

Good luck! Please keep us updated.

 

[Mvan42]

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