help please! duck egg lockdown

[JHducks3]

hi
my duck eggs would have had there 28 days on this friday. should i put them in lock down tomorrow or thursday? is it day 26 or 27 for ducks?
thanks

 

[JHducks3]

any advice? its my first time hatching eggs and im really nervous!!

 

[sumi]

Duck eggs I lockdown on day 25. Good luck with your hatch!

 

[JHducks3]

today is day 25 oh nooo!!!

will they be dead? i just found my duck book and it said lock down on day 26?? i know how to lock down im bringing the humidity up to 75% but what should the tempture be? it says in my book 37C?

 

[sumi]

They'll be fine! Don't worry! As long as the humidity is high enough when they start hatching they will be o.k. I found different opinions on when to lockdown, so I locked down on day 25 and had pips on day 26. All the eggs I set hatched and I only had to assist one that was malpositioned and couldn't zip. Keep the temperature where it is and bump the humidity up to 65%-70%. And stop turning the eggs, of course. And stop worrying!

 

[JHducks3]

my incubator is stopping egg turning tomorrow and i'll bump humidity up tonight .is that ok? or should i stop turning tonight?
aha i know my dad said that to me i think its a mix of nerves and excitement luckily i dont have any exams or revision sessions on friday so 100% full attention to eggs!

 

[sumi]

Stop turning tonight, if you can, and bump up the humidity. Hatching is nerve wrecking and exiting, I know. I've been doing it for years and I still fret when the time comes and get exited to "meet" the little ones.

 

[JHducks3]

okay thank you so much