Help!

[Ally34511]

So when you took them out for candling you could see they were moving around aka alive right?

Yes they are definitely moving around a lot!

 

[Ally34511]

No much can go wrong as long as you put the safety hole after the internal pip, if you do it before, the membrane may shrink and the duckling won't be able to pip, but by now a safety hole will be fine, it just ensures the duckling is getting air.

So I'd probably do it on a few no fertile eggs first to get the hang of it, but to make a safety hole, grab a sharp sterilized screw or brad point drill bit, position it on the air cell end of the egg, and gently twist back and forth until you make a small hole, no need to widen any further. Here is a safety hole I made in a Call Egg. Very tiny as you can probably see.

Thanks so much, this is very helpful, so would you you recommend doing this now? Or in a few hours

 

[Isaac 0]

Thanks so much, this is very helpful, so would you you recommend doing this now? Or in a few hours

I'd do it around this evening, earlier if they aren't moving around so much, or later if they are moving around tapping against the shell.

 

[Ally34511]

I'd do it around this evening, earlier if they aren't moving around so much, or later if they are moving around tapping against the shell.

Ok, thanks

 

[Ally34511]

Well, we made a safety hole yesterday evening and put the egg back in the incubator, this morning he was moving around like crazy in the shell and this evening he's made his first little crack in the shell I know he's by no means out of the woods yet but we're just so happy he's making progress!

 

[Miss Lydia]

I was just going to look up your thread. Thank you for the update how are the others doing? So happy your seeing progress!

 

[Ally34511]

I was just going to look up your thread. Thank you for the update how are the others doing? So happy your seeing progress!

Nothing from the others yet but fingers crossed!

 

[Miss Lydia]

Can you tell if they have internal pips?

 

[Ally34511]

As of this morning they hadn't, but we will check this evening again.

 

[Ally34511]

Still no internal pips from any of the others.