HELP!

[Toomey5]

HELP!

So im new to incubating my duck cayuga duck eggs. Figured id give it a shot this year. I have 1 egg that is at the end of its incubation stage but its getting dark spots you can notice from the outside of its shell. I havent seen any signs of piping either. Im not sure if its still alive or not? Anyone ever seen this happen before? Thanks!

 

[Miss Lydia]

Did you candle?


@New duck mommy 2021

 

[New duck mommy 2021]

Can you candle the egg
Baby maybe hitting blood veins trying to get out
This can cause the dark bruising
With no external pip you won’t shrink wrap the egg by candling
If you can take pics as well may help

 

[New duck mommy 2021]

If you see shadowing along the air cell with up and down in a pattern movement that’s breathing
If baby is in the air cell with the beak you can make a safety hole so air can get in as we don’t know how long it would have been since internal pip. If baby is breathing but not in the air cell then we need to find the bruise on where he is trying to hit the egg outside the air cell
Start by candling and tell me what you see
You can video it and post it to YouTube and post the link if you need help figuring it out

 

[Toomey5]

Okay, ill try candle lighting it in an hour once its dark and post a video and a few pictures of whats happening!

 

[New duck mommy 2021]

Okay, ill try candle lighting it in an hour once its dark and post a video and a few pictures of whats happening!

Any update ?

 

[Toomey5]

its kind of hard to see whats going on with it. The bubble near air cell, if i hold light up to it, it becomes clear. I also dont see any bruising anywhere on the egg to give me any sign it might be where hes trying to come out of.

 

[New duck mommy 2021]

It is hard to tell
We’re you able to see any movement in the egg or veins along the air cell ?

 

[Toomey5]

I can still see a a few veins close to the air cell. They look good and not blown out. But i dont see movement. I think the incubator light kinda sticks, i dont think its bright enough

 

[New duck mommy 2021]

I can still see a a few veins close to the air cell. They look good and not blown out. But i dont see movement. I think the incubator light kinda sticks, i dont think its bright enough

At this stage it’s hard but there should be some flickering around the back of the air cell
Could you see a beak in the air cell ?
The bruising is indication baby is trying to internal or external pip as it’s hit a vein
Or baby has passed big guy still see veins and that indicates life still