How to hatch call ducklings? ***Updated questions!****

[SilkieSensation]

I thought I wasn't supposed to open the 'bator in lockdown to check for internal pips....

You usually can see if eggs are pipped externally & can hear peeping if they pip internally without opening the bator. Personally, I open the bator often during lockdown because I run staggered hatches all the time so have to remove babies as they hatch. I just mist the lid with hot water before closing to get humidity immediately back up where it belongs.

I'm afraid that I think that most of the eggs are slowly developed... What should I do? Keep them in lockdown? I can post pics of how much the egg is filled if they're needed!
ETA: When I said that part of the egg wasn't filled up, I should've added that the part that isn't filled is the pointy tip if that helps.

Also, when should the eggs start to pip?

Post some pix. If there is movement in them then they are still developing but sometimes they quit right before hatch & will lave the yolk sac visible in the bottom of the shell on candling. At this point, as long as there is still hope for them, leave them in the bator. If they are WAY behind on development, raise your temp by 1 degree & turn for a couple more days before candling again. If they still look behind then candle again in 2 days to see where they are then. Once they fill the egg stop turning & put them in lockdown.

 

[PoultryGirly]

Alright, I'll post some pictures. I candled a few just now and they are kicking away. I actually already put them in lockdown yesterday and the humidity is about 53%. Can it stay that way?

 

[PoultryGirly]

THEY'RE PEEPING! When I was taking pictures of the eggs I heard peeping, so I immediately closed the incubator. In one of them about half of the egg is filled and I think it's internally pipped. Also, it's only the call duck eggs in the incubator that aren't full. The other 4 eggs of a different breed are full.
Here are the pics: (Some pics are of the same eggs and one is full [different breed]. Also there is one pic of the internally pipped saddle shaped egg)

Here is the link (just keep scrolling through my album):
http://s1079.photobucket.com/user/C...000065C773FB6_zps95845e40.jpg.html?sort=3&o=0

 

[SilkieSensation]

If you are seeing movement in the calls leave them in the bator, but honestly some of those look like quitters to me from what I can see in the pix. It may just be the angle & lighting in the pix if you are seeing definite movement though. If these were all set at the same time then your other breed may have been ahead of the calls from getting warm before being set or the calls may not have been staying as warm because they are smaller eggs & further from the heating elements when laying on the wire & being hand turned.

 

[PoultryGirly]

All of the eggs that I posted pictures of show definite movement; BIG kicks and everything. Which ones look like quitters to you? Also, should all eggs be in lockdown since at least one is internally pipped?
ETA: the last 3 pictures of eggs are the ones I posted several days ago because I was asking other peoples' opinion if they're alive.

 

[SilkieSensation]

All of the eggs that I posted pictures of show definite movement; BIG kicks and everything. Which ones look like quitters to you? Also, should all eggs be in lockdown since at least one is internally pipped?

If you only have 1 bator you have no choice on lockdown until the hatching ones finish hatching. Once hatch finishes you can continue turning if they still are not ready for lockdown. It must be the lighting in the pix. A couple looked ragged around the edges of the veins which is an indicator of decomposition but if there is definite movement it has to just be the lighting in the pix.

 

[PoultryGirly]

So are the call duck eggs definitely slow or is it possible they're ready (the first pic is of a call egg that I think has internally pipped)?

 

[SilkieSensation]

So are the call duck eggs definitely slow or is it possible they're ready (the first pic is of a call egg that I think has internally pipped)?

The 1 that is pipped is ready, the others are WAY behind. You either had 1 that had a bit of extra nurturing before being pu in the bator (a hen sat on it for a while) or you have really wide temp variances in your bator causing huge differences in development rate.

 

[PoultryGirly]

Actually the 1st and the 2nd pics are of the same egg that is pipped!

 

[SilkieSensation]

Missed the 1st pic. Had to scroll back to find it. It looks like it's trying to pip if it hasn't already & if you are hearing peeping you can be sure it has pipped internally. The rest look like they are several days behind.