Humidity during lockdown for duck eggs! Help!

[Helloworld]

How you doing?!!

 

[RunnerDucks1221]

How you doing?!!

Thankyou so very much for taking the time to write to me! Today is day 24 and I candled them and everything seems to look good except for one egg. One egg doesn’t seem like it developed properly but I smelled it and it doesn’t smell bad at all so I don’t know if I should leave it in the incubator or discard if it? I’m going to remove the egg turner tonight and will up the humidity to between 60-70% and watch for pips. So far there’s no pips but we’ll see after I have them on lockdown. I’ll send you a photo of the egg that doesn’t seem like it developed properly...

 

[RunnerDucks1221]

That’s the egg that seems it’s no longer good... but there is no bad smell. I left it in the incubator but do you think I should discard of it or leave it in there during lockdown?

 

[Helloworld]

Its dead

 

[Helloworld]

It quit on you. Thats ok. Yes take it out. If you don’t and it explodes I can say you won’t do it again lol. You are doing great! Wahoo!

 

[Helloworld]

I usually don’t see internal pips until 26-28. I had Sweds. Ducks take between 26-28 days. I lock down on day 26. I would do no more candling. I do mine around day 10 for ducks and day 26. Time to keep them slow. On day 26, I only candle in the correct upward position.. pointy end down and thats it. Ducks love to quit late. Need rest. Lol

 

[RunnerDucks1221]

It quit on you. Thats ok. Yes take it out. If you don’t and it explodes I can say you won’t do it again lol. You are doing great! Wahoo!

I just threw it out, awww I’m so sad that it died. Why do you think that is? I feel so guilty! I feel like it could have been because of me! I’m going to try my very best to make sure the others do hatch!

 

[RunnerDucks1221]

I usually don’t see internal pips until 26-28. I had Sweds. Ducks take between 26-28 days. I lock down on day 26. I would do no more candling. I do mine around day 10 for ducks and day 26. Time to keep them slow. On day 26, I only candle in the correct upward position.. pointy end down and thats it. Ducks love to quit late. Need rest. Lol

Okay I won’t candle any more at all, I’m taking out the egg turner tonight and then will no longer be opening up the incubator at all. Hopefully this gives them a chance to just rest and prepare for hatching! Thanks for all your help!

 

[Helloworld]

Ducks are hard to hatch. Most likely nothing you did just happens.

 

[Texag87]

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