I incubated my eggs in 96.5 by mistake

[JeanNebula]

Hi everyone I I incubated my eggs at 96.5 by mistake because the temperature is stable and I trust my incubator I never checked it my mistake, humidity 49 to 55 no more no less I candle them on day 26 and they are all alive and moving a lot with the air sack big and the embryo covers almost all the egg too except one that it's behind but not by much but is now day 27 and 4 hours away from day 28 but non of my 12 egg have hatch yet usually one or 2 hatch early but I know it's not going to be the case this time because of the low temperature but 4 to 5 eggs are wiggling, they been wiggling seens lockdown but non have pip yet are they going to be a late hatch? They are duck egg silver appleyard

 

[Ridgerunner]

No need to turn them. There are different reasons to turn them early but by this time there is no further benefit to turning them. As far as them sticking, a membrane has developed around the chick that protects it from getting stuck. The chick is so large there is no way it could avoid touching the inside of the shell so that membrane is nature's way of protecting the chick.

 

[Coops Dad]

I've had the same thing happen with chicken eggs due to the off-brand incubator thermostat being in C* only. I aimed for 99.5*F but had it set for 35.5*C instead of 37.5*C. That's 96* American instead of the recommended 99.5* American. They began hatching on day 22, a day late, and the last chick emerged on day 23.

I had two duds and one quitter out of the 18 I started with.

 

[Coops Dad]

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Ok it makes sense so I just waited out then I hope they hatch I'm paranoid watching them every few hours I made this dumb mistake with the temperature, I raised it to 99.5 for quarantine once I noticed it was on 96.5 the hole time I only put attention to the humidity and got confident of the temperature because nothing like this have ever happened to me before

Please remember to update this thread with your results. We're all rooting for you!

 

[sourland]

Hatching will be delayed somewhat because of the low temperature.

 

[New duck mommy 2021]

They could hatch days after day 28
Day 28 is just a common day
Many factors can cause early to late hatching
You don’t need to worry about turning them
Wiggling anc air cells dipping forward fast and shadowing along the bottom of the air cell is signs you are 24-48 hours from an internal pip ( usually can go 72 hours but mostly 24-48)
They shouldn’t have any issues
Just be patient
Keep us updated

 

[JeanNebula]

They could hatch days after day 28
Day 28 is just a common day
Many factors can cause early to late hatching
You don’t need to worry about turning them
Wiggling anc air cells dipping forward fast and shadowing along the bottom of the air cell is signs you are 24-48 hours from an internal pip ( usually can go 72 hours but mostly 24-48)
They shouldn’t have any issues
Just be patient
Keep us updated

I'm paying close attention to them I think I saw 2 new ones wiggling, I hope I don't have problems my calculations were wrong 28 days is due tomorrow I'm so paranoid because of the initial mistake I made with the temperature being 96.5 that I lost track they have been on lock down for three days with today tomorrow my incubator timer goes to 0 and they are supposed to hatch, temperature been on 99.5 ever since lock down that I noticed the temperature was wrong man I hope they hatch

 

[New duck mommy 2021]

Even if I bump the temperature to 99.5? For quarantine? To make them hatch as is supposed to be the temperature

It won’t matter for 3.5 weeks they were low temps
Do development was slower
Ducklings take 48-72 hours after internal pip. If you don’t have internal pips yet you still have at least 2 days that’s only if they pip right away

 

[mcdze]

theres nothing you can do worrying about internal pip, wiggling, etc .. if you got 'any' live ones at all just focus on hatching them and giving them the best chance .. fiddling with them at pip time reduces their chances, it doesnt help them ..

 

[New duck mommy 2021]

I mean I don't dare to break the quarantine maybe I do it 2 days after tomorrow if they haven't hatch yet, I'm a few hours away from the "hatch day" that technically speaking if they don't have internal pip yet they are supposed to either internally pip or if they have they need to pip today, or do both from today to Sunday, I just hope they make it out

Until there is an external pip you can’t harm them by candling
After lockdown I don’t pick them up but I will check for internal pips by placing my candler on the egg where the egg sits
I get 90- 100 % hatch rates
have lost one here and there but not from candling or shrink wrap
Never had a shrink wrap baby

My mom duck yesterday morning got off her nest for a half hour with 6 eggs and all 6 had external pips
I caught a glimpse of a few babies under her wings last night and hopefully today I see if they all hatched
Some people go by the book and get lower rates then I do
I’m a rule breaker but have high success with hatching
If those were my eggs I would be checking to see where they are at