Incubating Australian black swan eggs

[Adama20]

Hey guys, I currently have two Australian black swan eggs i received from a breeder, cut a long story short they are over run with black swans now so were kind enough to let me have a few eggs of them, problem is i was told the eggs were due to hatch this week , next few days but on candling them they dont look ready to me, I would love to know a rough hatch date , does anyone know how i could work this out, on candling the eggs are covered in vein growth around the whole of the egg but id say the cygnets only take up half the space in the egg as i can see them moving around fairly clearly. Hard to candle as the egg shells are thick and dark. I've marked the air cells below , they seem too small for a few days till hatch.

Heres a pic of the air cell candled.

If i knew a rough hatch date I would feel more at ease. Hatched ducks , geese , peafowl plus many others but never swans so i am hoping they are similar in care as goose eggs. Any advice, tips etc would be most appreciated. Many regards

Adam

 

[Adama20]

no one out there who could offer advice ?

 

[ladydi]

It can take 35-40 days for them to hatch.

 

[rum3002576]

Would they be willing to sell any eggs?

 

[bdfive]

Did they hatch?

 

[Adama20]

Yeah , both hatched but needed helping as they were malpositioned but both growing up nicely

 

[mustangrooster]

Would love to see pictures, I bet they are adorable.

 

[Adama20]

Heres a few pics of the little one now five weeks old. This is little Midnight May

 

[bdfive]

Congratulations Adama20. They are adorable. Somewhere I have pictures of some I hatched out over 4 years ago.

 

[Quacking Pigeon]

They are very beautiful