Incubation, lockdown, and fear

[Mama_Owl_3]

My husband and I have duck eggs in an incubator and tomorrow we are supposed to go into lockdown mode. I'm very afraid that some or all of my eggs are no longer alive. I'm pretty sure two of them are no longer alive, I see no veins of any kind, but there is no smell or leakage that I can see. Two of them are almost completely dark except for the air cell. The 5th one, looks to have veins and not as far along. They were all started at the same time and seemed to develop at the same pace. Any help is greatly appreciated.

 

[CoriM]

What do you mean by going into lockdown mode? I thought Georgia was opening up? I'm sorry about your eggs, I hope they are okay!

 

[Mama_Owl_3]

What do you mean by going into lockdown mode? I thought Georgia was opening up? I'm sorry about your eggs, I hope they are okay!

Taking the extra piece out so the eggs are no longer turned, turning up temp in preparation of hatching, and making sure humidity is steady during the process.

 

[Isaac 0]

I would say most of them are quitter's sadly, most of the egg should be black by now.

 

[CoriM]

Ooops - I live in WA state so I guess the coronahoax lockdown is on my mind. I wish you well with your eggs.

 

[Sgt_P]

I assume you are keeping the regimen, and will keep them all through lockdown?!?
Since there's no smell, etc, why not!

I'm curious as to the outcome. Maybe the two darker ones are ok? Keep us posted. I'm sure we can all learn from your experience...

 

[DuckyDonna]

I agree with @Sgt_P Why not just leave them for 3 more days as long as there isn't any smell? They can be very deceptive and might hatch just fine. Those 2 at any rate.

 

[Mama_Owl_3]

Sadly none of the eggs made it. We waited through the entire lock down process and a little past or hatch date. There was no smell at all, but some dark spots. My husband took care of the eggs and he said that when he checked them, that they must have died just before we put them in lock down. We have decided to try again and will start some new eggs this evening.

 

[hfchristy]

I'm sorry they didn't make it.
I'm down to 3 from the 17 I started with. Not feeling too optimistic about their chances at this point!
One of the three remaining is one that I had been sure was dead, but decided to give it one last day and this morning was the most vigorous one left. Now I'm second guessing at least one other one that I pulled out the day before that may not have actually died until I took it out and left it in the cold.
Good call leave those eggs you weren't sure about. I feel so horrible thinking I may have tossed a perfectly healthy duckling.

 

[Mama_Owl_3]

I'm sorry they didn't make it.
I'm down to 3 from the 17 I started with. Not feeling too optimistic about their chances at this point!
One of the three remaining is one that I had been sure was dead, but decided to give it one last day and this morning was the most vigorous one left. Now I'm second guessing at least one other one that I pulled out the day before that may not have actually died until I took it out and left it in the cold.
Good call leave those eggs you weren't sure about. I feel so horrible thinking I may have tossed a perfectly healthy duckling.

I'm sorry to hear about your eggs, don't feel to badly about second guessing yourself. I am no expert when it comes to this, this is my first time incubating eggs, but I am learning. I wasn't feeling all that great about their chance of still being viable but I wanted to make certain since we were so close to the lockdown phase. That is why I also posted on this forum, I have gotten great information and advice from so many people on here. It has made me a much better Duck mama to my small group of ducks and it has helped me through this entire process of incubating.