Incubation progress of Muscovy eggs

[Lacrystol]

I usually give them about 24 hours from internal pip before I make a safe hole. I read somewhere that often the shells are too thick for them to pip, so some people sand the shell will sand paper to make it easier. Of course this would not be done until they had pipped internally, and I'm not suggesting that it be done, just sharing what I read.

-Kathy

NORMALLY you should but he was on day 36. We should have done it. DANG IT.. I must have not paid attention!!

 

[Lacrystol]

Any pictures of the eggtopsy? Was he shrinkwrapped?

I don't think she can do pics yet. computer issues.

 

[subhanalah]

We all got over excited because 9 did so well and this one was making such beautiful progress. From reading the assisted hatching thread, I also believed we could leave him to do his thing on his own. Next time we'll be more proactive.

 

[Lacrystol]

GRRR OK, PAY ATTENTION LORI,

What day is 12 * 13 * 14 *15 My guess 12 is on day 35, 13* 34 etc.

You said no movements in 12? Tap on the shell an put it to your ear. Tell me if you hear anything? If not, Make him a safe hole and smell inside, do you smell anything?

 

[Lacrystol]

We all got over excited because 9 did so well and this one was making such beautiful progress. From reading the assisted hatching thread, I also believed we could leave him to do his thing on his own. Next time we'll be more proactive.

DEFINITELY. and I think your right, I'm still stressing over number 9. Dang him. Look what he has put US all threw. GRRRRRRR

We should call him PROBLEM CHILD...

 

[AnimalQuackers]

I haven't been in here in a while, but please explain how you incubated the eggs, humidity, turning, temperatures, incubator, anything pertaining to your incubation. If you've already posted this, please tell me where and I'll be glad to go read it. I am by-no-means a qualified expert, but you can read my initial hatching progress at the beginning of this post. And have hatched a few since.
I have an idea of what could well be wrong, but I need to hear how you incubated them before I give my opinion.

Bob

Hello Bob,

Goodness! Where to start? I really created a mess, doing everything wrong right from the beginning!

I was hoping that my Muscovy would sit...and since I was not well educated on this, at the end of the day on the day she laid her first egg, I took it out of the nest box and put it in the incubator...I did that, DAILY, with eggs 1-15 as they were laid. Good, huh?

The humidity was low - hard to maintain at a constant %, but it was generally around 40-50%. Sometimes lower, very rarely higher. The temperature was pretty consistent at 99.5, in a still-air incubator. I turned only once a day - I think I read that some where here.

As Zippy continued laying, I understood that I was supposed to set all the eggs at once, not one at a time. So I started leaving the eggs in the nest. I left A-I in Zippy's nest, and she never sat - not even three days after she laid "I." So I collected them all and put them in the incubator.

As potential hatch day got closer, I came here and asked for help...Lori (Lacrystol) suggested I get a second incubator and separate the eggs - I needed a lockdown incubator. So I did. We raied the humidity and stopped trurning. I continued to have trouble maintaining a consistent humidity - and somewhere along the line, it spiked to in the 80% range, and we had trouble with sticky eggs.

4-11 have now hatched, and of the 8, 4 have survived.

Not sure this is enough information for you...what more can I tell you?

Thank you, Bob.

Michelle

 

[Lacrystol]

OK so we know on day 36 they are running out of air, so we need to make sure they have there safe hole on day 35 to be on the ABSOLUTE SAFE side. UNLESS, they crack there shells by themselves then we want to leave them alone and see if they can do this without us. So That will be our NEW GAME PLAN.. SAFE HOLE ON DAY 35 to ALL OF THEM

 

[Lacrystol]

so now we are TIED. GRRR,

 

[Lacrystol]

Tell me if 12 Smells??

 

[AnimalQuackers]

DEFINITELY. and I think your right, I'm still stressing over number 9. Dang him. Look what he has put US all threw. GRRRRRRR

We should call him PROBLEM CHILD...

No no no - 9 is Breeze - who hatched on her own. 10 is Alcatraz - problem child - the one we created the "path" for.

I did get some photos of 11 - the problem is uploading them. I can't do it on this computer - the camera (we are using back up camera - the good camera was broken by my husband) is OK - it's the darn computer! I *THINK* I may be able to upload the photos on the other computer - I will try later.

I don't think 11 was shrinkwrapped. If anything, I think he may have been sticky! I noticed the internal pip last night - there was a dark spot inside the shell in the air sca, so I knew he'd popped into the air sac. I could hear the breathing AND he was peeping.

12, 13 and 14 - I think they are dead in the shell. I don't see movement and I don't hear anything. Do you want me to make the safe holes in all of them, or just 12? 12 is day 34, 13 is day 33, and 12 is day 32.