Incubation progress of Muscovy eggs

[MuscovyLover]

There are only two fully grown embryos in there as far as I can tell.
They both have air sacks smaller than I'd like at this late stage and one still has what looks to me like clear fluid between him and half of the air sack. Perhaps a little over an 1/8th of the egg is occupied by it. Is this the dreaded goo I've been reading about?

 

[casportpony]

I have read in many places that Muscovy eggs should be locked down on day 31. Doing an experiment now, lol, found an egg outside that had pipped internally, so stuck it in the bator with humidity at 65-70%.

-Kathy

 

[MuscovyLover]

I have read in many places that Muscovy eggs should be locked down on day 31. Doing an experiment now, lol, found an egg outside that had pipped internally, so stuck it in  the bator with humidity at 65-70%.

-Kathy

I've got my fingers crossed for you :-D

 

[MuscovyLover]

Curiosity question...
When does everybody else count the first day from?
With the eggs I'm incubating, I set them at 8 at night so I counted one day/day one to be 8pm the next night.
Or should that first day have been counted as first day?
If so, I locked them down at day 33, not 32:-/

 

[casportpony]

Day zero is when I set them, day one is 24 hours later.

-Kathy

 

[MuscovyLover]

Okay so I got that right. Thanks for replying Kathy

 

[subhanalah]

I say day one is the first 24 hours and base it off of each 24 hour increment.

 

[MuscovyLover]

Thanks Subhanalah
That's roughly what I had done so it's good to hear.
I've made so many other mistakes with this batch that it's nice to know something was correct.

 

[muscovyslover]

Came back home this noon to see one of my two muscovys totally hatched and flopping about in the incubator. Second one has externally pipped and seems to be behind his little bro/sis in about every aspect (internal pipping, external pipping), so I'm hoping by the time I wake up tomorrow the second one will be out of the egg and I can boast about a 100% hatch rate!

Humidity was kept around 31-32% during incubation and upped to 67-69% during lockdown. Looks like this has worked great for me. The egg shell on the hatched duckling had little to no residue left over.

 

[MuscovyLover]

Came back home this noon to see one of my two muscovys totally hatched and flopping about in the incubator. Second one has externally pipped and seems to be behind his little bro/sis in about every aspect (internal pipping, external pipping), so I'm hoping by the time I wake up tomorrow the second one will be out of the egg and I can boast about a 100% hatch rate!

Humidity was kept around 31-32% during incubation and upped to 67-69% during lockdown. Looks like this has worked great for me. The egg shell on the hatched duckling had little to no residue left over. 

Absolutely fantastic to hear!
Fingers crossed for number two