Incubation progress of Muscovy eggs

[MuscovyLover]

I interpreted the thickness of it as an indication that the blood stopped moving when the duckling died?
There is only one other duckling in there and he still has a fair bit of room between him and the air sac.
I'll try taking some pics of him with the candler.

 

[MuscovyLover]

And what temp would you have the bator at at this stage?
I have it at 36.7ºC and the humidity is hovering in the high 60% area.

 

[subhanalah]

I'm not super sure on the conversion, but some hatch as low as 98.5F.

 

[MuscovyLover]

I'm not super sure on the conversion, but some hatch as low as 98.5F.

I'll add a pic of the little guy yesterday. That membrane was very moist inside. He was still alive at this point.

 

[MuscovyLover]

I'm not super sure on the conversion, but some hatch as low as 98.5F.

And this is today. Deciding he was definitely not coming back I took him out of the shell to have a good look at what happened.
I still can't bring myself to bury him as I'm stupidly hoping he may come back :-/

 

[subhanalah]

And this is today. Deciding he was definitely not coming back I took him out of the shell to have a good look at what happened.
I still can't bring myself to bury him as I'm stupidly hoping he may come back :-/

had he pipped on his own? Looks like maybe he wasn't ready yet. But on the same token, that membrane is very thick. I dealt with this on my last hatch because my A/C went out and my incubators were upstairs, so got way too hot. Sorry this happened. You did the best you could!
I'm not sure the exact reason, but it seems when they have a thick membrane like that, they have difficulty absorbing their yolk. Perhaps the heat causes their body to try to regulate itself by pushing blood/fluid to the extremities (in this case, the membrane covering the chick) and impedes absorption of the yolk being taken into the body? Or they fight the membrane so hard they don't have the energy to absorb.

 

[casportpony]

Quote: So sorry...

Didn't you say he wat at day38? IMO, he didn't have a chance. {{{{{hugs}}}}}

-Kathy

 

[MuscovyLover]

And rather than try to get pics of the other egg candled and having him out of the bator for long, I pencilled a mark where his air sack is, where the solid mass ends near it, and the two crosses are where his head and bum seem to be.
I had to do it in four pics so you can see all the way around.

 

[MuscovyLover]

He tried to pip on his own overnight not last night but the night before which left a large dark grey ring on the outside but he did it on the side of the egg down the wrong end.
After much deliberation, I decided yesterday morning to free his bill up as he wasn't going to be able to get out himself.
He was upside down and once I opened the shell completely today I could see there was no way his big head would've made it to the air sac. He was quite full in there yet had not absorbed that yolk sac at day 38. Odd I thought?
What a shabby first attempt at incubating Muscovy :-(
Now for his sibling. No point losing him too while I have a pity party Iis there.
What do you guys recommend I do from here? Actions? Temp? Humidity?
And can somebody, please for my peace of mind, confirm egg number 1 is definitely a fatality and that I should bury him. I just can't decide that sadly :-(

 

[MuscovyLover]

had he pipped on his own? Looks like maybe he wasn't ready yet. But on the same token, that membrane is very thick. I dealt with this on my last hatch because my A/C went out and my incubators were upstairs, so got way too hot. Sorry this happened. You did the best you could!
I'm not sure the exact reason, but it seems when they have a thick membrane like that, they have difficulty absorbing their yolk. Perhaps the heat causes their body to try to regulate itself by pushing blood/fluid to the extremities (in this case, the membrane covering the chick) and impedes absorption of the yolk being taken into the body? Or they fight the membrane so hard they don't have the energy to absorb.

I'm sorry to hear that :-(
I suspect you may be right though. This guy really did try for a few hours but he didn't seem able to absorb that yolk?
Perhaps you're onto something with the thinking you have about high heat?