Incubation progress of Muscovy eggs

[Lacrystol]

this is based on studies online. The thick clear jelly-like membrane is caused by temperatures being too high later in incubation. The "remains" of the eggs are thick and copious. In ideal conditions, there is a very thin light pink remnant in the shell.

And her temperature had to have been too low during the beginning of incubation, otherwise they would not have been sooooo late hatching.

High temps is NOT going to cause the thick jelly. If anything LOW temps and high humidity.

Sticky embryos (embryos may be smeared with egg contents) High average incubation humidity Follow recommended incubation humidity. Check size of air cell as an indicator for adjusting humidity condition.
Low incubation temperature
Follow recommended temperature settings.




Three different websites Cant be wrong!

 

[Lacrystol]

@subhanalah and @Lacrystol wow! Just WOW!!
Somebody on here told me at some point that I should do that. I'm assuming i interpreted what they were saying incorrectly.
I CANNOT tell you what a relief it is to know just what I did wrong. Phew! I feel SO much better knowing that.
I'm very sad that I cost those babies there precious lives to learn it but I absolutely won't make the same mistake again.
My auto turner is one where you put the pointy end down and they sit vertically in it.
So correct me if I'm wrong but I just want to be clear.
I should have been turning them a quarter of the way AROUND once a day, not gently flipping them UPSIDE DOWN once a day?

NO, ducks need to be laid down, They don't do well in the UPRIGHT position. so Hand turning them or Taping them to the turner as I do (pic on my site) will work

 

[Lacrystol]

Yes, that is right. You want to rotate around the long axis, keeping the fat end up and the pointy end down.
This is because gravity has an affect on the developing embryo, and when in the nest, the air cell naturally keeps the eggs slightly pointed in that direction, like one of those silly kid's toys that you hit and keeps popping back up due to the air inside it?

CHICKENS YES, BUT DUCKS, NO

 

[Lacrystol]

And just to clarify, if the temp is actually correct, is 37.5 correct for incubation?

THAT IS PERFECT and I WOULDN"T CHANGE IT for the ENTIRE PROCESS

 

[Lacrystol]

Awesome. I will set the bator back up tomorrow and check it with a few thermometers over the weekend

AGAIN, as I said from the VERY BEGINNING, your bator is NOT THE PROBLEM....

But what do I know?????

 

[casportpony]

Quote: The bator might be part of the problem...I know someone else who tried hatching guineas in one and had very poor hatch rates, which is unusual since guineas are said to be as easy as chickens to hatch. Hard to say what the exact problem could be, but it definitely could be.

-Kathy

 

[megan805]

Awesome. I will set the bator back up tomorrow and check it with a few thermometers over the weekend

Day 32 no movement in egg . Hope everything is going well.

 

[Lacrystol]

The bator might be part of the problem...I know someone else who tried hatching guineas in one and had very poor hatch rates, which is unusual since guineas are said to be as easy as chickens to hatch. Hard to say what the exact problem could be, but it definitely could be.

-Kathy

I beleive they should try again and IF by some odd ball reason they end up with the SAME results AFTER making adjustments such as turning them correctly and what not, THEN I would MOST definitely be inclined to say Bator issue, but in this case, we all can clearly see that improper turning was a huge issue..

However, if the adjustments were made and the next batch ends up as a great hatching. Problem has been solved...

 

[MuscovyLover]

Day 32 no movement in egg . Hope everything is going well.

I'm so sorry to hear that megan :-(
How many eggs do you have incubating?

 

[MuscovyLover]

High temps is NOT going to cause the thick jelly.  If anything LOW temps and high humidity.

Sticky embryos (embryos may be smeared with egg contents)	High average incubation humidity	Follow recommended incubation humidity. Check size of air cell as an indicator for adjusting humidity condition.
	Low incubation temperature	Follow recommended temperature settings.

Three different websites Cant be wrong!

I agree. I will disinfect the bator this morning and set it up again, then will go into town to find a digital thermometer.
I have two but they are just the ones with a long mercury strip. The digital one I have won't read above 25ºC so I'll hunt around and find more.