Incubation progress of Muscovy eggs

[Lacrystol]

Yeah eggs aren't really like other items you buy. You have to believe a seller's fertility claims and only leave feedback on the condition off the eggs when they arrive.

Infertility is a different story, and yes would you per fer cracked smashed eggs and have the seller say, OH WELL it's the price you pay for shipped eggs. That's what was said to me years ago when I was a buyer and my shipped eggs were sent with the Large end Down. yeah talk about an inexperienced seller.

 

[Lacrystol]

Quick question:
One of the other eggs that had external pipped 28 hours ago began cracking some of the shell (not much) proximal to the external pip bump about 6-7 hours ago, and then stopped. It hasn't made any improvement since, but the egg occasionally rocks. Should I be worried? I've heard that once zipping starts, there shouldn't be much delay, so I'm not sure why this one has done nothing for the past 7 hours.

I've opened the incubator twice to deal with a duckling and humidity, but I've closed it immediately and lockdown conditions were quickly reestablished. Could this have shrinkwrapped the duckling?

No i would not be worried, as long as its got that external crack, give him a little more time.

 

[casportpony]

Getting ready to set my next set of shipped eggs and all of the air cells look really bad, so I doubt I'm gonna get any chicks from these.

-Kathy

 

[muscovyslover]

No i would not be worried, as long as its got that external crack, give him a little more time.

I checked this morning at 8 AM and saw that he had made some improvement on the zipping and was chirping away. At 11 AM I saw there was no movement or chirping, so I took a look and he was dead in the shell. He was fully developed with the egg yolk completely absorbed. I'm a little bit depressed at the moment.

I have another one that external pipped around 5 AM Saturday. He also has made one crack next to the external pip area about 12 hours ago, and he's made no improvements since. I don't know what to do.

 

[muscovyslover]

Another concern:
One of the eggs has external pipped on the bottom side of the egg (it's on the right end -- the round end -- but the pip is on the bottom instead of the top of the egg). Does this need help? I think this one's air sac was smaller than average before lockdown.

 

[casportpony]

Can you post a picture?

-Kathy

 

[muscovyslover]

Can you post a picture?

-Kathy

Sorry, currently don't have a camera to post pics with. But it's literally just a hole on the bottom of the round end rather than the top half. Should I intervene?

 

[muscovyslover]

Should I flip it over so the hole is facing up? Should I help it? Please help!!!

 

[casportpony]

Should I flip it over so the hole is facing up? Should I help it? Please help!!!

I'm a very visual person, so tell me where the hole is on this egg.



-Kathy

 

[muscovyslover]

The hole is on that X, with the beak hanging out upside down, facing the floor of the incubator.