JUNE - JULY HATCH-ALONG!!!!!!!

[Enigmius]

I now have two external pipped eggs in the lockdown-incubator. So now the next step can take 24-48 hours right?
Anyhow, here is a picture of the newest external pipped egg.
It’s actually in the aircell. That circle was drawn quite a while back.

 

[LilyD]

So as of this morning we have one out and 4 more external pips. Loads of talking going on back and forth between these eggs and the one chick that is out so hopefully he'll talk them into getting moving and hatching already lol.

 

[AquaDuck]

Wow! So are you thinking sticky chick due to high humidity? Best of luck with the hatch!!!

There's a lot of small air cells in this batch, so definitely a lack of evaporation. Humidity's been 40-50%, so not overly terrible...

Luckily Mr. Yellow is the only one with issues so far. Here he's showing off his beak. Maybe he'll make an appearance tomorrow?

 

[CluckNDoodle]

Wow, I wasn't getting notifications and I missed so much in this thread! So many sweet little ducklings hatched!

 

[Enigmius]

Well, we are drinking and eating today!! And they have been running in and out from the heat plate.
Poor duckling that I helped still has a bit of dried yolk on its back. I was hoping the other ducklings would have helped pick it off. Do I need to clean it off, or will it eventually fall off on its own? If I need to intervene, what is the best way to do that?
Another egg is externally pipped, and another is internally pipped.

 

[AquaDuck]

All 3 early birds are out and about. Of the rest there's 17 ext pip and another 10-ish internal. Still waiting for 2 slow ones to internally pip. If all of these hatch successfully, I'm gonna have a LOT of ducklings!

Mr. Blue, Mr. Yellow and Mr. Silver.

 

[AltonaAcres]

The broody is a Duccle/polish. I rescued her from being butchered by a neighbor.

 

[AquaDuck]

The finished result of my Muscovy hatch is: 37 out of 40 eggs! That's over 90% hatch rate!!!
I'm selling all the blue, and keeping the white/silver/barred/odd looking ones. 20 sold in 3 hours after posting the ad on facebook. People sure love ducklings!

 

[Enigmius]

Number seven, one more to go!!

 

[AquaDuck]

I can't fathom NOT setting eggs. My past solutions to that issue has been to buy another Incubator, so I'm probably not helpful for that decision and definitely not a good influence.

Same. My solution was to buy a bigger one... Those who say backyard chickens are free eggs, obviously haven't been hit with the incubator-mania.