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I might just need a little reassurance that this is normal...all I've ever hatched are chickens and I know nothing about ducks.
I was accidentally given a duck egg mixed in with my chicken eggs. Day 28 was Tuesday. On Saturday night, I turned it for the last time and increased the water in the incubator to raise the humidity. It's been at 75% since then. I also candled it and the air cell was nice and big, about 1/3 of the egg.
Tuesday I started hearing a tapping sound and saw the egg shake a lot. When I got home from work yesterday the egg had done a 180 degree turn. (Not turning upside down, but sideways!) Today, there is a lot of shaking and tapping...especially when I talk to it. It always moves when I talk to it. (Without lifting the incubator lid of course!!)
All this moving and tapping, but it still hasn't externally pipped though!! Today is technically Day 30. Is this normal?? I am so anxious that it's taking so long, and just wanted to see if this is normal. It is responding to my voice so well that I don't think it needs help, but I just need peace of mind I guess that this might be normal. I'm really worried about my students being upset if this one doesn't make it, it has always been their favorite egg because it's so different.
I posted a video of the egg shaking so I could show my students, here is the link to it on youtube in case you want to see it.
It really moves! I think it moves more than any of the chicken eggs I've ever hatched.
I was accidentally given a duck egg mixed in with my chicken eggs. Day 28 was Tuesday. On Saturday night, I turned it for the last time and increased the water in the incubator to raise the humidity. It's been at 75% since then. I also candled it and the air cell was nice and big, about 1/3 of the egg.
Tuesday I started hearing a tapping sound and saw the egg shake a lot. When I got home from work yesterday the egg had done a 180 degree turn. (Not turning upside down, but sideways!) Today, there is a lot of shaking and tapping...especially when I talk to it. It always moves when I talk to it. (Without lifting the incubator lid of course!!)
All this moving and tapping, but it still hasn't externally pipped though!! Today is technically Day 30. Is this normal?? I am so anxious that it's taking so long, and just wanted to see if this is normal. It is responding to my voice so well that I don't think it needs help, but I just need peace of mind I guess that this might be normal. I'm really worried about my students being upset if this one doesn't make it, it has always been their favorite egg because it's so different.
I posted a video of the egg shaking so I could show my students, here is the link to it on youtube in case you want to see it.
It really moves! I think it moves more than any of the chicken eggs I've ever hatched.
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It wasn't moving around as much today, so I got nervous tonight and candled it. When I did, I clearly saw it's head/beak in the air cell and it was tapping away. No external pip at all though.
