Hey, I got curious and had a dead egg that I apparently missed from the lockdown candle. I cracked it, it was at least far enough along I could tell what it was. I'm excited for these to hatch a whole lot more now! Yay, anconas!
Check your vents & make sure they are completely open. Only other thing I can think of is shipping stress. Some just don't have enough energy left for hatching by the time they get pipped once they have been shaken up during shipping.
2 internally pipped ducklings and then they die shortly afterwards.
WHY does this keep happening!?!?
I have had this happen a bunch this year in both ducks and chicks and I am getting frustrated. It has never happened to any of my own eggs this year or any other year that I can think of. I am getting very disappointed with this. Am I doing something wrong here that I can not think of? If I am than why are my own eggs surviving and hatching?! Temps are 99-100 the whole time. Humidity on the duck eggs is 45-55, most of the time 50% and then hatching is 60-70 typically 65%. No sticky or stuck babies.
I HAVE NO CLUE!
Anyone?
Shipping stress is often the culprit.
Her Anconas hatch really well. I hatched 12/17 a few weeks ago. I kept a blue boy & a black boy & all but 1 of the black girls & all of the blue girls. That left 7 for me, a pair for a little boy for 4-H & 3 extra boys that went to the swap meet last weekend. I just swapped her for some more too.
I pretty much dry hatched them. I think my humidity was around 50% in still air for that batch.
