Momma duck killed by a Raccoon, trying to save eggs - HELP!

[sammychickfarm]

Momma duck had been sitting on her eggs for about 3 weeks and she was killed the other night by a raccoon. We had bought a farm that had the ducks and don't really know much about them. We bought an incubator and have them in there at 98 degrees. We candled the eggs and saw that there are 3 eggs with movement in them - we could see the ducklings "swimming" in the eggs. We are assuming that they might be getting close to hatching? Not sure because we can't see the eggs move on the outside and we don't hear anything. Just wondering if someone could help us determine when they think they will hatch? We are so new to this and we would really like to help these babies survive because we feel so bad with what happened to their mom. Thank you!

 

[Percheron chick]

Good luck with them. Average is 28 days so you are getting close. If you were close, I have 4 broody hens that would be great mommas.