Moved to lockdown too early..help

[dkkirby]

For some reason I thought today was the 10th so I moved 2 duck eggs to lockdown. It is the 8th. WHAT SHOULD I DO?

 

[BYCforlife]

Just turn them by hand very gently 3 times a day, and make sure the humidity is still correct for regular incubating.

 

[Mosey2003]

Two days early is no big deal at all. In chickens, you can even stop turning more than 4 days early, they'll be fine.

 

[dkkirby]

Two days early is no big deal at all. In chickens, you can even stop turning more than 4 days early, they'll be fine.

Theyre ducks. I put back in incubator

 

[dkkirby]

Theyre ducks. I put back in incubator

They were out half a day

 

[BYCforlife]

There's not much more you can do, if leaving them out was bad, the damage is already done. Maybe it's like the female leaving the nest for a long time, it could be fine.

 

[Mosey2003]

Wait, you took them out of the incubator and left them out? That was not clear from the original post. You said you moved them to lockdown, that means you up the humidity and stop turning, not that you remove the eggs from the incubator and let them sit....somewhere.

 

[dkkirby]

There's not much more you can do, if leaving them out was bad, the damage is already done. Maybe it's like the female leaving the nest for a long time, it could be fine.

They always had same temp. Just a tad higher humidity in lockdown. I have to have faith that they will be fine. Ducks are so much harder than chicks. Last week I had one that pipped internally but then did nothing. I am almost past the setting date of eggs in my new Hovabator. I got it mid September. I think that will make a big difference.