Muscovy duck eggs day 39 in incubation and still no pips

[BOchickmama4]

Hi everyone, it's my first time incubating muscovys and I know they take 33-37 days to hatch and I'm Incubating 6 at the moment (started with 12 but they didn't start developing) on day 39 right now and there is still no signs of external pipping, I don't know if I should candle them as that would mean opening the incubator while they are in lockdown. I could make a safety hole into the air cell?? What should I do??? Is this normal?!

 

[casportpony]

Open the incubator and candle them.

 

[Luv Ducks]

If your incubator was running on a slightly cooler temperature or has cool spots in it they will take longer. They should be checked though to see what is going on with them. Good Luck. Their eggs are very hard shelled at least the ones my girls lay are so they may end up needing a small air hole in the air sac if they have had an internal pip for a while.

 

[BOchickmama4]

None of them made it, though we have a broody on some now!

 

[casportpony]

So sorry. Good luck with this batch.

 

[Luv Ducks]

None of them made it, though we have a broody on some now!

I am sorry that none of them made it but glad that you have a broody on some and hopefully these will hatch out.

 

[BOchickmama4]

A few tries later we finally got a couple ducklings last wednesday! They are called Pip and Squeak, but mysteriously the next day there were 8 in the pen! and another duck was trying to get in, it's still a mystery but what we think happened was that the other duck was sitting on eggs the whole time and we never realised! but now we have 8 healthy ducklings!!!!

 

[Miss Lydia]

Well where are the pictures?

 

[BOchickmama4]

When there was only 2...

When there was 8...

 

[Luv Ducks]

When there was only 2...
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When there was 8...
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Such little Cutie Pies!!!!