Muscovy duckling hatching (pictures)

[Miss Lydia]

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You were reading MY blog? How cool is that? http://serve.mysmiley.net/party/party0053.gif LOL!

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Wow... that's totally Bill Nye the Science Guy stuff! I'm gonna have to try that next time. Candling can be complicated once most of the egg goes dark... it's so hard to say if that chick is still viable until you see the internal pip.

I read your blog it was great. or should say is.

 

[jdywntr]

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I could never figure candling out. When I had runners hatching and mom left the nest after 4 days I found something on BYC about putting the remaining eggs in warm water for a short time to see if they were viable. I tried that and several of them started rocking, 2 did nothing. I took the ones out and dried them off and they hatched. May be worth a shot.

Ok, interesting even if a little weird, and kinda makes sense in a sciency kind of way...

So maybe put them in tepid water to warmt hem and offer additional humidity, what sort of period was it before the moved? Maybe thats a job for tomorrow which will be day 37...

It was very quick. Less than a minute. I made sure the water was warm and just placed the eggs in so the water wasn't moving much. It was VERY obvious though who was moving. They were rocking. I think the bad ones sank but I don't remember.

 

[FarmrGirl]

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Thanks, Trish!! I try to post lots of pics to keep people interested between my crazy ramblings

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Hey... I found this on the web:

"Water Test
On the nineteenth day, the water test may be applied. Put the eggs one by one in a bucket about two thirds full of water heated to about 105 degrees (F), or as they say as hot as the hand will comfortably bear. Spoiled eggs will sink, and should be thrown away. Live eggs will float, and in a little while will "bob" up and down, as if the chicks were trying to jump out of the water. <http://home.comcast.net/~out1rider/page13.html>"


It's totally the opposite of checking if eating eggs are still... eatable?... edible.

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Hey DrChicken... how's that little cutie climber doing?

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[DrChickenKev]

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Thanks, Trish!! I try to post lots of pics to keep people interested between my crazy ramblings http://www.smileystar.com/smileys/msn-crazy-smileys/yellow crazy.gif

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Hey... I found this on the web:

"Water Test
On the nineteenth day, the water test may be applied. Put the eggs one by one in a bucket about two thirds full of water heated to about 105 degrees (F), or as they say as hot as the hand will comfortably bear. Spoiled eggs will sink, and should be thrown away. Live eggs will float, and in a little while will "bob" up and down, as if the chicks were trying to jump out of the water. <http://home.comcast.net/~out1rider/page13.html>"


It's totally the opposite of checking if eating eggs are still... eatable?... edible.

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Hey DrChicken... how's that little cutie climber doing?

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She's doing fine

I have a few more pics, so will need to upload them for you all... and I shall also upload the latest silkie pictures in another thread too

 

[Miss Lydia]

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Thanks, Trish!! I try to post lots of pics to keep people interested between my crazy ramblings http://www.smileystar.com/smileys/msn-crazy-smileys/yellow crazy.gif

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Hey... I found this on the web:

"Water Test
On the nineteenth day, the water test may be applied. Put the eggs one by one in a bucket about two thirds full of water heated to about 105 degrees (F), or as they say as hot as the hand will comfortably bear. Spoiled eggs will sink, and should be thrown away. Live eggs will float, and in a little while will "bob" up and down, as if the chicks were trying to jump out of the water. <http://home.comcast.net/~out1rider/page13.html>"


It's totally the opposite of checking if eating eggs are still... eatable?... edible.

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Hey DrChicken... how's that little cutie climber doing?

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She's doing fine

I have a few more pics, so will need to upload them for you all... and I shall also upload the latest silkie pictures in another thread too

Did you try the water test and I missed it? and please post the link so we can see your silkies. thanks

 

[DrChickenKev]

Havent done the water test yet, so nervous about killing them off

However, its now almost a week since initial lockdown and no sign of movement in the remaining four.....

Day 35 of the incubation was monday , so its now day 38? And I know peoplehave said that they sometimes hatch up to a week late?

Such a dire decision to make... leave them and they potentially suffocate?? Try the water experiment and potentially kill them through erducing temp and humidity in the incubator too much again....

Arrrggghhhhh... poor lil Jools, was hoping for at elast one more, but she is sooooooo fluffy...

Should a bloke be this gooey over a duckling??? Wonder what the wife would say... ha ha...

 

[FarmrGirl]

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LOL! I think it's great!!

 

[Miss Lydia]

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LOL! I think it's great!! http://serve.mysmiley.net/happy/happy0158.gif

X2, well you could just leave them and let them explode in the bator which would be really nasty, or do the warm water test and then you'd know if any are still viable. And I think it is sweet that you love that little one. My dh has a duck girl friend her name is Ruthann.

 

[DrChickenKev]

Ok, so at one week I decided to try the eggs in some water...

Sad thing is that of the four remaining, two seem to be late deaths (no beak poking through into the air sac), but the other two, very sadly, have little beaks poking into the air sac

No movement in any when in the water, can only assume the two with beaks were unable to break through the shells and then ran out of air..

I've put the two beak-eggs back in the incubator just in case some miracle happens, but in truth I think we all know that at 5 days over, i.e. day 40 of incubation, they're gone...

 

[Miss Lydia]

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Sorry to hear that, I don't know about the 2 left but just seems you would see some action if they were living. sad for you and sad for Jools

you have other ducks? if so eventually she'll be able to live with them, My duckling lived in the house about 3 months but had daily time with the rest of the flock, he is now totally part of the flock and loving being out doors.