Muscovy positioned wrong in egg?

[casportpony]

I hope it turns out ok then. I'm still not exactly sure what kind of position mine was in but it seems happier now that it can breath

I think that's the "away from air cell" malpo.

 

[casportpony]

This is what my internal pippers usually look like:

 

[HarmonyFox]

I think that's the "away from air cell" malpo.

So maybe with mine it struggled so much it pulled the inner membrain away on the other side too which is why it looked so crazy? And I just noticed egg 3 was like that too. It was harder to see the bruise because its dirtier but I noticed it was the only one who wasnt internally pipped now and I opened the hole a tiny bit bigger to get a Q-tip in and wet it with coconut oil to see through it. After I saw no beak and realised it wasn't moving much I tried the place that looked like maybe a bruise was there and sure enough there was a beak! It was already bairly moving though so idk if it'll make it but at least it can breath now. I wonder why eggs 1,2, and 3 we're turned wrong . It must have been something I did but I'm not sure what. I NEVER put them small side up and for the first week I turned them 3 times a day then went up to 5 times after that. I had all the eggs placed in a circle around the heating unit in my incubator and kept the humidity at 50% and the temp at 101.5 because its a still air incubator. Come lock down I kept the humidity at no lower than 70%. I bought the eggs from a nice lady 4 hours away from me but since I picked up guinea keets the trip back for the eggs was around 5 hours. I'm so confused but I want to figure it out so I can have better hatches in the future.

 

[WVduckchick]

How are things going now?

 

[HarmonyFox]

How are things going now?

So far original egg, egg #2, seems to be doing great! It talks to me when I open the incubator to check on the rest and its always breathing and squirming! I really hope it will survive! Everyone else has internally pipped and they don't seem like they're in any weird positions which is good. I gave everyone safety holes to make sure no one suffocates just incase someone else has trouble. Theres still not much talking but lots of pecking and tapping. I'm not sure yet about #3 though. I just went to grab a snack because I havent eaten all day but I'll say if its alive when I get back! Some people around me think I'm crazy for worrying about the eggs so much but its actually really stressful and I feel like if I'm raising them I should do my best to keep them alive TT^TT

 

[HarmonyFox]

So far #3 is still alive and it seems to be moving more too! I hope it will stay that way. I'll keep the progress of everyone posted though. #2 is still very active and keeps talking to me when I open the incubator. I wonder why it was having so much trouble though. It just had to break the inner membrain but it wasn't and literally stopped breathing before I made a hole for it. Does anyone have any idea of what I could have done wrong for these little guys during the... gestation(?) Peroid? I doubt it was a mother duck problem since it was the one a I labeled 1,2, &3 so it has to be something I did.

 

[HarmonyFox]

Everyone is alive and doing well. No hatches yet though. But does #2's membrain look tight? I mean it honestly has always looked like this but I wasn't sure if it actually looks normal or not so.

 

[HarmonyFox]

Also is that toe positioned too high? Is this duckling in like ALL the malpositions?

 

[HarmonyFox]

Note to anyone who might use this forum for themselves, applying too much coconut oil to the inner membrain will cause the yellow goo thing to happen. I just had to assist one duckling because I realised that the inner membrain had hardened into the yellow goo and it couldn't move. It was very appreciative for the help. I have also noticed that a lot of my ducklings seem like they're in the head over wing position which means they were too hot if I read everything correctly. I have the little giant still air incubator and put it on 101.5 because of what I read but maybe that advice would be better suited for larger hatches because since I only had 10 eggs I could put them in a nice circle surrounding the heating unit so they would be heated evenly. I could be completely wrong on this though but it's just a theory I have.

 

[HarmonyFox]

I'm learning so many things with this hatch. I just hope my mistakes don't result in any more deaths. Two eggs (#2 included) have Simi hatched. I had to assist with the inner membrain removal because on some parts it hardened and was holding them inside the shell even though they were ready to come out. I still have both in separate cups with the bottom egg shell in tact just incase they have yolk to absorb (I couldn't really tell if they had any or not.)
Here's a pic of #2's belly. I wasn't sure if that was skin or a yolk so I left it in the cup. #2 is the only ome with it's eyes open.