My 2nd Duck Hatch!

[My15Ducks]

It’s almost time for my 2nd duck hatch of 2024!

After the recent sadness, I’m trying to enjoy and look forward to this hatch.

I have 20 eggs in the incubator, on day 23. All were still alive as of yesterday. They are wiggling! They will be a mix of these breeds: Cayuga, Swedish, Khaki Campbell, Silver Appleyard, and maybe Indian Runner because I have one Indian Runner in my flock.

I’m going to candle tonight to check for internal pips. My last batch had external pips on day 24 so I’m watching these ones closely .

 

[Miss Lydia]

It looks like someone else is watching them closely too.
I look forward to seeing them.

 

[My15Ducks]

It looks like someone else is watching them closely too.
I look forward to seeing them.

That’s my dog, Story. My dogs are quite interested in the incubator although I don’t leave them with it unsupervised. I feel like they know that their are babies inside

 

[KathiQuacks]

Hooray! Can’t wait to see all the lovely babies Also, Story is just gorgeous!!

 

[My15Ducks]

I candled the eggs and all 20 are still alive! No internal pips yet.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Your going to need a big area for all your ducks good thing your working on it.

 

[My15Ducks]

Your going to need a big area for all your ducks good thing your working on it.

Yep. I’m thinking of only keeping 4 of these ducklings but we’ll see. The lady who bought ducklings from me before would like more

 

[My15Ducks]

It’s day 24 and 5 eggs have internal pips!!!

19 eggs are confirmed alive, only one I didn’t see movement but of course it could be ok. Fingers crossed.

I took out the turner and put the shelf liner in for traction.

 

[My15Ducks]

Day 25:
First external pip this morning! It’s egg # 40. Hopefully some more will pip soon

 

[My15Ducks]

9 eggs have external pips!!! All the rest except 2 have internal pips.

The remaining eggs:
#25 has always appeared to be about a day behind. Even it’s air cell is smaller. But it’s alive and active so hopefully it will just hatch a bit later

#3. Yesterday evening it was alive and looked normal. This evening it has more clear space and veins visible than the other eggs and I can’t see any movement at all. So it’s the most concerning egg to me at the moment. But I don’t think there’s anything to do but wait for now