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[Taryn37]

Duck eggs were supposed to hatch today. But nothing. They were all moving around quite the thing early hours this morning. But all 3 stopped moving hours later. One egg baby duck started to move around again but other 2 still haven’t.

Bit concerned as one egg is just complete dark mass no veins in sight despite seeing veins hours prior and now has a dark line which wasn’t there before.

Other egg has dark spots which looks like on the vein which also wasn’t there prior. Can see the veins at the back of this egg and just dark mass at the front. No pipping whatsoever.

 

[cheezenkwackers]

Ducklings take forever to hatch. Since there are blood vessels present they are not ready. Maybe the temperature was low. Try to be patient and keep that incubator closed. They usually take 48 hours from pipping for me.

Your air cells look small as well. What was the humidity?

 

[DuckyDonna]

I agree with @cheezenkwackers. Patience! If you've got the temperature and humidity correct just leave them alone. Your temperature should be 98.5° and the humidity 81%. I can't see anything concerning.

 

[Taryn37]

your humidity should be at 75-80%! That is most likely your problem. Are you in the US? I'm wondering if you are using another type of measure that I'm not familiar with! What is your temperature? That should be 98.5°

We use Celsius not Fahrenheit. Which 37.5 is 98.5 Fahrenheit

 

[Taryn37]

When I incubated duck eggs, I misted them once a day on top of high humidity.

I’ve been doing misting as well.

 

[Taryn37]

Humidity is super important for ducks. Do you have any water in the incubator at all? Here is a link so you can see if you can find one near you. At least you will know what it's called.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/AcuRite-...nd-Humidity-Gauge-00325/16888914?athbdg=L1200

Humidity is at 81%

 

[Taryn37]

Unfortunately they are dead have one hopeful one.

 

[Taryn37]

Ducklings take forever to hatch. Since there are blood vessels present they are not ready. Maybe the temperature was low. Try to be patient and keep that incubator closed. They usually take 48 hours from pipping for me.

Your air cells look small as well. What was the humidity?

Kept the humidity at 37.5. No sign of internal pipping either. The black spots are what concerns me most as they didn’t have it earlier on. And have no idea what it is. And no signs of movement from either 2 eggs all day and they were always on the go from the beginning. First hatch. The air cells look quite big actually in the pictures you can’t see them as I’ve got it covered. They were moving quite the thing early hours this morning. But now nothing. Hopefully they’re okay.

 

[Taryn37]

I agree with @cheezenkwackers. Patience! If you've got the temperature and humidity correct just leave them alone. Your temperature should be 98.5° and the humidity 81%. I can't see anything concerning.

It’s the black dots that concern me as they weren’t there early hours yesterday morning. And showed up later yesterday. Other duck moves quite the thing. But these 2 have stopped all of a sudden. So wondering if maybe they’re getting into the positions and are just resting.

 

[DuckyDonna]

Kept the humidity at 37.5. No sign of internal pipping either. The black spots are what concerns me most as they didn’t have it earlier on. And have no idea what it is. And no signs of movement from either 2 eggs all day and they were always on the go from the beginning. First hatch. The air cells look quite big actually in the pictures you can’t see them as I’ve got it covered. They were moving quite the thing early hours this morning. But now nothing. Hopefully they’re okay.

your humidity should be at 75-80%! That is most likely your problem. Are you in the US? I'm wondering if you are using another type of measure that I'm not familiar with! What is your temperature? That should be 98.5°