Our first call duck incubation adventure (hatch-a-long)

[MrsWinterWheat]

So movement has picked up in now in Gochujung (8) am not sure now…would this be considered an internal pip? I attached Mochi and Gochujung before and during movement from a video. Gochujung movement is definitely smaller but it is more a rolling movement. If that makes sense…

My plan was to make an external hole after the internally pip because pretty much everything on here says shipped eggs have trouble. So I pretty much in the assist camp…
I also have to go to work but I was planning on coming home at lunch…
So dilemma, external hole now or at lunch.

Just as I was writing this I came back to Mochi wiggling in their egg. So that still gives me hope.

 

[2ndTink]

So movement has picked up in now in Gochujung (8) am not sure now…would this be considered an internal pip? I attached Mochi and Gochujung before and during movement from a video. Gochujung movement is definitely smaller but it is more a rolling movement. If that makes sense…

My plan was to make an external hole after the internally pip because pretty much everything on here says shipped eggs have trouble. So I pretty much in the assist camp…
I also have to go to work but I was planning on coming home at lunch…
So dilemma, external hole now or at lunch.

Just as I was writing this I came back to Mochi wiggling in their egg. So that still gives me hope.

There was a call duck hatch-a-long earlier this year and the ducklings didn't have an egg tooth and needed assistance. I don't have a good memory so I can't say who it was I'll see if I can find it.

 

[2ndTink]

It was @KathiQuacks! How could I forget!?! She's my go-to duck resource.

 

[KathiQuacks]

There was a call duck hatch-a-long earlier this year and the ducklings didn't have an egg tooth and needed assistance. I don't have a good memory so I can't say who it was I'll see if I can find it.

Sounds familiar Though, mine weren’t calls. My no egg tooth babies were still able to internally pip (the membrane is very thin). @MrsWinterWheat Not quite sure why the babies are behind.
What has the temp read through most of incubation?
How do the air cells look from the side? They tend to dip back before an internal pip. My one baby that had no dip back + no internal pip was backwards in the egg, but they hatched just fine. I don’t think there’s a point to a safety hole without an internal pip.

 

[MrsWinterWheat]

Sounds familiar Though, mine weren’t calls. My no egg tooth babies were still able to internally pip (the membrane is very thin). @MrsWinterWheat Not quite sure why the babies are behind.
What has the temp read through most of incubation?
How do the air cells look from the side? They tend to dip back before an internal pip. My one baby that had no dip back + no internal pip was backwards in the egg, but they hatched just fine. I don’t think there’s a point to a safety hole without an internal pip.

When I increased the humidity during lockdown the incubator just couldn’t get the temp up past 97/98F. Prior to that average temp was 99.5F pretty consistently.

Both #12 and #8 have a dip in the air pocket and actually a couple of the other eggs do too. I wondering if those two are just trying to reposition themselves or is it possible that they Pip too close to the side so it is hard to see. Is that a thing?
When I go home in the next hour I will take pictures.

 

[Antiocheggers]

Show them Shrimp, how to do it. Crack that shell!

 

[MrsWinterWheat]

Update.
12 is not moving at all…not when I candle or anything for the past hour or so…
8 looks like a pip and I can hear sounds from the egg a tapping sound. So I made a small external hole. I made an external hole in 12 but I doubt that is going to help…they were doing so well!
Makes me sad…

 

[KathiQuacks]

Update.
12 is not moving at all…not when I candle or anything for the past hour or so…
8 looks like a pip and I can hear sounds from the egg a tapping sound. So I made a small external hole. I made an external hole in 12 but I doubt that is going to help…they were doing so well!
Makes me sad…

Edit: Listening for an internal pip is another great way to check, yes. Hold the eggs right up to your ear and tap on the shell gently with your finger. Some may not make any sound, but tapping or chirping = internal pip.

 

[GlicksChicks]

Fight, little ducklings!

 

[MrsWinterWheat]

Poor little Mochi…I open the top of their egg up (over the air sack) and there is no movement or breathing …the membrane was so dry. So I used coconut oil to see if the membranes still had blood vessels. There was basically no visible blood vessels. So the poor little one couldn’t hatch on his own.
Movement still in #8…