Panicking! Advice please!!!!

[My15Ducks]

Oh. Everything I have read is drop temp a bit in lockdown. It was 37.5 prior. Do you keep it 37.5 the whole time?

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/goose-incubation-hatching-guide-completed.491013/
I followed this guide which doesn’t recommend dropping the temperature until the first external pip.

Any internal pips today?

 

[Sondraa]

Even if they internally pip overnight, it can take a couple more days to hatch. What do you have the temperature at?

Can you look at these pics and tell me if they have internally pipped now?

You will need to be patient. My guess is the actual temperature was low. Don't think about how many days. It is important to make sure the ducklings have absorbed their yolks before they come out of the eggs. It is not time to assist, but reading https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/guide-to-assisted-hatching-for-all-poultry.72886/ may help with understanding the end stage of hatching.

Can you advise if they have internally pipped or if they are still pushing against the membrane?

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/goose-incubation-hatching-guide-completed.491013/
I followed this guide which doesn’t recommend dropping the temperature until the first external pip.

Any internal pips today?

 

[Sondraa]

Can you advise me? Is that still shadowing or have they internally pipped? Those pics were taken 6 hours ago.

 

[Sondraa]

Can you advise me? Is that still shadowing or have they internally pipped? Those pics were taken 6 hours ago.

Nothing else has happened since then. Not any wobbles and Not one chirp yet.

 

[My15Ducks]

The 1st & 3rd pictures look very close if they haven’t already internally pipped. You can also hold the egg close to your ear and listen for a faint clicking. If you hear clicking, that is the sound of the duckling breathing and it means it has an internal pip

 

[KathiQuacks]

Those are either internal pips, or reallyyy close to them.

No wobbles or chirps yet is okay. Ducklings rest a lot and won’t always respond. They look pretty lively in the photos, at least.

 

[Sondraa]

I might quickly candle them again in a couple hours. That will be 12 hours since those pics were taken. No movement at all since pics. And no sleep for me!

 

[Sondraa]

The one that died day 22 had a really tough membrane that looked on the dry side but I can't get humidity any higher. It's a struggle here in very dry air.

 

[Sondraa]

2 are in air pocket now. One is still pressing against membrane.

 

[Sondraa]

My tentative plan is do nothing for 12 hours and reassess. It's day 31 though.