Pekin Duck Club!

[sparticus12]

Hey guys
This is my first time HATCHING peikin duck eggs. There are faint lines on the outside of the egg they are on day 22 What should i be looking for on candling?

I really dont see any veins is that normal?
This is the lines on the outside

 

[BullChick]

Hey guys
This is my first time HATCHING peikin duck eggs. There are faint lines on the outside of the egg they are on day 22 What should i be looking for on candling?

I really dont see any veins is that normal?
This is the lines on the outside

As thick as the shells are, it is normal.

 

[sparticus12]

As thick as the shells are, it is normal.

What should i look for in candling.

In candling i cant see the veins. But in the earlier stages i could see the veins clearly are they dead?!?

This is them

They are on day 22/23

Dose it look normal??

Ps his/her name is mochi

 

[BullChick]

Imo, it looks fine.

 

[milove122413]

I have a question about the gender of my 2 beautiful Pekin babies. I know it is difficult to tell when they are ducklings, but they both have these 2 weird really short feathers right above the rest of their tail feathers. I was told this is a sign they might be male, is this true?

 

[CyndiD]

What should i look for in candling.

In candling i cant see the veins. But in the earlier stages i could see the veins clearly are they dead?!?

This is them

They are on day 22/23

Dose it look normal??

Ps his/her name is mochi

is your pic upside down? Did you see any movement when you candled? does the egg smell bad? if it does smell bad and you dont see any movemet, then it is not alive.
But also understand that at day 22/23 the movement is very slight. Do you have a stethoscope to listen to the eggs? that always helps me.

 

[tracyjg]

 

[sparticus12]

is your pic upside down? Did you see any movement when you candled? does the egg smell bad? if it does smell bad and you dont see any movemet, then it is not alive.
But also understand that at day 22/23 the movement is very slight. Do you have a stethoscope to listen to the eggs? that always helps me.

Thank you so much for your reply!
I do not see novement but the egg smells normal

I do not have a stethescope

I can see resemblence to a beak when i camdle the egg

But i see no veins is that ok?

 

[BullChick]

It is too close to hatch for the veins to be outside. You are fine.

 

[BullChick]

My "logical" brain said that there was a good explanation. Everything was alright, and I would solve the mystery.
18 chicks. Gone! They were a few days shy of six weeks. Too big and too many to be taken away by a weasel. Even in the dark, I could see well enough to know they weren't on the roost, or under it. Not in one of the chickens' nestboxes... Where are those chicks?!?!
I Finally put my hand into the duck nest box. Why are the ducks so upset this morning, anyway?
No egg that I could find. I was pushing chicks left and right, pulling a few out (I held one. Ohhhhhh, she was so soft!

). Maybe the duck didn't lay.

The heat lamp is off now!