Please Help Ducklings Dying

[HeatherRoss]

geezz...lol..ok...im gonna try this again my temp stays between 98.8 and 100.

 

[HeatherRoss]

my humidity stays in the 70% range

 

[Katy]

Are you using a still air or does your incubator have a fan?

 

[HeatherRoss]

Its a still air. Ive hatched out duck, geese and chickens before with the same incubator and settings but for some reason this keeps happeneing. All of these eggs are from the same duck, could it be something wrong with her or the duck she breeds with?

 

[Katy]

You should run still airs 101/102 degrees. I haven't hatched many ducks and not for several years, but isn't 70% too high, even for ducks?

It seems like more of an incubating issue to me.

 

[DuckHoney]

I don't think those are guts that you are seeing. More like yolk and or their waste. I'm not an expert, but when I hatched out my ducklings before, that is what I read and saw.

What color were these guts? I don't see how it could be the gut since their inside develops first, and development is internally. Guts don't develop first and then somehow move back into the duck's body.

Your temperature is way too low. 89.9 is too low still. Maybe you were able to hatch out duck eggs before, but for correct incubating times, it is suppose to be around 100, give or take.

I don't think its the mother duck. But I think you are breaking these eggs upon prematurely. If you candle them, you can see their size and get an idea. No need to break open the egg to see them.