Please help

[shawluvsbirds]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/guide-to-assisted-hatching-for-all-poultry.72886/?page=2
Here. Read this while you wait.
Just in case. . .you will probably not need to assist and do not assist unless you are absolutely sure you have to. . I mean like in 24 hours from now or more. Ducks take their sweet time hatching. Many times more harm is done by helping too soon than just leaving it to do its job.

 

[Jay2695]

Hey guys thank you for all the advice I didn't see anything happening so far I'm just going to leave them alone until tomorrow and then check on him again I don't know what kind of duck egg it is I don't know if this might help or not but I ended up buying him or her from the Chinese market they were selling caseloads of them

 

[Emmaxx]

And raise the humidity if you can! Up to about 70-75%
Good luck!

 

[WVduckchick]

And raise the humidity if you can! Up to about 70-75%
Good luck!

x2! Yes yes yes! Bump that humidity up now and lay the egg down on its side, with the lowest dip of the air cell on top.

(emmaxx, i never got the tag notification from earlier in this thread. Sorry)

 

[WVduckchick]

Hey guys thank you for all the advice I didn't see anything happening so far I'm just going to leave them alone until tomorrow and then check on him again I don't know what kind of duck egg it is I don't know if this might help or not but I ended up buying him or her from the Chinese market they were selling caseloads of them

You bought balut eggs. Already partially incubated.
Hope you get some ducklings to hatch.

 

[Jay2695]

Hey guys thank you for all the responses and help here is some more videos to see if they can help you guys figure out what I should do the humidity level right now is set at 60 and the temperatures at 100 I have a egg incubator where I can only set the temperature

 

[Emmaxx]

Hi Jay, did you read the link posted above by shawluvsbirds about assisted hatching?
You need to get a pencil and when you candle the egg trace the outline of the air cell (be careful) then you need to put the egg back in Incubator on its side, if your incubator allows, and then LEAVE IT ALONE! You really do need to stop handling it and let the chick get into position with the humidity up, I fear all the handling will disorientate it and it may pip in the wrong place, and each time you remove it from from the Incubator the humidity drops and you risk the membranes drying/shrinking, especially if he makes an external pip that you miss.

 

[Hybridchucks]

@Pyxis

 

[Jay2695]

Hey thanks for the reply I'm just anxious and also worried I dont anything bad to happen to him or her I'm emotionally invested now

 

[Hybridchucks]

That is an internal pip. . that means the duck has pipped the inner membrane and is starting to breathe air from the air cell. That's a good thing. It can take a long time still from this stage to hatch. Just put it back in the incubator and wait wait wait

X2
And be patient! Its a very long wait. Don't panic, we're here for ya.