Please Help

[Gobbles3]

I am just a little concerned about the remaining Indian Runner eggs in the incubator. I had one hatch on day 26 and it is now day 28 and there is no movement from the other eggs. When I stopped turning the eggs a couple days ago I candled the eggs and could see movement in most of them and now there is nothing. Just want to know what's going on.

Picture of the one that's hatched it seems healthy which is why I don't understand why none of the others are making any movements

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Cute duckling.
Are these eggs from your flock?

 

[Gobbles3]

Cute duckling.
Are these eggs from your flock?

No, they aren't. But they are from someone who usually has great fertility

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Fertility is one thing but nutrient packed eggs sufficient to bring vigorous embryos to full term is another. Food adequate to produce table eggs is not the same as that to build strong ducklings.
Frequently, provided incubation parameters are good ( late failed eggs do so because of ) are related to nutritional deficiencies.
But in your case, I think it may have been too hot throughout incubation. He hatched 2.5 days early. That tells me it was too warm. Were your thermometers calibrated or guaranteed accurate? I'm guessing the temp was over 100 throughout.

 

[Gobbles3]

Fertility is one thing but nutrient packed eggs sufficient to bring vigorous embryos to full term is another. Food adequate to produce table eggs is not the same as that to build strong ducklings.
Frequently, provided incubation parameters are good ( late failed eggs do so because of ) are related to nutritional deficiencies.
But in your case, I think it may have been too hot throughout incubation. He hatched 2.5 days early. That tells me it was too warm. Were your thermometers calibrated or guaranteed accurate? I'm guessing the temp was over 100 throughout.

The thermometer has been accurate every other time that it has been used and has managed to hatch out many chickens, turkeys and quails fine when it was changed to their specific parameters and the same was done for these ducklings

 

[Gobbles3]

Fertility is one thing but nutrient packed eggs sufficient to bring vigorous embryos to full term is another. Food adequate to produce table eggs is not the same as that to build strong ducklings.
Frequently, provided incubation parameters are good ( late failed eggs do so because of ) are related to nutritional deficiencies.
But in your case, I think it may have been too hot throughout incubation. He hatched 2.5 days early. That tells me it was too warm. Were your thermometers calibrated or guaranteed accurate? I'm guessing the temp was over 100 throughout.

It was my first time hatching duck eggs so I could have done many things wrong and I will admit that. Just trying to work out what the problem was so I can avoid it next time

 

[ChickenCanoe]

When incubating a small number of eggs and get fails, sometimes you did nothing wrong, it just happens.

 

[Flat Earth]

You can test eggs, you must use warm water, you can place the eggs in the water, when you do if there alive? The egg will move as long as it floats! If the egg does not float to the top, then i say it was a bad egg. I have done this trick when my chicks go past there due date.
Do this at your own risk!

 

[ChickenCanoe]

The float test depends on the age and porosity of the egg. It is just about how much moisture has been lost.

 

[Flat Earth]

last resort to just tossing the eggs out?