Shaws call duck incubation thread (hatch a wonderful(worthless to Ralphie) dux thread)

[Ruralhideaway]

I’m on day 23 and I candled today, my mallards are looking like they are on day 26 according to the chart

Some of my calls look a bit ahead as well.

 

[Pyxis]

I can actually see better now, 4 are detached. Should I prop those 4?

Yep, those unfortunately will have to be done upright, and stay upright until the chorio-allantoic membrane has grown enough to pin the air cell back into place.

Unfortunately they might not make it that long though - if they were handled roughly enough in shipping that the air cells detached, chances are good other damage was done too I've only ever successfully hatched two eggs with detached air cells. I'm not saying give up on them entirely, but chances aren't great for them

 

[Ruralhideaway]

Detached would be really obvious because they would freely float around the shell. If you tilted it so that the egg was fat end down, for example, a detached air cell would float right to the pointy end of the egg.

So just prop a little and rock back and forth, or roll them? They are currently nearly flat.

 

[Ruralhideaway]

Yep, those unfortunately will have to be done upright, and stay upright until the chorio-allantoic membrane has grown enough to pin the air cell back into place.

Unfortunately they might not make it that long though - if they were handled roughly enough in shipping that the air cells detached, chances are good other damage was done too I've only ever successfully hatched two eggs with detached air cells. I'm not saying give up on them entirely, but chances aren't great for them

I swear they play soccer with these packages. Well I'll give them a shot anyway. I think I'll have to hand turn them all anyway, the turner might not roll them well.

Thank you very much, I've been reading hours a day but having to guess a bit.

 

[Pyxis]

So just prop a little and rock back and forth, or roll them? They are currently nearly flat. View attachment 1353085

I'd have them nearly upright to have the air cell as close as possible to its natural position, and just tilt them a small bit from side to side as many times a day as you can.

 

[duluthralphie]

I have geese in too. I set a dozen Saturday night. I'm not turning yet as the aircells are beat up. How long do you think till I should lay them down? I asked in the goose forum but no replies.

SMH

 

[duluthralphie]

Lay them down immediately. I never do goose eggs upright, they don't do well that way and it slows the growth of their chorio-allantoic membrane. It's very important that that membrane grows well for geese since the embryos need a lot of oxygen. If it doesn't achieve proper growth the embryos end up dying late in incubation.

Saddled air cells really aren't that bad anyway, they just look a little wonky It's detached air cells that are an issue.

YEAH!!

We would hate to have little oxygen deprived brain damaged geese running loose in the world!!

This I can talk from experience own, when I was younger and not as wise as I am now, I owned geese.

 

[Ruralhideaway]

I'd have them nearly upright to have the air cell as close as possible to its natural position, and just tilt them a small bit from side to side as many times a day as you can.

Ok will do! Thanks so much.

 

[Ruralhideaway]

YEAH!!

We would hate to have little oxygen deprived brain damaged geese running loose in the world!!

This I can talk from experience own, when I was younger and not as wise as I am now, I owned geese.

So now hold on a sec. You had geese?! Geese are waterfowl. Dux are also waterfowl.... therefore geese=dux! Therefore Ralphie had dux. Yes yes that's right.

 

[Fields Mountain Farm]

So now hold on a sec. You had geese?! Geese are waterfowl. Dux are also waterfowl.... therefore geese=dux! Therefore Ralphie had dux. Yes yes that's right.