Shrink wrapped ducks?? What should I do?

[calichicken]

Once they shadow, they have enough air to hold them for a max of 24 hours before they run out of air completely and die.

Sorry...newbie...what does shadow mean?

 

[Lacrystol]

That's basically where it is though?? In the center of the air cell? The tip top of the big end of the egg had duck body in the way....

Your holes look like they are on the side and you said by the beak, well there beaks aren't to the top yet.. They are aiming that way but not quite there. Send a pic with you thumb on the safe hole with the egg in an upright position.. Let's see

 

[calichicken]

Hoorayyyyyy.... Lol!

Tomorrow is hatching day...Hopefully those babies will rest up and do the work!!!!

 

[Lacrystol]

Maybe my air cells are just wonky.. Lol. The seemed to shift down the side of the egg more during lockdown

If they are shipped eggs, shipped eggs you'll get alls kinds of weird air cells. But you really don't go by the air cells when making the safe holes just fine the top part of the egg and wwwwwwalaaaa.

 

[Lacrystol]

Sorry...newbie...what does shadow mean?

Shadowing, first you'll see the beak, then you'll see a light but semi dark coloring. Here let me get alhmamas egg that shadowed.


See if I can explain this better..

 

[Lacrystol]

Ok so here's her egg as you can see the dark mass on the bottom is the duck, in the upper left corner is his beak, then there's this light darker complexion
That's him shadowing.


Perhaps if we mono the egg you can see it better try this

 

[Lacrystol]

If you look the egg has three different colors, well four but we are going to ignore the yellow stain on the outside. But inside the egg there's three different colors, the dark mass, the darker coloring more like a off white, then on the top a clear white color..


Can you see it??

 

[calichicken]

If you look the egg has three different colors, well four but we are going to ignore the yellow stain on the outside. But inside the egg there's three different colors, the dark mass, the darker coloring more like a off white, then on the top a clear white color..


Can you see it??

Yes...I see it!!! So from that point 24hrs their air is OK? And if they are hatching correctly, the duckling should make its own hole on the top?

 

[Lacrystol]

Yes...I see it!!! So from that point 24hrs their air is OK? And if they are hatching correctly, the duckling should make its own hole on the top?

Correct doesn't mean they will be out, it could take them hours even days to come completely out.. But they need to make that hole within 24 hours of shadowing, But at the shadowing stage it's very stressful for them, this is when they have to get those lungs moving correctly, heart rate goes up, it's a very stressful stage at this time.

 

[calichicken]

Correct doesn't mean they will be out, it could take them hours even days to come completely out.. But they need to make that hole within 24 hours of shadowing, But at the shadowing stage it's very stressful for them, this is when they have to get those lungs moving correctly, heart rate goes up, it's a very stressful stage at this time.

So hours to days to actually cut through the outer shell and come out of the egg?