Still no ducklings!!

[Farm life101]

Keep waiting ..The top one is dead..

Yeah I thought so.... thanks

 

[chickens really]

Yeah I thought so.... thanks

Sorry......The other one might be alive?

 

[Farm life101]

Sorry......The other one might be alive?

So if this other one hatched it will need a friend right? Last time I hatched a single chick it would chirp VERY loud as if it was crying if it couldn’t see me (don’t want that again lol) will a duck be fine by itself as a baby?

 

[chickens really]

So if this other one hatched it will need a friend right? Last time I hatched a single chick it would chirp VERY loud as if it was crying if it couldn’t see me (don’t want that again lol) will a duck be fine by itself as a baby?

It will definitely need a friend but a mirror and a Teddy work till you can find it a friend...

 

[Pyxis]

This is the inside of the incubator but I never hear a fan so I’m assuming it’s a still air incubator

If this is a still air, then your temperature has been low. 99.5 is the temperature for a forced air incubator with a fan. That stays constant throughout incubation too, and you don't drop it to 99 for lockdown, there's no need to do that.

However, for still air the temperature should be 101.5 degrees measured at the top of the eggs. If your incubator is indeed still air, then your temperature has been low the entire time, and that will cause a late hatch. I can see in some of your candling pictures that the egg is still alive with good veining. For now, just wait - it will hatch late. You should also raise your temperature to 101.5 if you do think this incubator is still air.

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I believe this confusion is coming from your typo of 'then' in a previous post where you accidentally left the 't' off having been read as actually being 'hen' and not a typo, and thinking you were talking about hatching with a broody hen.

 

[Farm life101]

If this is a still air, then your temperature has been low. 99.5 is the temperature for a forced air incubator with a fan. That stays constant throughout incubation too, and you don't drop it to 99 for lockdown, there's no need to do that.

However, for still air the temperature should be 101.5 degrees measured at the top of the eggs. If your incubator is indeed still air, then your temperature has been low the entire time, and that will cause a late hatch. I can see in some of your candling pictures that the egg is still alive with good veining. For now, just wait - it will hatch late. You should also raise your temperature to 101.5 if you do think this incubator is still air.



I believe this confusion is coming from your typo of 'then' in a previous post where you accidentally left the 't' off having been read as actually being 'hen' and not a typo, and thinking you were talking about hatching with a broody hen.

Oh lol. Will turn temp up. Thank you

 

[Farm life101]

The blue one I decided was not viable and when I opened it up it had started growth but only for about a week. The other egg still has not hatched.

 

[Miss Lydia]

I’m sorry. Can you see any movement the last egg?

 

[Farm life101]

It’s now day 33 and not even a pip or chirping. It doesn’t move like it used to but it did move a little this morning. Getting a little worried, is this normal?

 

[Farm life101]

Also the egg now looks like this witch I find very odd however it still keeps its warmth when I take it out.