Thread formerly known as Hatch day is today

[Marty1876]

Morning all

 

[ChicagoDucks]

Fantastic Advice. Thank you, thank you, thank you. I will do that right now.

At this point, upon candling you should be seeing the duck in air cell. Look for movement or at least shadows in the air cell. Also look for pulsing in membrane where it meets the aircell. If you can't see anything... then you can try the float test. To do this test, place egg in bowl of warm water. If it vibrates then the egg is alive. QUICKLY remove egg and dry off water. If the egg does nothing under water, then sadly it is not alive.

 

[Marty1876]

Let us know.

 

[ChicagoDucks]

I candled and I saw that the air cell has been ruptured, some part of the duckling is in there. I should have taken a picture, but I was too nervous and didn't think of it until now. It kind of looked like this:


I saw movement, and I felt it kick or move in my hand while I was candling. Should I break the shell? Or leave it alone?

Let us know.

 

[Iain Utah]

Excellent news, Chicago!!!! Is your bator still or forced air? If running still air at 99, then your ducky would be a couple of days behind schedule and I'd leave it alone. If it is forced air (the fan should be turned off for hatching), I'd pip the shell. It does not hurt the baby or affect its hatching to pip the shell. Refer to Pete's hatching guide (it is a sticky thread). He gives step by step instructions with pictures for how to do this.

Keep us posted!

 

[Marty1876]

Yes, please do! And when he gets here, send a pic.

Aren't you talking to me today Iain??

 

[ChicagoDucks]

OH! It is forced air, and I actually turned up the fan for the hatch!!! Oops. Darn it. I thought I read that more air was needed at the time of hatch. I'll look up Pete's guide and keep you posted.

Excellent news, Chicago!!!! Is your bator still or forced air? If running still air at 99, then your ducky would be a couple of days behind schedule and I'd leave it alone. If it is forced air (the fan should be turned off for hatching), I'd pip the shell. It does not hurt the baby or affect its hatching to pip the shell. Refer to Pete's hatching guide (it is a sticky thread). He gives step by step instructions with pictures for how to do this.

Keep us posted!

 

[Iain Utah]

Hey Marty! My dewlaps are at my local post office... and will be here in a few hours!!!!

How's your day going?

Read the posts more carefully, silly woman.

 

[QuackerJackFarms]

I wish they where full grown birds

it would have been so awesome!

There kinda slow growing too. Mine is anyway. This lone bird I have is from Wild Horse Farms on Ebay. I had one other but it died mysteriously. Get pics when you can!

 

[Iain Utah]

They do need ventilation for hatching.... ie open vent holes... but having the fan turned on during hatching has the potential to dry the moisture up on the membrane, leading to shrink wrapping.