Today found a crack on duck egg, help?!

[Terri E]

I'm using a still air incubator and noticed the humidity temp gradually rising and its current at 57. I attempted to lower it and it worked but it's getting back up, now at 46. Humidity. Is this normal?

I searched to try to find the reason and can only guess of a line crack on one of the duck eggs. Now, I had already candle lit them a close to 2weeks ago and find that all 11 eggs are still alive.

I have gotten them from the nest a day after the freeze last month. I did question of the chances of survival and they all did and developed good. Now, I have forgotten to date when I placed them in. Can estimate that they should hatch this or next week!

My cat ncern with that one crack egg is, what can or should I do? I felt I should have not don't this but did check in the baby and still alive. Was I wrote no to check?

The crack is vertical it like when a baby chick does to (zigzag) to hatch. Does this means it's hatching to time? If so, it's my first in incubating duck eggs and am like a new nervous mom on this.

 

[PlymouthRockBBredSebright]

Ok, humidity levels should be 55%, and temperature at 99.5 Fahrenheit

 

[PlymouthRockBBredSebright]

Ok, humidity levels should be 55%, and temperature at 99.5 Fahrenheit

Common duck breed eggs usually take about 28 days to hatch. How long have they been incubated for?

 

[Terri E]

Common duck breed eggs usually take about 28 days to hatch. How long have they been incubated for?

Ok, had to search in here to find out of my first posting on: Duck eggs - Frozen. I posted this on the 17th of January and placed them in the incubator on that same day or the next.

So, I'd like to say on January 17, 2018.

 

[PlymouthRockBBredSebright]

OH!!!!!! Your eggs should hatch very soon then!

 

[PlymouthRockBBredSebright]

Your egg may actually be hatching right now!

 

[Terri E]

So, counted the days, turns out they should hatch on Valentine's Days (if I actually placed them in the incubator on the 17th) Just four days! Regardless, of this, I'm still concerned.

I've also seen a few posts about somethings of taping?

 

[PlymouthRockBBredSebright]

yup, you could use masking tape or even wax to fix it if it is obvious the chick is still alive

 

[Terri E]

Your egg may actually be hatching right now!

This is how I feel on the crack

This is how I feel thinking exactly what you stated

 

[PlymouthRockBBredSebright]

Haha! Yup, it could definitely be hatching!https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/breed-and-gender-guess-contest.1220981/