*TWINS? X2??* help please

[Quackers08]

I just candled my eggs and it looks like there were 2 embryo's moving in 1 egg and im not sure about the other egg but i think it could be 2 in there also... Could someone tell me whats in these eggs please??

Egg 1: In this one, i didnt see movement but where the darker dot is on the right hand side, it looked like there was another one next to it on the left hand side??



Egg 2: In this one i could see 2 movements. You can see a clear black dot on the right hand side and a smaller, fainter dot on the left hand side. Is this twins?


This is my first artificial incubation and ive lost a lot of eggs due to temp fluctuations on the incubator as ive never used it before. I also am not 100% sure what i should be looking for. I have a rough idea from metzer farms website but when i see what looks like to (very strong) movements in egg 2 it completely stumps me! Any thanks is extreamly appreciated

 

[70%cocoa]

It does look a bit as if you have two developing in each of those eggs - especially egg 2. Are these two eggs noticeabley bigger than your other eggs?

If you do have twins in there then unfortunately they are unlikely to make it to the end

- the main problem is the oxygen supply. The surface area of an egg allows enough oxygen to migrate through to keep one embryo/duckling alive, but not two. They may get quite a long way along, nevertheless. At this stage I would leave the eggs in as you are not sure if they are twins or not. See how they go.

All the best of luck for your hatch. It is hard when your incubator won't hold a steady temperature, but I hope that it all comes together this time and you get some lovely babies.

 

[Quackers08]

I'm really hoping that at least 1 will survive the hatch even though the odds are against them. Thank you for your information. Do you have any Pictures of twins in eggs? Google isn't being very helpful

 

[duckyfromoz]

Hi Quackers08 below is a photo I took of a double yolker I incubated a while ago. You can clearly see in this egg the two entirely separate embryos - each on its own yolk. Of course as with humans it is possible to have twins develop from a single fertilization - but I have often seen what I think you are describing what you can see in your eggs. It can really look like two embryos sometimes as you are seeing the head and tail both closer to the shell with the rest of the body curling away from the outline and not as clearly seen with the light. The thought of twins can be very exciting- they really are very rare. These ducklings made it to day 27.5. So close- but sadly like so many other double yolkers- one died as it couldnt move its head to pip and killed the other.

 

[Quackers08]

That's also what I thought at first but then I saw just one move in another egg and it got me thinking again. Guess I'll just have to wait and see! Sorry for your loss

 

[Marwan]

As far as i know of twins that have survived they need to be helped out. they cannot come out on thier own so on the day that the first pip of the batch happens you should tend carefully to the twins if they have any chance of making it.

 

[PetDuck]

They look like twins to me.
I know how hard tempatures are to keep in homemade incubators!
I hatched my duckling in one though and he had all sorts off temps in his incubator!
I mean from 97-106!!!
Good luck and like Marwan said:
" they cannot come out on thier own so on the day that the first pip of the batch happens you should tend carefully to the twins if they have any chance of making it. "

 

[Mike Winters]

ya you will need to help them when they want out. its not like people where they have alot more womb to move around they cant avoid competing to get out of the egg

 

[CelticOaksFarm]

Usually one dies long before hatch time ever comes, which can compromise the living duckling. Often times neither make it and it can create a bad egg in the bator susceptible to oozing ect. Keep a close eye on them. I never reccomend leaving a twin egg in an incubator, not worth the risk of it popping.

 

[Quackers08]

I'll try help them out as much as I can in that case! As long as bone pip whilst I'm in France!