Unsure of an egg trying to hatch.

[LocalJuiceBox]

Hopefully, Just give the egg more time- its sometimes hard to see the veins on camera, but as long as you can see some and movement from the duckling, you should be okay. Once the incubator is here, transfer the eggs over-I dont think this egg is too close to hatch date- it has a bit to go yet in my opinion

Okay, so i see the incubator is close. Should I continue to turn it then? Why does it have bruises already ahhhh. I'm sorry Im just worried about the little thing . I have been spraying it to maintain the humidity i could without a humidifier and incubator.

 

[SilverBirds]

It's really hard to tell how far along it is from your pictures. What sort of sounds do you hear? I wouldn't turn it anymore (my opinion).

 

[LocalJuiceBox]

What sort of sounds are you hearing? Does it sound like scapeing?

More like... when you put your hand to your ear and you can hear the pulse, you can very faintly here moving around and a pulse sometimes. Or the sound of liquid. or little peeps. However we also have a bird family outside. So I am unsure if it is the egg peeping or the birds.

 

[LocalJuiceBox]

More like... when you put your hand to your ear and you can hear the pulse, you can very faintly here moving around and a pulse sometimes. Or the sound of liquid. or little peeps. However we also have a bird family outside. So I am unsure if it is the egg peeping or the birds.

In addition though this morning when i opened the tank i have them seperated in, (they are in a heat pad and in cloth so humidity is trapped in the cloth as well as heat) i could have sworn i heard a peep. It could have been the doors? but idk it was too clear of a peep

 

[SilverBirds]

If it IS peeping it has internally pipped. I'm not entirely sure what the sound of liquid would mean. I'm not sure if you are really hearing the pulse. It might be the duckling taping at the shell. What say you @BelovedBirds?

 

[BelovedBirds]

Okay, so i see the incubator is close. Should I continue to turn it then? Why does it have bruises already ahhhh. I'm sorry Im just worried about the little thing . I have been spraying it to maintain the humidity i could without a humidifier and incubator.

They can have bruising for lots of reasons, but you're doing all you can until the incubator gets here, so don't lose heart! You could probably turn it still, as it doesnt look ready for lockdown quite yet. But if you've missed a few days of turning don't worry, as after 14 days there isnt likely to be many issues caused by not turning them. So it's up to you.

Since you don't know the day it is on, I wouldnt put it into lockdown until the air cell drops, you'll notice the duckling has filled all the egg, and the cell will grow and draw down one side a bit, you may even see shadowing in the air cell-at which point you can safely lockdown.

 

[BelovedBirds]

More like... when you put your hand to your ear and you can hear the pulse, you can very faintly here moving around and a pulse sometimes. Or the sound of liquid. or little peeps. However we also have a bird family outside. So I am unsure if it is the egg peeping or the birds.

Probably the birds, the duckling cant peep until the shell is broken or there is an internal pip- And neither is the case from what I can see

 

[LocalJuiceBox]

They can have bruising for lots of reasons, but you're doing all you can until the incubator gets here, so don't lose heart! You could probably turn it still, as it doesnt look ready for lockdown quite yet. But if you've missed a few days of turning don't worry, as after 14 days there isnt likely to be many issues caused by not turning them. So it's up to you.

Since you don't know the day it is on, I wouldnt put it into lockdown until the air cell drops, you'll notice the duckling has filled all the egg, and the cell will grow and draw down one side a bit, you may even see shadowing in the air cell-at which point you can safely lockdown.

Ooh okay, thank you so much for helping. And yeahh we have a family of pidgeons i raised 2 years ago and they like to adopt chicks so i was wondering.. I will continue to candle the chick every 2-3 days, ill have it incubate with the other eggs. Right now I did see the air sack is a little too large due to not enough humidity but I am trying my best. thank you so much for walking me through this and everything. I will provide more updates in 2 days

 

[BelovedBirds]

In addition though this morning when i opened the tank i have them seperated in, (they are in a heat pad and in cloth so humidity is trapped in the cloth as well as heat) i could have sworn i heard a peep. It could have been the doors? but idk it was too clear of a peep

when my duckling internally pipped, I could hear a muffled chirp... chirp chirp.... chirp clearly coming from the egg, If I spoke to her, she would chirp back. It's usually quite clear. But sometimes you wont hear a chirp, instead it'll be a consistent tap, tap, tap from in the egg.

 

[BelovedBirds]

Ooh okay, thank you so much for helping. And yeahh we have a family of pidgeons i raised 2 years ago and they like to adopt chicks so i was wondering.. I will continue to candle the chick every 2-3 days, ill have it incubate with the other eggs. Right now I did see the air sack is a little too large due to not enough humidity but I am trying my best. thank you so much for walking me through this and everything. I will provide more updates in 2 days

You'll see a sudden expansion of air cell before hatch, and the duckling will fill all the egg, at which point you can bump the humidity and stop turning- so keep a close eye! Good luck