I have one chick hatched and in brooder now , waiting on second egg , the first chick was rolling it around so had to take it out if the incubator , its not really walking but legs seem OK, it hatched itself
Both great ideas however this one had no holes , just holes underneath for ventilation , anyway nothing much happening for now , rocking now and then but that's all , not going to sleep tonight !!
I put coconut oil on to stop it drying out , I don't think it's shrink wrapped, I do have one other egg in there that has pipped , tbh the incubator has been at 70 humidity pretty consistently and yes I have a hygrometer in there , will increase it a little now. Its a terrible design so you have...
Made a hole in membrane , felt quite crisp , duckling peeping like mad , tried to candle but it's obviously alive, should I keep moist or leave alone now
Second egg pipped but shell remains on the pip , a bit fell off the other one. Don't want to keep opening the incubator but the design is awful , dark lid and no viewing pane :(
Discolouring round pip and membrane also discoloured now , I did put some oil on it earlier , can still hear duckling inside , membrane definitely intact. Had to open to lid to take pictures , humidity is 71.
Still no progress , can someone let me know if I should just leave them can hear crunching sounds from egg, have moistened external membrane , I'm assuming they can breathe through that , should I moisten again with coconut oil or leave
I have a drake and 3 female ducks , I have tried incubating eggs from them last year and none developed , I have 8 in the incubator currently and on day 7 with no signs of development , on checking eggs I can see they are fertile but nothing happening in the incubator. The incubator is working...