That's true, I'll have to get a cheap one for cases like this! Eventually I'd like to hatch my own birds for fun but I've always just let the momma ducks do it before.
Nope I see no movement, and don't hear anything. I thought maybe it had died since the last time I felt it moving, but I don't know. I figure the smelly drops are probably a good indication but I wanted to make sure before I remove it.
Yep here's the vid! There's some weird dark spots in the air sac area as you can see. I keep thinking surely it can't be alive because there have been tiny drops of clear, gooey, weird smelling liquid on the egg. But i feel its heart beating. There's just no way I can imagine that, it's obvious...
My muscovy duck's eggs hatched yesterday/early this morning except for two. One was definitely dead, the other I wasn't sure about, but now I just felt its heart beating.
The mom has left the nest with the other babies at this point, except for one duckling that had issues yesterday and she...