I put a little bandaid on a cracked egg, because I’ve successfully had a duckling develop previously doing this. But this egg became so rotten it exploded around the time my baby rooster hatched. I had more eggs in there and though I tried cleaning it, my poor baby chick smelt a little bad the next few days as did the incubator. Thankfully all were safe. I really enjoyed watching your video, so much so that I couldn’t skip or fast forward, the way you speak is so entertaining and I love your sense of humour. Recently I’ve had ducklings in the incubator (well, I still do) and they were supposed to hatch two-three days ago now and none have even pipped. My incubator is new and a repurchase of the same model, however this time the lid just doesn’t close securely. It’s not noticeable unless you touch it. Is it the case that a reduction in humidity could prolong the hatch rate or lead the ducklings to develop a bit slower? I opened one of the eggs and could very plainly see it was a few days off from hatching and had a lot of egg yolk to absorb. It’s been I’d say 12+ hours since then and the duckling is still going strong. I’m just desperately trying to educate myself on this.
Yes, that is true. A lower humidity may cause the eggs to take a little longer to pip and hatch; the opposite, if the humidity runs too high. Did you candle your eggs when you placed them into lockdown? Also, be careful opening your egg... the drop in humidity from the lid being off could significantly dry out the inner lining of the egg and make it like "shrinkwrap." The duckling may not be able to get the shell open. I have helped some chicks that were stuck, but sometimes, they don't do well and are too weak to survive. Good luck, though, and keep me posted on your hatch. Thank you for watching.
@@FraylyFarmMiniHomestead thank you so much. Just lost the little duckling about an hour ago which I’m heartbroken and blaming myself for the cause, with the usual if only or what if. I’ll keep you posted on how the rest come along, day 30/28 🙏
@@FraylyFarmMiniHomestead also with candling they are all alive and moving around, but only today I noticed a lot of veins still in them. Not sure why yesterday when I candled they all looked about ready apart from one. I wish I went with my gut instinct and left it alone.
@MidiElls just consider this a learning lesson. We all learn from trial by error and Lord knows, I have made a ton of mistakes and still do. Hopefully the rest will hatch. Also, some duck breeds hatch at different # of days so that may also differ in hatch days for your eggs.
I put a little bandaid on a cracked egg, because I’ve successfully had a duckling develop previously doing this. But this egg became so rotten it exploded around the time my baby rooster hatched. I had more eggs in there and though I tried cleaning it, my poor baby chick smelt a little bad the next few days as did the incubator. Thankfully all were safe.
I really enjoyed watching your video, so much so that I couldn’t skip or fast forward, the way you speak is so entertaining and I love your sense of humour.
Recently I’ve had ducklings in the incubator (well, I still do) and they were supposed to hatch two-three days ago now and none have even pipped.
My incubator is new and a repurchase of the same model, however this time the lid just doesn’t close securely. It’s not noticeable unless you touch it.
Is it the case that a reduction in humidity could prolong the hatch rate or lead the ducklings to develop a bit slower? I opened one of the eggs and could very plainly see it was a few days off from hatching and had a lot of egg yolk to absorb. It’s been I’d say 12+ hours since then and the duckling is still going strong. I’m just desperately trying to educate myself on this.
Yes, that is true. A lower humidity may cause the eggs to take a little longer to pip and hatch; the opposite, if the humidity runs too high. Did you candle your eggs when you placed them into lockdown? Also, be careful opening your egg... the drop in humidity from the lid being off could significantly dry out the inner lining of the egg and make it like "shrinkwrap." The duckling may not be able to get the shell open. I have helped some chicks that were stuck, but sometimes, they don't do well and are too weak to survive. Good luck, though, and keep me posted on your hatch. Thank you for watching.
@@FraylyFarmMiniHomestead thank you so much. Just lost the little duckling about an hour ago which I’m heartbroken and blaming myself for the cause, with the usual if only or what if. I’ll keep you posted on how the rest come along, day 30/28 🙏
@@FraylyFarmMiniHomestead also with candling they are all alive and moving around, but only today I noticed a lot of veins still in them. Not sure why yesterday when I candled they all looked about ready apart from one. I wish I went with my gut instinct and left it alone.
@MidiElls just consider this a learning lesson. We all learn from trial by error and Lord knows, I have made a ton of mistakes and still do. Hopefully the rest will hatch. Also, some duck breeds hatch at different # of days so that may also differ in hatch days for your eggs.
@@FraylyFarmMiniHomestead I’m familiar with this and the ones I have are khaki Campbells. Very scary 😓