I stop turning once I see the shadowing along the lower part of the air cell. This tells me 24-48 hours I should see internal pip
After internal pip I up the humidity
He / she looks great
I knew by the candle pics he was ready
They never take that long to zip once they get going unless they get a foot over the head and get stuck
You did great
Being patient and waiting for help
Then zipping him and letting him come out
I have had some be a bit wobbly...
I’m not seeing any yolk sac.
No blood in the egg
That’s possibly egg goo that sits at the bottom of the egg after hatching or can be slightly attached to baby
You will be able to watch to signs of hatching
Shadowing along the lower part of the air cell
Eggs rocking
And air cell dipping forward really fast as well as how full the eggs are
Regular duck eggs shadow day 22-25 anywhere in there
You can take videos and post and we can help you figure...
He is absorbed and ready to come out
Just zip the rest of the way for him
May need to take a little shell off above his head as his foot needs room to move so he can get his head out
Pull the zipped cap back and baby should push out
He won’t need back in his egg
Set him back in the bator to...
If baby made all that my guess is he tried to zip and got stuck with a foot over the head
If you can Candle above the head not in the air cell you should be able to see in and see if veins are gone
That’s how I know if mine are ready to be helped
Usually don’t see them zipping unless ready
By looking at the pics those veins looks clear
Only tiny really thin ones I see a little red still
The bigger ones look like there is no blood in them
If you don’t see any movement and those bigger thick veins are empty my thoughts are baby passed
I have no idea why as baby didn’t have the...
I started with one goose ( gosling 4 weeks old )
I knew eventually I would get her a mate
But when she went into her hormone cycle she thought the ducks she grew up with would be her mates
She would lay down for them in the pool or try climbing on top of them
So her gander came faster then I...
Unfortunately if they don’t bruise or get into air cell there is no way to safely hatch them
Shadowing doesn’t mean trying to internal pip
Mine shadow for 48-72 hours before they break into air cell
Making a safety hole to a baby that’s not got in the air cell will do nothing
Look outside the air cell for bruising in case they are in the wrong position
Thry can take up to 48 hours after external pip that was in the air cell
72 hours if external pip was outside the air cell
Just let baby absorb and rest
Well end of day 53 I opened the air cells and no babies at all
My bstor did spike to 110 on me in the first few days
I think it killed any cells that would have started
The lady I got eggs from hatched before and after me as well as the one other person she sold to before me
A little...
I’m trying to catch up
I never make a safety hole in an egg unless there is internal pip or a bruise happens outside the air cell and then I will make a pin hole in the middle of the bruise
Some of those eggs look far from hatching
There is way to much liquid and room yet
The deep shadowing...
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I did a short video of the tap test today
These eggs were really tilted a few days ago
Now 3 are almost not tilted at all and one still has a bit bigger tilt not like it was though
Still warm at one end abd cools at air cell end
I’m on day 50 and have yet to see any wiggles
The eggs did start to tilt around 2-3 weeks are not as tilted since day 48
I smell them and nothing bad
No leaking
They have all lost the exact same amount of weight and are about 14.5 % of total loss
But have a few days left
If I take them out...