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It is hard to tell from the picture how much comes from dark color of the duck vs. the membrane itself, but the membrane on top also looks dark red to me. When I hatched mine, the membrane became clear when oiling it once the veins were fully absorbed, and all the little veins on top were gone...

I completely forgot about this, but yes, my duck eggs were extra gooey when hatching too compared to any of my chicks. I put them all in cups for nothing at the time :P Congratulations on your babies so far!

Keep checking for bruises regardless! This is the one mistake I made: I had a safety hole in air cell and though I could stop worrying about it, and then I guess the chick turned (maybe my handling it confused it? XD or I was mistaken about internal pip) and it ended up bruising the side/bottom...

yup, I use a disinfected needle too. (one meant for a sewing machine) I just gently scratch the surface of the egg in a tiny circle with the tip until i get through and then carefully poke through the film at the end and check if i can indeed see the beak. It takes a few minutes but i'm too...

:hugsYou'll do your best, that is all you can! But I totally get the nervousness! I was so worried I might miss a bruise that I put my alarm clock, got up every other hour all night for 3 days... and still failed to spot one because one egg bruised a second time in a different place :p And I...

oh my bad, I mixed things up haha I look forward to seeing the rest of the babies when they come out.

That explains the early shadowing then! congrats :)