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https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/goose-incubation-hatching-guide-completed.491013/ It’s really helpful!

I thought I saw a little buff in there🥰

They’re so adorable! What breed or mix are they?

I’m keeping 6! But I still have all 20. The new owner is supposed to pick the others up in about 5 days

You could post a candling picture. You may have to start an assisted hatch with that one but if you do, make sure to read the hatching guide again. The main thing is to go slow. Did I share the goose and waterfowl incubation and hatching guide already

You gave it a safety hole?

Has it internally pipped?

Hi I stop turning when the ducklings internally pip - stick their bills into the air cell. I raise the humidity to around 70% when I see the first external pip. Hope this helps! Let us know if you have more questions

That does possibly look like an internal pip. But if it’s not moving that’s not good. You could make a tiny safety hole in the shell into the aircell. Just pinhole sized, use a screw or drill bit. If the duckling is alive that will allow it to breathe. You can also do this for any of your other...

The picture isn’t showing up for me

You can also hold it close to your ear and listen for quiet clicking. When the ducklings internally pip, they start breathing and it sounds like clicking

Since it’s day 27, the ducklings get so crowded that it’s sometimes harder to see them move. But they should be starting to internally pip - stick their bills into the aircell. Have you been able to see that? Usually when I have eggs with darkening patches like that, the egg is dead. The only...

Hi, when was the last time you saw signs of life from the patchy dark one? When did it develop the dark spots?

I understand about feeling heartbroken that your teenage ducks aren’t the sweet babies they used to be. I’ve had that happen with my last batch of ducklings. One day they decided they wanted nothing to do with me and wouldn’t even eat out of my hand. But the good thing is that didn’t last...

Yay!!!!!

They are too cute!!!!! Beauty left, Lovely right

You can leave them in overnight if you want, or transfer them to your brooder. Since they’ve all hatched, you can take them out any time.

This is pretty much what I do too. I’m careful to open and close the incubator quickly, but I won’t hesitate to help as often as needed. My first hatch, out of 29 that survived to lockdown, 28 hatched. 2nd batch, 20 out of 20 survived

Yes, unless there is bruising outside the aircell, or a duckling starts zipping and gets stuck

It could take another 48 hours for them to hatch, or it could be a bit sooner