Twins? What to expect?

[BrookieCookie]

Hey everyone, this is a candling video from Day 14 for mixed duck eggs. This egg appeared to have two dark embryos that moved separately when I candled a few days prior. This egg is still developing (at least one duck in there) on Day 25. Today I saw some lighter material when candling on the opposite side of the egg as the air sac. Incubation temps. and humidity should be ideal- eggs have been turned and cared for. Does this look like a twin? We are hatching these eggs as a class, I want to prepare my students to lose one or both if necessary. Or perhaps I can give them some hope for twins!

 

[nuthatched]

You'll likely loose both, a slim chance of just one.
But it's almost unheard of of both surviving and living more than a few days after hatch.

 

[BrookieCookie]

You'll likely loose both, a slim chance of just one.
But it's almost unheard of of both surviving and living more than a few days after hatch.

Does that look like twins? I've not hatched twins before, done autopsy's on every egg I've lost but never found twins.

 

[killmak]

Did you candle the eggs before setting them to check out air sacs and yolk? If you did did you see a double yolk?

 

[SilverBirds]

To me this looks like one baby.

 

[stinkyduckfeet]

I know this is old but can I get updated on what happened? When hatching a twin egg you have to assist them, its almost impossible for them to hatch out by themselves

 

[aart]

@BrookieCookie what happened with this egg?

 

[Grahmmy]

Hey everyone, this is a candling video from Day 14 for mixed duck eggs. This egg appeared to have two dark embryos that moved separately when I candled a few days prior. This egg is still developing (at least one duck in there) on Day 25. Today I saw some lighter material when candling on the opposite side of the egg as the air sac. Incubation temps. and humidity should be ideal- eggs have been turned and cared for. Does this look like a twin? We are hatching these eggs as a class, I want to prepare my students to lose one or both if necessary. Or perhaps I can give them some hope for twins!

What happened with this egg, please give an update.

 

[nuthatched]

What happened with this egg, please give an update.

If it was twins, we likely would have heard back.