I noticed a bruising on the outside of the egg so I candled the egg while it was in the incubator. You know how the air sac looks bright white before they pip internally?
Well the air sac isn't bright white anymore. In fact it appeared fairly dark and the tip of the egg has a darkness to it...
Oopps. I candled again today. Hope that wasn't bad. I'm still not sure if it internally pipped. Today it looked the same ad yesterday... The shadowing is a little bigger, but I don't see an actual bill yet or chirping. Just shadowy movements that seem to be just at the edge, not in the middle of...
I just candled them both just now and again I can see tiny shapes right at the edge if the air cell where it meets the shadowed part of the egg. And I felt the little one peck! 😍 When they do internally pip will I see their beak in the middle of the air cell instead of at the side?
I'll will...
Hello. Thank you for your response. Today is day 27 for one of the two eggs. This particular one is moving and when I candle the egg I can see something moving just at the edge of the air cell but not actually in the center of the air cell. I've watched videos of ducks internally pipping and the...
Today is day 25 for my duck eggs. One is a Peking and the other is a mallard mix.
So I candled today and neither of them have internally pipped yet. I have been turning them today like normal. Tomorrow is lockdown and I read for people with homemade incubators that have trouble keeping...