1st time for kharki Campbell’s and a million questions please ! Xx

[MGG]

Ok, that’s nice to know. However, I have found that if humidity is high throughout incubation, turkeys and chicks have been known to pip and drown during the hatching process when too much goo oozes out of the membranes. My hatch rate improved when I started incubating at lower humidity. I had fewer pip-and-drown chicks.

I haven’t hatched very many ducklings yet, but I imagine they would be subject to the same possibility of pipping and drowning. Maybe not. Maybe waterfowl are better suited to more humid conditions.

Yes, I've heard they can drown too. I've never had it happen in the 100+ eggs I've hatched though so I have no experience with it. Waterfowl are much better at handling higher humidity.

 

[Michshell1]

I’m just curious, isn’t it dangerous to turn the eggs upside down to candle them? As in, if it happened to already be internally pipped, couldnt the fluid run through the pip hole and drown the chick?

I’ve not seen it done like that before. I always hold mine upright and shine the flashlight down onto the top of the egg. When I want to check what the bottom side (pointy end) looks like, I shine the flashlight upwards to that end. Sometimes I will hold the egg horizontal. But only if I’m pretty sure it’s a dead egg will I start turning it every which way in hopes of seeing something, anything, move.

I did ask this before if I’m suppose to hav them pointy end down all the time but didn’t really work it out, my light is on the incubater so I assumed I jus sat them on it if I put them on the pointy end I wudnt was anything, I won’t do it now il use a torch and go from the top, I don’t want them to drown!

 

[Michshell1]

Ok, that’s nice to know. However, I have found that if humidity is high throughout incubation, turkeys and chicks have been known to pip and drown during the hatching process when too much goo oozes out of the membranes. My hatch rate improved when I started incubating at lower humidity. I had fewer pip-and-drown chicks.

I haven’t hatched very many ducklings yet, but I imagine they would be subject to the same possibility of pipping and drowning. Maybe not. Maybe waterfowl are better suited to more humid conditions.

I hope now I’ve turned humidity down they won’t drown , all five still happy atm, first time but these tips are all helpful! Il report on hatching by next weekend! I started with 5 and I’d like to get all 5 I’m bit worried bout the humidity being too high at the beginning tho but that’s what I was told by lady I bought eggs from to put them at

 

[Michshell1]

Yes, I've heard they can drown too. I've never had it happen in the 100+ eggs I've hatched though so I have no experience with it. Waterfowl are much better at handling higher humidity.

So u think my air sacs hav got to the correct size now? I wasn’t sure, shall I keep humidity lower until I see internal pip then lockdown on higher? Thankyou for ur help x