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I purchased these from an Asian online Supermarket so it may be different from local grocery stores :)

@@moch1cia7 4 of my duck eggs from the store have veins in them

@SummerHenry-sp5bn Oh really? That is so exciting! What day are they on?

Hello! There are two ways-- either to open one up and check the yolk for fertility or to just incubate the egg and see if there is any development. If you are purchasing supermarket eggs, fertility is usually stated on the packaging (for ex; rock island). If you plan on opening the egg, the way to check for fertility is to look for the white spot on the egg yolk. All egg yolks will have a white spot, but fertile ones will have a bullseye appearance while non fertile ones will just have a plain dot. I hope this helps! Please let me know if you have any other questions :)

Okay thanks

Hi, good question! It is ultimately a hit or miss as you really can't tell which brands are fresher as each batch differs as well. However, I had success with almost every fertile brand-- Rock Island, fertile eggs from Trader Joe's and Japanese markets have all well for me (though one of the dozens I bought seemed to be older so only one egg out of twelve showed development). If you want the absolute freshest eggs, I would recommend purchasing from local sellers/farms (though they are a lot more expensive). Also just fyi, eggs that have been kept for a while still have a chance to develop and hatch so don't be discouraged! The oldest egg I successfully hatched was around a month old and was even kept in the fridge for a while. I hope this helps and goodluck :)

Thank you for the reply

They didn’t get these eggs from the supermarket - which supermarkets do you know put elastic bands around the carton? And secondly, egg farms won’t have a drake anywhere near the layers. They are misleading (actually down right lying to) you. You won’t hatch a supermarket egg, they aren’t fertile.

@@puzzlerd1520 he literally said that there is a rare chance

Definitely NOT a supermarket! Supermarket eggs aren’t fertile. She’s a liar. These are fertile eggs from a farm.

@@puzzlerd1520 bruh

@@puzzlerd1520 supermarkets some times sell eggs marked at fertile

@@puzzlerd1520 i saw one at stop&shop

@@puzzlerd1520 Thanks for trying to answer questions for me, but like I said please do some research or at least have evidence before spreading false information. Also, I hope you know that supermarkets receive their eggs from farms 😂 Recap: Many supermarket brands have free-ranged ducks/chickens allowing males and females in the same area. There are quite a few brands that actually advertise their eggs as fertile such as Rock Island. While it is not guaranteed every egg is fertile from EVERY carton in the supermarket, there is still a chance for few eggs to be fertile. I have found most success in quail and chicken eggs, not so much in ducks from grocery stores. However, I have had amazing results from the eggs shown in the video, purchased from an online supermarket! :)

True that!!!

@@docdavis2187 I was so sad ;-;

@@Abowloforangejuice its a VERY rare chance

@@Abowloforangejuice its like 1-1000

Hello, chick starter/crumble is perfect for ducklings! You could also crush adult duck food and feed it to them as well.

Haha I'm Taiwanese, 我住美國 😁

原来。太可爱了你的鸭

Yes of course! Before I had the flashlight I used my phone camera, although darker colored eggs are harder to see through.

Yeah, it's an online grocery store that ships directly to your desired location!

I'm guessing that you are American?

That’s because they aren’t actually getting fertile eggs from the supermarket - you are correct! They lie to people to get the attention.

I would say around 2-3 months-- once their feathers are fully grown in!

Thanks! Yes, they were previously refrigerated when I received them. Refrigerated fertile eggs typically still have a chance of hatching, though lower than non refrigerated. Hope this helps!

They grow at a tremendous rate within the first few weeks. However, the full grown ducks you saw were ones that I hatched previously, about 2-3 weeks older 😊

They sure do! Glad you enjoyed the video 😊

I wish! I don't know how to ship eggs unfortunately 🥲

Hello, the incubator I use is the Janoel 24, but any other reputable incubator should work just fine. The eggs I have were purchased from Weee though you could purchase some off of ebay to hatch. Wish you the best of luck!

LOL they can get annoying but it is absolutely worth their cuteness 🥰

Unfortunately the seller I purchased my incubator from no longer sells the Janoel 24, but any other reputable incubator like the janoel 12, nurture right, magicfly all should work fine. Just try to avoid the cheap asian incubators, as those tend to flunctuate in temperature and humidity easily. Hope this helps!

There are many different breeds and patterns, yellow ducklings typically grow up to be fully white (pekin, white layer, etc.) The black/brown ducklings may grow up to be khakis, golden hybrids, etc. Hope this helps!

Lockdown typically starts 3 days before hatching. If you spot any internal pips before lockdown, I recommend you to go into lockdown immediately as the chick/duckling is preparing to hatch. Hope this helps!

thanks!!

Not if it doesn’t need it but u should if it’s a life or death situation and im assuming it was

Hello, sorry I was quite busy with my kid's graduation these past weeks-- one of them is going to college! That sounded like quite an eventful hatch. It's a miracle it survived even after what happened! All your hard work and efforts paid off. I am glad I was able to help you with the hatch. And yes! I would definitely like pictures! I'll send you a text in a bit. Thank you so much, and it was my pleasure to be able to help! :)

Hello, great job saving the egg! It sounds like a lot of care was put into it :) I will try to help you as much as I can! The eggs I've incubated tend to start wiggling two or three days before internal pip. Personally (along with quite a few others), I think that it is okay to open the incubator at lockdown as long as the humidity doesn't drop below 60%. Since I open the incubator pretty frequently during lockdown because I am usually hatching call duck eggs (which are typically harder to hatch and require more assistance), I always place a wet paper towel into the incubator so that the humidity maintains. I would say you can go ahead and quickly take the egg out to candle it. It is absolutely okay, as ducks often leave their nests for shorts periods of time when they are incubating their eggs. Look for any internal pips in the air cell. If there aren't any pips and the duckling is constantly pushing against the membrane/having difficulty breathing or even blowing bubbles inside of the liquid, I would open the shell a little and slightly open the membrane so that it can breathe. If that is what you do, make sure to maintain the humidity around 70% so that it doesn't shrinkwrap. Since the exact date of the egg isn't known, I would try to candle it every 12 hours in case it needs assistance. If the duckling neither internally pipped nor is pushing against the membrane, looks for bruise spots like the one at 2:51 in the video. But make sure to open the membrane a little bit so that it can breathe. Also, shrinkwrapping isn't as fatal as it sounds. As long as proper assistance is given and the duckling has air to breathe, there shouldn't be any problems :) If none of those are the case, I would wait a little longer 12-24 hours, and then go based off of then. There are no such things as deadlines when incubating eggs. There was once when I completely messed up the calendar of the eggs I was incubating, so I had no idea when everything was supposed to happen. As soon as I saw the duckling taking deep breathes and struggling inside the membrane I opened the membrane a little bit so that it can breathe properly. It ended up hatching on it's own, and is doing super well! For chirping, I typically don't hear them until they have internally pipped so don't worry yet. For the hairline crack, I haven't heard of that happening before, so I am not completely sure what could have caused it. Definitely take the egg out to see whats going on. It might be caused by the duckling externally pipping, or the duckling kicked the egg too hard. I am not sure what it looks like so I cannot say for sure. If what you see is cracks leading up to a small hole, then that is probably an external pip. Open the area just a tiny bit so that the duckling has more air. Egg hatching is always a very exciting yet terrifying process. In summary, definitely take out the egg from the incubator quickly, and check the hairline crack/candle the air cell. Try not to keep it out for longer than 30 minutes. When you take out the egg, put the lid back on and keep the incubator running so that the temperature doesn't drop. If and when you open the egg, and there are bright red and thick veins, it is not ready to come out, so just pop it back into the incubator and wait 12-24 hours longer then check again. It is for sure a good sign that the duckling is moving when he/she hears sounds. If you have any other questions, feel free to ask! I am glad to help. Good luck! I wish you the best! :)

@@moch1cia7 OMG, thank you sooooo much! We are really so ignorant when it comes to farm animals and birds especially. A lady on the other side of town had found it abandoned on top of her mulch. She waited ~36 hours after finding it, but no parent ever showed back up. Since I have successfully raised a multitude of orphaned squirrels over the years, as well as some already-hatched robins and sparrows, I volunteered to try and see if it was even viable, after another wildlife person, and many neighbors, told her to just leave it and forget it. Boy, did I get more than I bargained for! I never dreamed it could be so complicated with all the temperature settings, humidity settings (and trying to maintain the humidity levels!), what you can and cannot do, and just the gazillion things you could accidentally do that would kill it! I feel like I’ve aged ten years in two weeks!!! Thank you so very much for answering!!! I told my daughter I would try to get hold of you but since you have hundreds of people watching your videos, I doubted if you would ever even see, let alone answer my message! If we put him in lockdown two days ago, then it is not expected that he should have broken through the air hole or the egg shell yet? Do you think maybe I should wait a little longer before I get involved? Thank you for everything!!!💝

@@patrick9600 No problem! I'm glad to help, and I'm very happy that you took the time and efforts to help the egg! It is very sad and unfortunate that animals often get abandoned and ignored. Those who help them out are real heroes. Incubating eggs is a very difficult and intricate process, but the ducklings and chicks that hatch out make it 100% worth it! I myself am still in the process of improving/perfecting my incubation technique. Personally I think the incubation process is only a very rough guideline of what should happen. There are always ones that are slower or faster, and that is completely natural. Nature doesn't have a clock. That being said, it is not expected especially if the date is uncertain. I have had ducklings pip a few days late, while some pipped right at the start of lockdown. Typically, I actually like to start lockdown based off of the progress inside the egg. For example once the eggs start to rock, internally pip, etc. What happens most often for me is that the duckling internally pips one or two days before the hatch date. Assuming that the egg you have is around 24-27 days old, the egg should be close to internal pip. My advice for you right now would be to take the egg out of the incubator and candle the egg/check the exterior for the crack you mentioned. If there are no bruises, internal pips, or struggling visible, then I would wait a little longer (12-24 hours). If you can't exactly see what's going on inside the shell, poke a tiny little hole. From there you can see if the membrane whether tightly wrapped onto the duckling (shrink wrap), in the process of pipping, chewing on the membrane, etc. Please do keep me updated so I can give you further advice! :)

@@moch1cia7 Thank you, Felicity! This is Sheila, BTW. I know it says Patrick, but that is my son. I am scared to death I’m going to kill this little guy one way or another😰! I have read that they should read be turned because they have gotten into position, and that turning them will upset all those efforts. It is lying longways on its side, though. If I were to candle it, I’d need to turn it upright. Would that detach him or move him from the position he worked so hard to get into? I wish you lived in NJ! I feel like this poor little thing is dependent on me and I am so ignorant as to how to properly care for him. I also worry how I will manage to keep the humidity over 70% while working on him. It is plugged in in a bedroom right now to keep him safe from our pets. If I move it into the bathroom, I can turn the shower on hot which will steam up the room. But I’d need to unplug it to get it down to the bathroom, and that trip down the hall alone could send the humidity or temperature too low... Thank you again!

P.S. Airhole is growing bigger still-not sure if that’s good, bad, or neither. It’s approaching 1/2 the egg now.