When should I hear a heartbeat in my duck egg?
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And the story goes: the Duck race is a a non-competetive, in aid of charity contest that take place, every year since 2005, in several cities all around the US. You can «adopt» a rubber duck (as the ones shown in this picture) and, if your duck places on the first five positions, you’ll win a prize.
This year, our duck was number 131.254!
As shown in the coming pictures, the huge load is dumped from Columbus bridge into Chicago river from a yellow truck, and then the huge group is pushed from a firefighters boat with firehydrants, till they reach the finishing line, right before the Michigan av. bridge.
The whole thing is about charity, as the money raised (5$ for adopting a duck in the race, and some merchandising that is, indeed, very cool, such as the two ducks shown on the pictures, named Alfredino and Alfredone) go to the Special Olympics. You can learn more on the official website.
Our duck — it goes withouth saying — didn’t win a thing, but our deepest enjoyment of the entire contest.
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Question by Tasha: When should I hear a heartbeat in my duck egg?
I have had my mallard duck egg, that i found, for 16 days (in a homemade incubater) and it was doing fine, i can see no blood in the veins and can see no movement or heartbeat, when should i be able to? It is still growing though. How should i go about hatching it not in a proper incubater?
Please Help, I really want it to hatch 🙂
Thank You
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I have never hatched duck eggs, just chicks. I have been able to see the hearbeat, but never hear it. The only thing you can really hear is when the chick is smacking to get out of the shell, and still some do not hear it over the noise of their incubator.
Candling isn’t always easy, even more so if your room isn’t dark enough, or your egg is darker in color. But, if the duckling is growing, that is sure signs that he is alive. Each time you look in the egg, the duckling doesn’t move. Which can trick you into thinking he is dead.
I would try to leave him alone. Homemade incubators doesn’t mean a bad incubator. If you got this far, I don’t see why he can’t hatch, and you are halfway there (duck eggs hatch around day 26, through the 28th.)
They say to drop the temperature to 98.5 (don’t worry about it if that can’t be done) And to try to raise your humidity to 94%. And no turning starting day 26.
Also, do realize that ducks are flock animals, and he will be needing at least one friend if he hatches.
Best of luck, and hopefully a duckling. If you have any questions feel free to contact me via email,
Jamie/Rhode Runner
rhode runner
May 31, 2013 at 5:17 am