[graham-j]

Hi,just keep the humidity up next time to 50% and then over 70% for the last 3 days.The hatching problems are caused by the membrane drying out to much and turning rubbery.

Graham.

[HesterF]

Must be more to it - the ones under the broody are also having problems (one of them is the wrong end too). The good news is that the ducklings are all coming out OK (fingers crossed seven out of seven Appleyards are still alive with two of them half hatched & the rest now out). Just odd that the eggs have come from three different sources (from different parts of the country) and been incubated in two different ways. These will be my last duck hatches for this year so I hope next year will be easier....

H