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Thanks. My conclusion is that air sac size is probably more important than egg weight if you don't know how fresh the eggs are. Only 2 ducklings hatched, both on day 27. The other three died in their shells between days 24 to 26. Over the course of the incubation period these three eggs lost...

Hi, I'm incubating Aylesbury duck eggs for the first time. 5 out of 12 are still viable today (day 14). All the eggs had large air sacs on candling on day 1 after they arrived by post (ebay). The average weight of the 5 good eggs has reduced by the right percentage over the past 14 days with...