So My broody hen has been sitting on 3 duck eggs for a while now, and yesterday was hatching day. They have not made any progress at all. I hear one pointlessly tapping, but it's not working. Two have pips, and the last has a crack from being pecked at, and I can see its down from the hole. On all three of the eggs the membrane is really leathery, and kind of brown with this gummy brown gunk under it. I am pretty sure they are shrink wrapped, and I'm sure they had too low humidity throughout the incubation period, since the hen couldn't get it up. This is my first broody hatch and I'm worried. Last night, I put warm damp paper towels around the eggs and this morning I did that again. When should I intervene? They've been making no progress for 24 hours now. On two of the eggs I can see the ducklings bills, breathing, but the last one, it's barely moving and I can't see its head. That one I'm almost sure is shrink wrapped.
Please help a nervous duckling momma,
~RandomQueen
Please help a nervous duckling momma,
~RandomQueen