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i had this same problem today. It was 48 hours since the external pip. I helped him and he turned out just fine.

Thank you. I will look into that. I just went over and checked on him and he seemed to be making progress but very slowly. I think he is trying to zip. Should I still help him?

Hi, so I have 10 mallard duck eggs in my incubator right now. One of them externally pipped Thursday afternoon. It is now Saturday afternoon and in those two days are it has made are three pips in the egg. It is still moving but not quite as much as yesterday. Is it time to assist this guy...

Okay, thank you!

Hi, so right now I am incubating several mallard duck eggs and I have a question about one of them. So, last night (day 15) I was candling them and when I was looking at one of them its veins were kind of moving around with the egg and then it looked like some little thing fell of the vein in...

I found him a few hours later! Forgot to post on here!

I left some food out so well seen. It’s been a few hours…

Okay, so they are all now hatched but I have a new problem. One of my baby quails that I was holding in my garage got away. Like ran under a few shelves and refrigerator that we have outside. I can’t even see it now. Does anyone know if they is any way to get it out? I can’t move anything to get...

Five are now hatched!

Three out of the four eggs I helped have hatched and are doing well! Fourth one still needs time.

Hi, thanks for your reply! I went ahead and assisted four of the eggs and so far three have hatched and are doing well. I think they were definitely ready to come out!

Yes, I'll just wait and see. The few that are partially opened seem tp be doing alright as of right now and the other 11 have piped too.

Yes, I have a calibrated thermometer. I gave them a two days chance to hatch on their own but they didn't do anything.

You were right, I got one out and he seems to be doing okay. Hatched in my hand actually after a little help. I am waiting on the others to dry up a bit before helping. They had been piped for so long I just knew I had to help.

Okay, so I started assisting as far as I could and here they are now. (That one has candle wax because I dropped it early on in incubation.