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Ah okay thank you so much! :) I can't tell you how much I appreciate the help!

Help again! One of my chicks appears to be very shrink wrapped but his beak is sticking out of the pip hole he has gotten less and less responsive so i went in a broke some of the shell away and tried to slowly peel the membrane bacl. There was a little blood so I stopped. Is he still aborbing...

I have two hatched mallard ducklings that are having a great difficulty standing and I fear their feet might be curved inwards too. What can I do to help them? Here is a picture. It has been almost 24 hours since hatch. They are trying very hard to stand. Can I take them out to put them on a...

About 24 hours I think. I am able to see in the egg and can see that the membrane is tight around it but could carefully peel it back with tweezers if i needed. What do you think?

Yes they are all very dry I got a cheap incubator that did a bad job at keeping it humid I think:( luckily #6 hatched about 30 minutes after I helped! He is now wrecking havoc in the incubator! :) I think I will help them even more as it really seemed to help.

Oh thank you so much. I can see the beak of the one I'm most concerned about and I will attach a picture. Its hard to see so i doubt this will help:/ Also egg #6 hatched as I was typing this!

Okay! I ended up helping four which seemed to be good. It was relatively easy except I think one or two might be "shrink wrapped?" Can I still save them? And if so how? Also is there a limit to how much I should help them because I honestly feel like I could hatch them completely out. I am...

Okay! Sorry to bother but another question. A couple eggs started to pip externally about two days ago and still have made little to no progress. I still see movement and hear chirping but I am starting to get worried. It even looks like one has begun to try and break a different part of the...

Okay good news! (I think!) 4 is moving and cheeping. When I tapped on shell it even tapped back! Very cool. Also several others have began to externally pip and I have added another sponge to up the humidity. Fingers crossed that all is well! Thanks for the advice I will keep you updated if...

I candled about two days ago and I believed they have all internally pipped. There was lots of movement and I believe I was able to identify the beak in almost all of them. (There's 10, if I didnt already mention that). Also, how important is lockdown? I see many people on here talking about...

Hi if anyone can help me I am hatching mallard eggs that were left behind when their mother died.. Two have started to "pip" I think but it has been over 24 hours and no progress. I can hear chirping and they shake but I am worried they are having a hard time. This could be due to low humidity...

Okay thank you!

A little over a week ago we found a dead mallard female on our front lawn. Cause unknown. We were very sad of course and also knew she had been sitting on a nest right outside our house. I quickly collected the eggs hoping to save and hatch them. I bought a cheap incubator at a tractor supply...