The last of the ducks hatched today. I ended up with 3 moulards, 5 khaki Campbells, and a lone pheasant - the other chick pipped internally but not externally. Had one do the same thing last year. One breech pip, hatched with an assist. Another assist where the baby unzipped 3/4 of the way, then...
I don't worry about movement when I go into lockdown - I just verify that the egg is filled and doesn't look like late demise. If I see it, I'm thrilled, but if I don't see anything I don't sweat it. This lockdown I had little bills wiggling in all of my air cells. That's actually pretty...