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Thanks- Any victory I have I owe to all the pros here in the duck forum (: yall are the best!

Thanks- I should have helped a little less but they were all shrinkwrapped so I couldn't even see several of their beaks. I was able to save three and I don't know if I could have saved more with a little more care. Now that I've had this hatch, I know what to do if I ever have to again but...

And the outer membrane was tan just about everywhere i moved shell. Out of 9 eggs, 4 seem to have heathy ducklings, 2 died after pipping and 3 never pipped at all so I don't know if they're alive or not- thought I heard tapping but maybe that was wishful thinking. . Everyone's beaks are clear...

Ok, good to know about the sponge.bI ended up helping- most hadn't made any progress in over 24 hours so I pulled back the shell in a couple places to see dried membrane. I wet it and made a very tiny hole and saw the inner membrane looked shrink wrapped to the chick. I made a hole big enough...

We got back from town and we see this? Blood? I promise I'll have this more figured out by the next hatch!

Look normal? I was scared it looked dried out so I added a couple damp paper towels. But I'm also worried the humidity is too high. His beak is rubbing against the membrane, just hasn't poked through

Ok maybe I won't bring her in then. She probably wouldn't love it. I just didn't know how maternal they were. I had three that just made a tiny crack- not even a hole this morning. For one it's been over 12 hours. Should I at any point peel back one of the tiny shell pieces to make sure they are...

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Ok... I don't think I could sneak on her, but maybe I'll bring her in and see if she's interested. Although she wasn't a great setter so maybe she wouldn't be the best mother! And I have a small crack in an egg finally but I'm so scared humidity is too high or low. I want to peel back part of...

Thanks @orca5094 ! You are like the benevolent queen of hatching ducklings (: And while I oh-so-impatiently wait, let me ask something else. I have an Ancona that went broody over 7 eggs. Poor dear is down to one egg. Thing is, it's rotten. She still takes care of it- she even moved her nest...

They started tapping last night, peeping this morning and still no pipping!!! How long? Are they stuck? I'm so ready! Day 29 is almost over!

Does that work?

I will! I hear occasional peeping now! I've been googling like crazy and I've seen so many things that can go wrong that I'm just freaking out! Ready for baby ducks. I tried to upload a pic but I don't know how from my phone. I'll try to figure it out so I can show them to yall when they hatch :D

I haven't candled but before lockdown I did, and they seemed full and I didn't see any pushin at the air cell then but I'm a noob and wouldn't have noticed. . I put them on lockdown on day 24 (counted the start date as one oops) and today is day 29 and several are tapping but none have pipped...

that's ok! Well it's the end of 28 and still nothing! I gently listened to one with a stethoscope and heard some light tapping but the eggs don't seem to be moving, none are pipping. How long can they take? I'm so invested in these eggs- they have to make it!

Day 27- I have no movement/pipping/cheeping. Is that ok? I put them on lockdown a day early bc I was counting from the day I started instead of the next day. They've been healthy and moving the whole time and the only time I'm cracking the lid of my incubator is to pour warm water in to keep...