Bantam duck eggs rocking at 21 days

[FunnyfarmMidwest]

@Firsttimeduckmumma how are the eggs doing? Any babies yet?

 

[Firsttimeduckmumma]

Hi was going to message in a min ... so ducklings internally pipped last night around 9 or could of been before but it was 9 that I noticed ... I've been watching the incubator like a hawk today and no sign of external pip just some tapping but here we are 18 hours later and no progress for the poor little fellas, I'm going with my maturnal intuition and giving them an air hole, if I saw any progress on being able to pip I probs would have left them but as it is and having no information on silver bantams I'm treating them like call ducks and assuming they are going to find it difficult to get out .
Could do with a little advice on the time span now as in how long should I leave it untill further assistance might be needed ? X

 

[Firsttimeduckmumma]

All babies are still alive, we are 24 hours now since internal pip, and still no external pipping , we have done the emergency breathing hole and I feel a lot happier now I know they wont run out of air although it's still very stressful
I'm following the thread on here about assisted hatching and feel confident in the way it's been explained along with pictures (really does help)
Hopefully they will pip and zip on their own but ready to do all I can to help out

 

[Firsttimeduckmumma]

Welcome to the world

 

[Firsttimeduckmumma]

I have a video of one pushing itself out after assisting which shows perfectly how to know when they are ready but I'm struggling to put it on here

 

[FunnyfarmMidwest]

I have a video of one pushing itself out after assisting which shows perfectly how to know when they are ready but I'm struggling to put it on here

Welcome to the world

Congrats! They’re precious! Great job! Did they all hatch? To put a video on here you can upload it to YouTube or Vimeo then copy and paste the link here.

 

[Firsttimeduckmumma]

Oooo I can try but I've never uploaded anything before so might take me a while to work it out (I'm not very techy)
Yes all hatch 4 out of 4

 

[Firsttimeduckmumma]

I think I've manage to copy link!

 

[FunnyfarmMidwest]

I think I've manage to copy link!

Aww! I’m so happy for you! Great hatch and adorable babies! I enjoyed the video as well!