Day 29 of Incubating Duck Eggs, I'm Confused

Ash-Honeydew-and-Pepper

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Feb 24, 2020
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So first time incubating duck eggs, We started with 4 Ancona Duck Eggs, 2 made it to lock down, and now I'm just confused. One egg (#1) has not internally pipped and I am pretty sure isn't alive I saw no movement and the veins don't appear to be red anymore, (#2) I'm not sure if the other one has but there is a tiny shadow in the air bubble, which was there yesterday, the egg is sloshing around which I read means they are dead, but its moving? The Air bubble also grew in size over night a lot, I attached a photo of the one I'm pretty sure is dead (#1) and a video and a photo of the duckling that is moving (#2). Any Ideas of what the #2 egg is doing? and do I need to help if they are alive?
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#1 This egg was not moving from what I could tell and wasn't internally Pipped

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#2 This Is the video of took
 
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The second two pictures show that the duckling is/has internally pipping/pipped. Try holding one to your ear. If they have internally pipped you should hear tapping, clicking sounds.
 
Thank you! I was concerned about not hearing chirping but I hear the clicking! I couldn't find many pictures of internally pipping that didn't have the entire beak in the air bubble so I wasn't sure, So excited! :D:wee
 
Thank you! I was concerned about not hearing chirping but I hear the clicking! I couldn't find many pictures of internally pipping that didn't have the entire beak in the air bubble so I wasn't sure, So excited! :D:wee
The first egg I could not comment on as I couldn't see the air cell; the round end.

You are welcome. Try not to handle the eggs any more as it causes the humidity to change. Good luck.
 
The first egg I could not comment on as I couldn't see the air cell; the round end.
Yeah, I seemed to have forgotten to take a picture of the air bubble side, don't wanna take them out again I was concerned as the first egg was growing a bit slower than the rest, The air bubble is about the same size as the day 24 air bubble in this picture just a little smaller the last line that you see on the egg is day 21,
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There is a crack in the egg from the air bubble side from when our hen was sitting on the eggs (She kept moving off the eggs so we put them in a incubator), and I don't see any movement or anything alike a internal pip.
But anyways thanks for the help, sorry if my first post was a bit all over the place I was worried. I'll be sure to keep you updated.
 
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