I don't think you killed her we probably won't ever know why, my duck that just hatched one lone duckling 2 weeks ago. the only other one , had the same thing happen except it managed to pip through the shell then died. It's sad and I'm sorry.. Lets just hope that if it couldn't make it out then it was meant to be and might have had something wrong with it which would have been even more heartbreaking. Okay so the one that has broken the shell is still peeping right?I candled it and there was absolutely no movement... she had broken through the air pocket. I am so afraid that I killed her!I went ahead and chipped at the shell because there was no movement at all, no sound no nothing and she was filling up the egg. There still was no movement as I chipped at the egg and when I had gotten to her... nothing... BUT her yolk sac looks like it was still intact!
Please tell me I didn't kill her... that she was already gone....
The only bright side to this is that the other egg that had tapping has broken the shell and is busy at work. But no peeping from that one.
Mama is sitting tight right? what kind of crack are you seeing hairline or bigger pieces dropping off? also don't take it out anymore than you have too because she is keeping the humidity just right and when we take the egg out from under her the humidity drops which can cause the membrane to dry out. you did the right thing by checking and listening, now you just have to be patient and wait.. Keep posting though because it does help the time go by.
I have to be honest and say I didn't look at the eggs again so i don't know what they looked like when they were going through their zipping stage, I listened to the egg and heard peeping put it right back under mama and didn't look again until the next day and it had hatched. I don't think it could be cracking the shell if it wasn't already internally pipped. So just leave her be now and check again in the morning.. Sounds like everything is going good.
