Duck baby hatching emergency--please help!

[SilverPhoenix]

Just wanted to update and say that the duckling seems to be doing just fine, and is acting completely normal.

I'm optimistic!

 

[Penturner]

congrats. Nice job

 

[kdcrws]

I think it takes ducklings a little longer to hatch. My ducklings took 2 days.....

 

[ForeverChickens]

hey its okay i had almost the eaxt same thing happen to me i helped him out after it'd been over 24 hours i hit a vein (most likely) and he started bleeding i felt so bad. but it actuallly take up to 48 hours for a duck to hatch so i didnt need to start helping him yet i wet the membrane and i didnt crack the shell any more. he hatched 24 hours after i had helped out (well it took more like 38 hours total from pip to compleatly hatch) so its okay my duckling is compleatly fine now and i hop yours is too!! (he does have curled toes but they uncurled themselfs!)

 

[carlwk3c]

I have Pekin duck eggs trying to hatch. They pip about a 1/2 cm hole in the shell then just sit there, not aggressively trying to get out. I've let some sit for a couple of days and they are making NO progress at all.
I lost one overnight ... Wasn't breathing/moving at all. I opened the shell and used some warm water to assist in getting it out and cleaning it, but it was dead. Still had about 1/3 of a teaspoon of yolk that hadn't been drawn into the abdomen.
Can anyone advise of why these guys are not making progress in coming out and how to keep them from dying in the shell after they've made a hole on their own?
I have saved three by assisting them out, after they piped and then made no progress for a couple of days, but I've also lost three.
I'd like to save the others, but am unsure of how to tell when to assist. If they come out too early, that's not good, but if they get cemented into the shell and can't get out, that's not good either.
Help?!?
Please email me direct at [email protected] so I get the advise ASAP.

 

[daniel adkins]

My duck eggs haven't hatched it's day 31 is it ok to help?still blood