Duck Egg Pipped the wrong end?

[chuckings]

Hi, I put 6 Aylesbury Duck Eggs in the incubator and they are due to hatch today (Monday). All 6 pipped yesterday, but one has come through at the narrow end of the egg rather than the air sac large end.

Just wondering if anyone had any experience of this, and what it means for the Duckling hatching? The shell is only cracked slightly, I can also see a yellow looking membrane which also has a small hole in it.

 

[DucksnDaffodils]

Hi, I put 6 Aylesbury Duck Eggs in the incubator and they are due to hatch today (Monday). All 6 pipped yesterday, but one has come through at the narrow end of the egg rather than the air sac large end.

Just wondering if anyone had any experience of this, and what it means for the Duckling hatching? The shell is only cracked slightly, I can also see a yellow looking membrane which also has a small hole in it.

I have had a duckling pip from the "wrong end" and hatched just fine. As long as the membrane is broken through and air is getting in, I think the duckling will be fine! Keep us updated on how it does!!!

 

[Buck Oakes]

All my ducklings have hatched from different ends when they hatched in February, trust me it's fine they all hatched healthy it just takes longer for them to hatch when there at the wrong end. Most of them actually started peeping then almost a week later started hatching , it's fine I promise

 

[Lacrystol]

Hi, I put 6 Aylesbury Duck Eggs in the incubator and they are due to hatch today (Monday). All 6 pipped yesterday, but one has come through at the narrow end of the egg rather than the air sac large end.

Just wondering if anyone had any experience of this, and what it means for the Duckling hatching? The shell is only cracked slightly, I can also see a yellow looking membrane which also has a small hole in it.

Sometimes they can do it on there own, sometimes they can't and need a little assistance. Sounds like he has broken threw the membrane and passed the shell, which is good because then he can't run out of air. Because he's NOT in the proper position, he would run out of air because his air source is at the opposite end. So as long as he has that hole, He's good to go for a little while, sometimes they struggle and struggle and get sooo tired they give up.

Lets see what he does in 24 hours. if you can send me a picture of him now, so that after 24 hours we can see if he's making any progress.

 

[Buck Oakes]

It'll be fine ( sorry I just have to have a positive post since mine above was just kinda my story)

 

[Lacrystol]

It'll be fine

( sorry I just have to have a positive post since mine above was just kinda my story)

Sometimes they are but sometimes, they aren't. I know I hatch out call ducks and I can't tell you how many have died in the shell even AFTER they externally peeped. So you just give them a little time and once that opportunity has expired you help.

Just last week I had to help an upside downer and two weeks ago, I helped another. it's tricky to get them out but not impossible.. Over the weekend I had to help one of mine out.... LOL, I'm the helping Guru for ducks. At least that's what I have been told. LOL

 

[chuckings]

Bit of a shock! I bough and collected them as Aylesburys (the box was marked mated aylesbury too), but the beak is showing on a few and it's pink with brown down the middle on some, and others are just brown with pink around what I would call the lip area (sorry, I hope you understand what i mean!). Wrong ended pip has made progress, but it's my first duck hatch and I'm so worried for them! Why do we do this to ourselves! I have promised myself I will never hatch ducks again! Its just too long a wait and soooooo stressful when it comes to hatching when you want them all to arrive safe !! Any ideas? Can Aylesburys have darker beaks when born? I am fully suspecting not....and I have been well and truly done over by the person who sold them to me! I can see some feathers too, and they are not the yellow you would expect to see! More like Brown. What am I hatching I wonder!!!!!

 

[Buck Oakes]

I don't know about aylesbary's I raise muscovies and rouens

 

[Lacrystol]

Bit of a shock! I bough and collected them as Aylesburys (the box was marked mated aylesbury too), but the beak is showing on a few and it's pink with brown down the middle on some, and others are just brown with pink around what I would call the lip area (sorry, I hope you understand what i mean!).  Wrong ended pip has made progress, but it's my first duck hatch and I'm so worried for them!  Why do we do this to ourselves! I have promised myself I will never hatch ducks again!  Its just too long a wait and soooooo stressful when it comes to hatching when you want them all to arrive safe !!  Any ideas?  Can Aylesburys have darker beaks when born?  I am fully suspecting not....and I have been well and truly done over by the person who sold them to me!  I can see some feathers too, and they are not the yellow you would expect to see! More like Brown.  What am I hatching I wonder!!!!!:/

lol, I'm glad he's making progress, keep an eye on him as long as he keeps making progress he should be ok, if at anytime he decides not to make anymore progress, let me know will help him out safely.

 

[chuckings]

Thanks all, 6 out of 6 set and they hatched. The last one when I woke this morning was a little shrink wrapped, and as the others were out, I decided to help him, as his beak, wing, little foot were showing but the membrane was white and hard.
I took away a little of the shell, and put him back. He hatched on his own and dried some. But he's not so good. The others are now eating, drinking, making all they can of every bit of water!!!!
But he is still sleepy. He wakes when I talk to him, but his head wobbles, and his eyes open, but they are still half covered with something other than his eye lid. He's had sugar water and perked up briefly, but not to the extent of the others. Feel so sorry for him. He isn't walking yet, but will shuffle to occasionaly join the other 5 to sleep. Other than that, they all snuggle up and sleep and he is left on his own. I hope he improves by tomorrow. I also rang the lady I bought these "Aylesbury Eggs" from and explained they are chocolate brown and asked what other ducks she had as they were not was I was expecting to hatch! She only has Aylesbuys and Khaki Campbells and they are kept apart in different breeding pens, so she can only say that she mixed the eggs up when collecting

. They are beautiful ducklings though, and I wouldn't change them for anyhting now! I've read these can be nice ducks given input & interaction from early on.