Duck egg without too bright a future?

[Frejdegg]

So, first time hatching eggs in an incubator. KhakixPekin.
The egg has pipped through the shell but for the last 30 hours hasn't moved.... I know it can take a while to go from pip to zip although there really has been nothing going on at all....
Any help or thoughts would be fantastic regardless of the potentially (beak) bleak outcome.

 

[Miss717]

I have heard that ducks take a long time from pip to zip/hatch. Is the duckling making chewing like movements with its bill?

 

[Miss717]

You could start breaking away the shell but be very careful. Read this first https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/guide-to-assisted-hatching-for-all-poultry.72886/

 

[Frejdegg]

I have heard that ducks take a long time from pip to zip/hatch. Is the duckling making chewing like movements with its bill?

 

[Frejdegg]

No it's not

 

[Miss717]

Did you also see post #3 above? You could start trying to assist but be very careful @Pyxis

 

[Frejdegg]

Thankyou so much I'll see what I can do! @Miss717

 

[Frejdegg]

Turns out from what I've discovered is that it pipped and the humidity may have been a but too low causing the membrane to congeal quickly stopping the poor thing from zipping.... Bit sad but we will see how the ithers go @Miss717 thanks again

 

[Miss717]

So sorry . Good luck with your others.