Duck eggs pipped but not hatching! HELP!!!

[TheChicken-nator]

I've got 20 duck eggs in the incubator, day 27, I've got 4 pipped for more than 24 hours and a couple more for less time than that. But no hatching other than an assist I did that the duckling was dried to the edges of the membrane (it won't survive). Is there something I'm doing wrong that is keeping them from hatching on out? Humidity was at about 30% during incubation, increased to about 55% at lockdown.... Any helpful advice is greatly appreciated!!!! Is there something I can do safely to help?

Please tag anyone that can help (I forget who the duck hatching experts are).
@Eggcessive @Wyorp Rock @aart @casportpony @FortCluck

The humidity for duck eggs needs to be at 55-60% and at 75-80% when you go into lock down, remember they are water fowl and need lots of moisture

 

[X3Jack930]

The humidity for duck eggs needs to be at 55-60% and at 75-80% when you go into lock down, remember they are water fowl and need lots of moisture

That’s what I thought.. but questioned myself when someone else said the humidity level was fine!
However- Does it also have to do with the climate of the region you live in? For instance, my house is always at 40-45% and this week particularly it’s rained like every other day and it’s even pouring right now! So when it’s time for me to lock down- I was thinking I would be between 65/70%. That sounds good to you for my duck eggs?

 

[FortCluck]

So I read the entire May Hatch along- as I was reading I noticed a member that I’m quite familiar with! Kiki!!! I happened to stumble across her Balut Egg posting It was hilarious!!! I didn’t know what Balut was until I read it! Unfortunately she lost the eggs, but I did get a good laugh! I read 200 pages- HOURS it took me!!!!

She actually hatched two of them... It's a lot of reading

 

[X3Jack930]

She actually hatched two of them... It's a lot of reading

Really? Omgosh, yes it’s 6 thousand pages!!!!! That’s awesome- I stopped reading after the first two passed. I left off with her wanting to do it again in a real brooder, but l started from page 1 and read all the way until 208 for straight HOURS! That’s awesome to hear that she hatched 2! That’s amazing

 

[X3Jack930]

She actually hatched two of them... It's a lot of reading

I’ll have to go back and continue reading!

 

[FortCluck]

I’ll have to go back and continue reading!

I forget exactly where it would be, but I do know that she did hatch two of them. She has a picture of them swimming.

 

[X3Jack930]

I forget exactly where it would be, but I do know that she did hatch two of them. She has a picture of them swimming.

Really??? OMGoshhh! So I found the thread- randomly choose to start at page 5000, lol. However, right now it’s cricket talk! I never knew crickets stink? Ehh. And 5000 fricken crickets? I didn’t even know a mail order of crickets was available- let alone 5 fricken thousand! ARE YOU KIDDING ME? I would have DIED! Omgosh, bugs with hard shells just erk me to the core! Eww, and then the clicking sound- I don’t know WTHeck I would have done with “those things”!!! Seriously- I would have told the delivery driver WRONG ADDRESS buddy! WRONG FRICKEN ADDRESS/RETURN TO SENDER and promptly, ASAP!

 

[X3Jack930]

I forget exactly where it would be, but I do know that she did hatch two of them. She has a picture of them swimming.

Seriously, friends house or not-

Friend: Did I accidentally send my crickets to the wrong address?
Me: Crickets? Huh? I’m not sure what you’re talking about? ARE YOU SURE DELIVERING 5000 crickets via mail is even legal?!
Friend: I thought you said you didn’t know what I was talking about?
Me: I think I would have noticed a delivery of 5000 crickets!
Friend: I never told you how many crickets were in the delivery!
Me: WILD GUESS- But yeah, NO CRICKET delivery here!!!
That is the best fricken way to get back at somebody you dislike!!! Send them mail order crickets!!!! I’ve got to keep this in mind

 

[FortCluck]

Seriously, friends house or not-

Friend: Did I accidentally send my crickets to the wrong address?
Me: Crickets? Huh? I’m not sure what you’re talking about? ARE YOU SURE DELIVERING 5000 crickets via mail is even legal?!
Friend: I thought you said you didn’t know what I was talking about?
Me: I think I would have noticed a delivery of 5000 crickets!
Friend: I never told you how many crickets were in the delivery!
Me: WILD GUESS- But yeah, NO CRICKET delivery here!!!
That is the best fricken way to get back at somebody you dislike!!! Send them mail order crickets!!!! I’ve got to keep this in mind

I breed roaches if you want some of those

 

[X3Jack930]

I breed roaches if you want some of those

Aww sh*t- I think I’m all stocked up over here!!!
Actually- a “GOOD FRIEND” of mine was asking about roaches the other day.. Now- are they mail order too? Maybe I could send a “surprise” “thinking of you” gift!!! Let her know how much “I love her”, ya know?!!!