Background info:
I have 7 flying mallard/rouen eggs that aren't due until the 16th. Several of them were pipped internally yesterday and one was pipped externally.
A second one pipped on the wrong end last night.
When do I start worrying? As of this morning there is one more slight pip and the upside down one is peeping up a storm. Other than that there is no progress.
I know there person I got the eggs from said that she hatched some of her own a few weeks ago and had to help some out because the membrane was too tough.
Also - is it true that ducks just take longer to pip then hatch?
I am just used to chickens - ducks are new to me.
I have 7 flying mallard/rouen eggs that aren't due until the 16th. Several of them were pipped internally yesterday and one was pipped externally.
A second one pipped on the wrong end last night.
When do I start worrying? As of this morning there is one more slight pip and the upside down one is peeping up a storm. Other than that there is no progress.
I know there person I got the eggs from said that she hatched some of her own a few weeks ago and had to help some out because the membrane was too tough.
Also - is it true that ducks just take longer to pip then hatch?
I am just used to chickens - ducks are new to me.