duck pipped over 36 hours ago, no proggress, intervene?

[GRacer3648]

Hi, I accidentally mixed a duck egg in with a batch of chicken eggs. I have never hatched ducks before and have some questions. Itś day 29 and the egg is pipped. It has been pipped for over 36 hours with no progress. I opened the incubator to see if it was still alive, and it was. I can hear him peeping and see him breathing. Should I help it? I know that it is possible for it to hatch tonight but, Im not sure if it is stuck or if it is stll absorbing the yolk. I know that helping could result in a defect of some sort. It is the only egg in their right now, all of my other chicken eggs have hatched last week. I would appriciate any comments.

 

[CluckNDoodle]

I'm new to hatching ducks, all of my experience has been hatching chicks. Ducks do take much longer to hatch but when you say pipped for 36 hours do you mean internally pipped or externally pipped? I feel much more comfortable waiting for hatching progress when I know they're getting oxygen through an external pip but I did read that it's not uncommon for it to take a couple of days for ducklings to hatch, sometimes even 3 days.
You may already be familiar with these links but I'll share them just in case you need to assist.
Guide to Assisted Hatching for All Poultry:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/guide-to-assisted-hatching-for-all-poultry.72886/
Step by Step Guide to ASSISTED Hatching:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/step-by-step-guide-to-assisted-hatching.64660/

 

[GRacer3648]

Externally pipped

 

[CluckNDoodle]

Externally pipped

In that case, one of the things I was recently told was that when you see the chewing and yawning motion that's a sign that the duckling is still absorbing the yolk sac. It's hard to make the judgment call of when to step in an assist but as long as the membrane still soft and not darkening from drying out I would probably wait a bit longer myself but Hopefully someone with more experience with ducks will step in to help you.

 

[GRacer3648]

It's really hard to see into the shell but, from what I can tell, it is moving up and down. That might just be it breathing though.

 

[GRacer3648]

This is what the egg look like right now

 

[Knighstar679]

This is what the egg look like right now

Is this a shipped egg?

 

[Mysticalsys]

My ducks took 48 hours to hatch I would wait a bit longer

 

[GRacer3648]

No it's not a shipped egg. I have some Khaki Campbell ducks that I got last year.

 

[BirdsBeesTrees]

Is it the only one in the incubator? Duck eggs need more humidity than chicken eggs, if you can add water without opening it, that would be great. You'll want to be at 70-75% humidity. The membrane is still nice and white so its probably ok to wait if it turns brown it means its dried out and may need help. Don't assist before you have to or it will die.