Duckling having issues pipping?

[silkiemother]

It looks really dry and it looks like she’s struggling to pip through it, I can hear the faintest of peeping if I listen really carefully

 

[JesusisGod]

humidity looks to dry throughout

 

[JesusisGod]

It looks really dry and it looks like she’s struggling to pip through it, I can hear the faintest of peeping if I listen really carefully

pip her then if its to hard for her too

 

[BelovedBirds]

It looks really dry and it looks like she’s struggling to pip through it, I can hear the faintest of peeping if I listen really carefully

if you're able to, apply some coconut oil to the membrane, try and get the humidity better, and I would wait a little while before continuing. Now she has some air. You dont want to rush things. Read the article on assisted hatching, Miss Lydia sent the link, have a quick read of it, it should help. But so bear in mind that Ducks take quite a while to hatch! So go slow.

 

[silkiemother]

I got it damp with coconut oil and it looks like she’s hasn’t either absorbed all of her yolk quite yet or she’s upside down. I think I’m gonna carefully put Saran Wrap over the open part of the shell and give her a couple hours to see where it goes. She’s definitely alive, she’s moving around but I think the humidity wasn’t high enough for her

 

[BelovedBirds]

I got it damp with coconut oil and it looks like she’s hasn’t either absorbed all of her yolk quite yet or she’s upside down. I think I’m gonna carefully put Saran Wrap over the open part of the shell and give her a couple hours to see where it goes. She’s definitely alive, she’s moving around but I think the humidity wasn’t high enough for her

I'm not sure about putting wrap over the shell, I think you're okay just moistening the membrane every couple hours

 

[JesusisGod]

just as long as she can breathe do what feels right

 

[silkiemother]

Okay, welp, looks like I won’t be getting good sleep until she hatches, and by every few hours you mean two to three, correct?

 

[silkiemother]

I noticed she’s starting to absorb her blood vessels, they’re pretty small now, but I haven’t seen her move in about 45 minutes, is that normal? I tapped gently and even slightly rocked her egg but no movement from her, even going so far as to gently touch her with a q tip gently

 

[silkiemother]

Im starting to get kinda concerned that nothing gets a movement out of her, I didn’t accidentally kill her by doing that did I? The yolk I can see is still the same color and not cloudy looking, there’s a faint smell but that was there when I went ahead and opened her shell up so I could apply Coconut oil on it, well it might be slightly stronger but I don’t think she’s dead. And it’s been almost two hours and I don’t think I’ve seen her move. Could she just be resting? Or did I maybe accidentally kill her even though I didn’t puncture the membrane or anything, unless moving her a little too much can kill her?