Examples of Chicks and Ducklings that Need Hatching Assistance.

[casportpony]

Everyone, please feel free to add your pictures of chicks and ducklings that needed assistance in hatching.

Before assisting, please read this article by @Pyxis.
Guide to Assisted Hatching for All Poultry (click to open)

Here is one I found in a nest. It's been my experience that when they look like this with the shell crushed inwards and with a foot stuck out that they will never hatch on their own.

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These that get squished in the nest need assistance too:

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Another squished shell

 

[Duck_life]

thats nice to no! most people just help them hatch without any experience and without knowing

 

[AquaDuck]

Duck egg with air bubble in small end. Duckling was too tightly squeezed to externally pip and zip. The first fully assisted hatch where I did everything right (including WAITING till the right moment to help in each step), thanks to Pyxis' excellent article.

 

[casportpony]