First Duck Hatch.. freaking out!

[JulieCapoolie]

I'm glad he hatched!

Whether you open the incubator to check if this one is alive depends on how comfortable you are with breaking the no-opening lockdown rule. I personally am fine with opening an incubator during lockdown because I know I can keep the humidity from plummeting. For you it might not be worth the risk.

Well, I opened it, and I did a little bit of dissecting, he is still alive, but not coming out, I read about them moving their mouth, it means they are absorbing the yolk and blood? He is moving his little beak.. hope I didn’t give him a death sentence

 

[quackingdom]

Yeah, yawning and opening/closing the mouth usually means they're not ready to hatch. If there hasn't been any bleeding, what you did probably hasn't hurt it, although it may not have been helpful either. What could be harmful would be if the humidity dropped. I recommend misting the incubator and eggs if you open it.

 

[JulieCapoolie]

Yeah, yawning and opening/closing the mouth usually means they're not ready to hatch. If there hasn't been any bleeding, what you did probably hasn't hurt it, although it may not have been helpful either. What could be harmful would be if the humidity dropped. I recommend misting the incubator and eggs if you open it.

No bleeding whatsoever! I only took off the shell, membrane still as it was. Humidity @77 . It dropped for maybe 30 seconds it took to put him back in. Fingers crossed!! I’ve been keeping a humidifier in the room to keep everything leveled off and it has worked tremendously! Thank you so much for your help!