First duck hatch

rkeele

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First hatch
Any advice is greatly appreciated.
First external pip last night about 11p.m.
Second pip sometime between 1-5 a.m.
Still waiting on 3
They talk to me off and on and they wobble here or there .
I do believe all 5 had internally pipped by 10 a.m. Yesterday
I set them first thing in the morning and I read somewhere that if they are set first thing in the morning the day you set them is day one, if so tomorrow is day 28 if not Wednesday is day 28.
For the first 18 days I was running to high of humidity , I did drop the humidity for about 4.5-5 days to increase air cell, once I realized they were getting ready to internally pip I gradually increased humidity , concerned they still may have to much moisture didn't want to add to much or to fast, I bumped it up to 60% and it has now naturally bumped up to 67% .
 
Thanks!!
I got the parents (1 female two male ) when they were about 2-3 months old so I didn't get the whole duckling experience so I am super excited ,
 
4th pip
Nothing more yet with other 3
And I haven't even seen the 5th one move
19 hours since first pip
 
First hatched two hours ago
Second hatched 30 min ago
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3rd had a hard time getting out , not sure why but membrane was starting to dry it finally hatched about 3:30
4th didn't give me much time before it started it had a little hard time not to bad though it hatched about 20 min ago at 5:30
Still have one left
 

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