First time hatcher- externally pipped duckling may need help?

[C3 mommy]

I'm okay with it! I like to help.

Great! So do I, but I just wanted to make sure I wasn't pestering

 

[WVduckchick]

Great! So do I, but I just wanted to make sure I wasn't pestering

Always happy to help.

But it’s my bedtime and I’ve been feeling crappy all day. I think @Pyxis may be around this evening. Maybe she will check in too.

 

[C3 mommy]

Great! Good night!

 

[Pyxis]

 

[Starlin]

Okay, it sounds like I have to be patient a while longer. Should I be worried about the fact that they are a day late and counting?

 

[Starlin]

The rip in the membrane is now obvious and I can see it doing its thing in there. The membrane was very dry again so I put a bit more coconut oil on and now I'm going to bed too, if nothing else to keep myself from harassing this poor eggling. I'll update in the morning!

The membrane is kind of... black. But maybe it's just the colour of the baby's damp feathers?

Anyway. Enough fussing, good night everyone!

 

[C3 mommy]

Probably just the feathers! Hope you wake up to a new baby! Good night!

 

[Starlin]

Morning update: baby is cheeping and the hole is bigger! We're at 36 hours and counting. Meanwhile we have 3 others who have cracked their shells and one who has internally pipped and is moving, one who has internally pipped and doesn't seem to be. Because this is the first time I've dared take the out to candle I have no idea how long the internally pipped ones have been at this. Incubator should be rolling over to 30 days any minute now.

 

[Starlin]

We have a baby!!! Only it's not *that* baby, it's her neighbour. She did a much better job of unzipping all the way around and popping the top off, whereas baby #1 is just trying to poke her way out of a single hole. I think I will be helping her out soon if her sibling's crashing about doesn't motivate her.

 

[WVduckchick]

We have a baby!!! Only it's not *that* baby, it's her neighbour. She did a much better job of unzipping all the way around and popping the top off, whereas baby #1 is just trying to poke her way out of a single hole. I think I will be helping her out soon if her sibling's crashing about doesn't motivate her.