First time hatching duck eggs, is this normal?

[Renglish114]

Hatching my Swedish ducks' eggs(only two right now) in a mini brinsea incubator. First time ever! It's day 28 and I woke up to this. Does this look too dry? Hygrometer says 72%

 

[Debbie292d]

72% should be good. That's a pip. Ducks can take two days (48 hours) after they do that to finally get out, but most don't take that long.

 

[Renglish114]

Thank you! It's my first time and only two eggs made it to this stage so a bit nervous!

 

[Debbie292d]

Thank you! It's my first time and only two eggs made it to this stage so a bit nervous!

As tempting as it is, it's best to just leave the incubator closed. If those two hatch, wait until they are dried off and fluffy before opening it to check the third one.

If that third one pips say tonight or tomorrow, and the other ones have hatched, I would let those ducklings sit in there and wait until he hatches. They can live off that yolk they just absorbed for 72 hours, so no need to worry about them being hungry/thirsty yet.

How exciting though! You'll have to post pictures of them!