This is a muscovy egg that was trying to pip at the wrong end as you can see from the discoloration of the shell. It's been my experience that very few of the ducklings can manage to pip on their own and will die in the shell unless helped.
This is what that egg looks like when candled.
And this is what it looked like after I pipped it.
-Kathy
I know it's not a peachick, but this might help with hatching peas... It's been 36 hours since I pipped the duckling above and I just finished getting it our of the shell. It's alive, but it's umbilicus look a little iffy, so it might not live.
-Kathy
