Help! can you look at this egg.. duckling hatching

[Going Quackers]

Ok i have a duckling hatching, now what do i watch for? it's breathing and yes the mama is here .. i am just worried as i have had a lot of loss with these nests...

i have done *nothing* i just want to know is there a point at which i should? or will mama duck help... I took pictures... does everything look ok? I'm a nervous wreak, i honestly thought they had all died but had not gotten a chance to candle them till now and well stopped dead in my tracks after finding this... mama was out bathing...

 

[mnferalkitty]

Looks just like my ducks when they were hatching first the hole then they work on getting out sometimes it took two days!

 

[Karen09]

Let it try on its own otherwise the legs do not become strong enough and they do not develop correctly. Just make sure it has air to breathe. I helped one this Spring and its legs were never really strong enough and we finally had to put it down when 2 others that were born on their own were twice as big. It looked the same size as when it hatched and its legs were up on its body and it wiggled from the food to water. It was so sad.

 

[Going Quackers]

Well mama came back in, i just assured there was access to feed/water and left.. i'll know more later this morning and my goodness 2 days! argh the stress lol