Internal And external pipping

[Orca5094]

Thanks for all of this help!! I will post pictures when/if they hatch

No problem. Good luck and let us know how it goes!

 

[EmilyB86]

It has been 28 hours since two of my 5 eggs internally pipped but there is still no sign of external pip! There is still some tapping and movement of the eggs but I am starting to worry cos they may run out of oxygen! Shall I make a safe hole

 

[Orca5094]

Yes, you can try to make a tiny safety hole near where you see their bills in the air cells to be safe. Look very closely at each egg when you take them out to do this, to be sure there are no tiny external pips that you couldn't see from outside the incubator. If there is any little tiny crack in the shell, it is externally pipped and can get air and does not need any help making a hole. Be very careful, all they need is a tiny hole through the shell and membranes of the egg in order to get air. You don't want to risk nicking a blood vessel in the inner membrane.

Have the incubator open for as little time as possible as you take out and quickly return each egg. Mist the eggs and inside of the incubator with lukewarm water when you put the eggs back in so you can get the humidity back up asap.

 

[EmilyB86]

Thank you . There beaks are not very near the top of the egg so do I just do it in line with where their beaks may be if they extend upwards?!

 

[Orca5094]

Exactly. It's not really that important to make the little safety hole in precisely the right place where they will start to break out. So long as it's in the air cell it will get them the air they need.

And don't panic, ok? This is just a simple safety procedure so you don't have to worry about them taking a little longer to finish hatching out. So long as they have air, they can take their time hatching out the rest of the way. Ducklings will not hatch out until they are ready.

It is Day 26 for them now, right? They are still ok! This is just the average Call duck hatch day, but sometimes they can take a couple more days. Incubation times are always give or take a couple days, for any species.

 

[EmilyB86]

Thank you I will do this a bit later and will tell you how I goes!

 

[Orca5094]

Thank you I will do this a bit later and will tell you how I goes!

Ok, sounds good.

 

[EmilyB86]

IT was 42 hours ago now that they internally pipped and still no external!!! What is wrong?! X

 

[Orca5094]

So sorry, didn't see this until now. How are they doing? Making any progress yet?

 

[EmilyB86]

So sorry, didn't see this until now. How are they doing? Making any progress yet? 

One has hatched and the other two have externally pipped now!!