It’s been 24 hours since internal pip. Should I make a safety hole?

[Isabella Mcadams]

Hey all I need some advice,
It’s day 29 of incubation for my khaki Campbell/pekin mix eggs, and only one duckling (as far as I can tell) internally pipped about a day ago. Should I wait a bit longer, or go ahead and make a safety hole? I can hear more than one duckling tapping on the inside of the egg, but I’m worried that the only one who has already internally pipped is running out of oxygen. What should I do?

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

I’ve not done duckings & only geese as waterfowl but I hope this helps ~ https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/hatching-helping-the-duckling-in-trouble.74854/

I do know they can take longer as goslings can. Good luck

 

[Isabella Mcadams]

I’ve not done duckings & only geese as waterfowl but I hope this helps ~ https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/hatching-helping-the-duckling-in-trouble.74854/

I do know they can take longer as goslings can. Good luck

I opened a bit of the shell above the air pocket and it had indeed pipped through. Doing fine so far, but lots of major blood vessels still, so the little guy’s probably just not done cooking yet thanks for your help

 

[New duck mommy 2021]

If 24 hours had passed I will make a safety hole just above where I see the beak. I only make a small hole the size of a sharpened pencil end
This way they get air but they sue doesn’t dry out the membrane and if baby is in correct position they will still make their own external pip and hatch themselves
If baby isn’t in the correct position to hatch then 24 hours after the safety hole I start to open the hole and see what’s going on
Is mom the pekin or khaki ?
I have a pekin mom and khaki dad
My babies were sex linked at birth
But it only works if mom is the pekin

 

[Isabella Mcadams]

If 24 hours had passed I will make a safety hole just above where I see the beak. I only make a small hole the size of a sharpened pencil end
This way they get air but they sue doesn’t dry out the membrane and if baby is in correct position they will still make their own external pip and hatch themselves
If baby isn’t in the correct position to hatch then 24 hours after the safety hole I start to open the hole and see what’s going on
Is mom the pekin or khaki ?
I have a pekin mom and khaki dad
My babies were sex linked at birth
But it only works if mom is the pekin

Thanks for your advice. No, mom is half pekin half khaki Campbell, and dad is a pekin

 

[New duck mommy 2021]

Thanks for your advice. No, mom is half pekin half khaki Campbell, and dad is a pekin

So no sex linked but you may get yellow ducklings
If each parents Carrie’s a white gene you can get white babies
My last batch were mom pekin. Dad was half pekin and half khaki
I got chocolate , yellow and one dark one that she has a green to her head and a few green flecks in her feathers
I thought she was a boy till I heard her quacking and now she lays eggs so definitely a girl
Can’t wait to see updated pictures of your hatch

 

[Isabella Mcadams]

One more question, on one of the other eggs there is what kind of looks like a bruise on the pointy end, that I don’t think I noticed before today. Could this be a malpositioned duckling?

 

[Isabella Mcadams]

One more question, on one of the other eggs there is what kind of looks like a bruise on the pointy end, that I don’t think I noticed before today. Could this be a malpositioned duckling?

 

[New duck mommy 2021]

One more question, on one of the other eggs there is what kind of looks like a bruise on the pointy end, that I don’t think I noticed before today. Could this be a malpositioned duckling?

Can you post a picture
I have had 2 bruise the wrong end and it’s important to act fast when they do
Edited to add I see the picture
If that was not there before then it could be in the wrong end
Can you candle the egg and look for movement
If you see random flickering it’s not breathing yet. If you see up abc down in a pattern then baby is breathing and you need to give a safety hole in the middle of the bruise
I’ll look for the picture from my wrong end baby

 

[Isabella Mcadams]

Can you post a picture
I have had 2 bruise the wrong end and it’s important to act fast when they do