need advice on my duck eggs hatching! please help

[LoveToFarm]

hi i have 8 duck eggs in a little giant incubator i dont have anything to measure the humidity so i have just been adding water to the built in water pans at the bottom of the incubator. my questine is that i have 4 that have pip just a crack at 6:30 this morning and havent worked on it anymore since it is now 12:30 should i open the hole a little more or will it hurt the other eggs that havent piped yet? please any help is appreciated!!

 

[mnferalkitty]

No don't open the hole. Leave them alone and don't open the incubator.
One thing that threw me for loop when I first started hatching duck eggs is they pip then make a hole in egg and work on that hole to zip and sometimes it can take 2-3 days!!

 

[LoveToFarm]

so that small crack can give them the air they need till they hatch!