Needing assistance with my Pekin duck egg!

[1sttimehatcher]

It seems to be going ok now. Last night it pipped through the shell, big enough for me to see down inside. I had to break the shell a bit bigger because i noticed his inner lining was shrink wrapping around his bill and he couldn't breathe. I upped the humidity a little bit inside the hatcher and put a small amount of bacitracin on the inner lining to help keep it moist so he wouldn't stick. He still has some veining to absorb today but so far he's doing good. Still breathing and making noises. I'm just letting him do his thing and maybe tonight or tomorrow he will be fully hatched. Thank you for all of your advice these past couple days, I appreciate it. I will update as things change.

 

[Lacrystol]

It seems to be going ok now. Last night it pipped through the shell, big enough for me to see down inside. I had to break the shell a bit bigger because i noticed his inner lining was shrink wrapping around his bill and he couldn't breathe. I upped the humidity a little bit inside the hatcher and put a small amount of bacitracin on the inner lining to help keep it moist so he wouldn't stick. He still has some veining to absorb today but so far he's doing good. Still breathing and making noises. I'm just letting him do his thing and maybe tonight or tomorrow he will be fully hatched. Thank you for all of your advice these past couple days, I appreciate it. I will update as things change.

SOUNDS GREAT, good job, what is the humidity at??

 

[1sttimehatcher]

Good news he has completely hatched!!! He finished yesterday. The humidity was around 65% so I upped it to between 70 and 75% and that seemed to do the trick. He's all fluffed out now except for one spot on his head that I had to clean due to the lining sticking a bit. Do I need to put moisture in the brooder for when I move him? I can't find anything that say to or not to so I'm not sure. Thanks again for all your help. He seems happy and healthy, everything formed correctly which i was worried about because of the way the air sac formed.It was the weirdest thing, it never formed around the fat end of the egg but completely down the length of the egg so I thought he wouldn't have enough room to form properly. He's the cutest duck ever, lol.

 

[Lacrystol]

Good news he has completely hatched!!! He finished yesterday. The humidity was around 65% so I upped it to between 70 and 75% and that seemed to do the trick. He's all fluffed out now except for one spot on his head that I had to clean due to the lining sticking a bit. Do I need to put moisture in the brooder for when I move him? I can't find anything that say to or not to so I'm not sure. Thanks again for all your help. He seems happy and healthy, everything formed correctly which i was worried about because of the way the air sac formed.It was the weirdest thing, it never formed around the fat end of the egg but completely down the length of the egg so I thought he wouldn't have enough room to form properly. He's the cutest duck ever, lol.

Broody home doesn't really need moisture just good temp.. GREAT JOB......

 

[1sttimehatcher]

Ok great thanks!