It's my first time hatching duck eggs. I have zero experience with ducks, I'm doing it as a favor for a friend.
So it's day 29, with 3 fertile eggs.
#1 pipped yesterday around 26 hours ago, with no progress thus far, I can still see the duck moving/breathing through the hole.
#2 pipped about an hour ago, wrong end of the egg but she's moving and breathing.
#3 nothing.
All were good when I candled a couple of days ago.
Question #1: should I make a safety hole for egg #3, and when (if not now).
Question #2: if egg #1 doesn't progress, when should I intervene.
Question #3: will egg #2 need assistance, or can she hatch in this position.
I've hatched and assisted chickens and quail, I just have have no duck exp.
So it's day 29, with 3 fertile eggs.
#1 pipped yesterday around 26 hours ago, with no progress thus far, I can still see the duck moving/breathing through the hole.
#2 pipped about an hour ago, wrong end of the egg but she's moving and breathing.
#3 nothing.
All were good when I candled a couple of days ago.
Question #1: should I make a safety hole for egg #3, and when (if not now).
Question #2: if egg #1 doesn't progress, when should I intervene.
Question #3: will egg #2 need assistance, or can she hatch in this position.
I've hatched and assisted chickens and quail, I just have have no duck exp.