Pipping but not zipping

[Islandmom511]

They are trying to teach us better patience??

Little stinkers! I’ve hatched ducks before but it’s been about 6 years. Maybe I had better patience then?? I just discovered I have another rocking!!!! Eeeekkkkkk!!!

 

[Kiki]

Little stinkers! I’ve hatched ducks before but it’s been about 6 years. Maybe I had better patience then?? I just discovered I have another rocking!!!! Eeeekkkkkk!!!

Take a nap now!
You have time.

 

[Kiki]

I think mine started to hatch at 42 hours after external pip.

 

[WVduckchick]

My theory is that they need the oxygen sooner than chickens, so they pip sooner, but they aren’t fully ready as fast as chickens.

My very first hatch, I had one pipped forever. His bill was hanging out the hole, and the others were nibbling at it. I finally removed the others, went to work and decided that noon was 40 hours, so I would go home at noon and help if it wasn’t out yet. I came home to a wet duckling that had obviously just hatched.

 

[Jinglebells0518]

Is the pip pointing upward? Can you post a pic?

I can't get a good picture through the incubator but the pip is on the side near the bottom. Opposite side of the air sac. Unfortunately I screwed up at the beginning and incubated them upside down so the air sac is in the small pointy end and the pip is in the bottom but it's the fat end. So I'm less worried about space and more worried about oxygen

 

[oregonkat]

Trust in these folks now. They know what they are talking about. Your duckling will be fine with the pip facing towards the bottom. If the outer shell is broken, so is the membrane, the duckling is breathing. If you must, do exactly what WVduckchick told you, but be very, very careful. Patience......

 

[Jinglebells0518]

Im going to give it until I get home from work tomorrow. That will be 43 hours after I noticed the external pip

 

[WVduckchick]

I can't get a good picture through the incubator but the pip is on the side near the bottom. Opposite side of the air sac. Unfortunately I screwed up at the beginning and incubated them upside down so the air sac is in the small pointy end and the pip is in the bottom but it's the fat end. So I'm less worried about space and more worried about oxygen

So you incubated them standing up? Did you lay them down when you bumped up the humidity or are they still standing up?
And the air cell moved to the pointy end thru incubation? Interesting!

 

[WVduckchick]

Trust in these folks now. They know what they are talking about. Your duckling will be fine with the pip facing towards the bottom. If the outer shell is broken, so is the membrane, the duckling is breathing. If you must, do exactly what WVduckchick told you, but be very, very careful. Patience......

Thanks for the vote of confidence. but it’s a lot easier for me to say wait, when I’m not the one pacing.
But seriously it’s actually not easy to say wait, and then something bad happens and I feel awful! But not waiting is almost always very dangerous. If the yolk isn’t absorbed, it’s not good to be out of that shell too soon. It’s a fine line that really only comes with experience. I do my best to help and do some hand-holding. And hope for the best!

 

[Jinglebells0518]

So you incubated them standing up? Did you lay them down when you bumped up the humidity or are they still standing up?
And the air cell moved to the pointy end thru incubation? Interesting!

no no. I incubated them standing up but the pointy end was up the whole time so the air bubble formed at the top. Not sure where it was when I started. Then when I stopped rotating I left them sitting up in an egg carton instead of laying them down. Figured that would be safer because when you lay them down the big end is slightly up and I didn't want the air sac to shift weird.