Pipping confusion

[KCNC06]

Well, I decided to check on them one last time before I started getting ready for bed. Didn't see anything still. Decided to pick him up to try to listen closer and felt a "snag" on the back side of the egg. Turned it around and saw a tan mark with a pip hole in the middle of it. Apparently the little movement I saw at the back/bottom edge of the air cell was just Little Weirdo pressing against the nice, cushiony, air cell...as he pecked away at the shell in the middle of the back (the side that had been against the bottom of the incubator) of his shell. I turned the egg so his pip hole is on the side...not sure if that makes sense. Basically I turned his egg 90° so he's not face down anymore. I wasn't sure if turning him a full 180° was ok, didn't want to risk confusing him more. I don't think I could hear him peeping, it's hard to tell since his brother egg doesn't stop peeping. But I could feel his little bill poking at that pip hole. I guess that's why I heard so much tapping and no peeping. Internal and external pip pretty much happen at the same time when they pip outside the air cell right? I didn't see any bleeding so hopefully he'll be ok. Now that he has an air hole everything else should theoretically progress normally right? Like the membrane veins will start to go away and he'll absorb his yolk since he's breathing. He has air at least.

 

[casportpony]

Now that he has an air hole everything else should theoretically progress normally right?

Many will hatch on their own but some will need assistance. Can you post a picture of the hole he made?

 

[PirateGirl]

It’s good that he has air. Hopefully he is strong enough to get out.

 

[KCNC06]

I have in to the migraine exhaustion after finding that silly pip spot and went to bed. I'm hoping he's at least strong enough to get through the night and maybe make a little progress. The shell was cracked quite a bit and flaked off from getting snagged on skin when I rubbed it a little. His bill tip was through the membranes but the membrane seemed thicker than what I've seen in normal air cell pipped eggs. I'm guessing it's thicker because I was seeing both layers of membrane? I think he peeped a little at his egg brother, who again peeped VERY loudly. I've never heard a duckling this loud while still in the egg.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Update?

 

[WVduckchick]

C’mon little duckies!

Hope your migraine is better too. I get them also, but much more rarely since I got the daith piercing. Have you seen that remedy?

 

[PirateGirl]

I hope your migraine is finally improving. I know they are like death and the only reason your were on BYC is because you were probably suffering too much for sleep

Please update us when you can check on the little guy. Since he had an external pip, hopefully there is visible progress.

 

[KCNC06]

The only thing my daith piercing did was confuse nurses when they try to take my temp at the Dr (have my tregus pierced on the other side) and hurt like heck for a year while it healed. I didn't know it was supposed to be a migraine remedy when I got it done. It was simply the result of being bored in the tattoo/piercing shop. My husband's tattoo took a lot longer than mine, I got bored, next thing I knew I was getting my daith pierced.
My migraines have been less frequent since I stopped taking Nexium, not sure why this one has been holding on so long.

Anyway, back to duckies. Egg 1 seemed stuck this morning. His membrane was very dry and stuck to him. Trying to describe it to my husband...I said it was like overcooked bacon stuck to the pan. Except the pan is alive and has feathers, and screams every time the bacon gets pulled. I'm guessing that might have been why he'd scream super loud every so often yesterday. I was able to loosen it a bit with coconut oil but had to peel away some shell to get around to a softer membrane to try to free his wing. The membrane was holding his wing down against his head so he couldn't seem to move. Once I got the wing free I put him back in the incubator to rest even though the rest of the membrane looks vein free. I'll check him again in a little while.
Egg 2 hadn't moved any since last night either. The membrane around his pip hole was dry and felt like thick paper. I peeled a bit of that back and put coconut oil on the other membrane I could see without pulling more shell off. I think I see a...something joint right under his chin though. I forgot my phone when I went to the incubator earlier. I'll get a picture in a little while.

 

[KCNC06]

By the time I got back to the incubator Egg 1 (currently named Bacon Bits) had escaped his shell. He still has a bit of crusty membrane on his wing and part of his body. I can hardly wait for him to fluff up a bit so I can get a good picture.
Egg 2 (Little Weirdo) broke more of his shell away. It looks like he must have broke the shell away with his butt end? His butt end and legs were still hidden in shell when I left him earlier. The only parts I could see earlier were his bill and...whatever that is under his bill. An elbow maybe? I don't know. Clearly he's a little weirdo. I guess if he wants to booty bump his way out of his shell, who am I to object. He and his brother are peeping at each other so we'll see how things go.

 

[PirateGirl]

His hole is much bigger, so that is a good sign!