Well..that gasping may be what we call yawning and chewing..which means it's still abdorbing yolk.
Thank you, it’s difficult to tell if malpositioned as it’s a very small hole, it looks like it’s almost chewing so you may we’ll be right, however its bill has remained in the same position for hours whilst the others seemed to be able to bring their bills in an out of the hole, hence why I thought it was stuck it had been upside down for a while. I’ll leave it until bedtime and if no change I may just adjust the hole a little
Yeah I know. It's really hard to judge. Check out that article and kind of judge based on time and yawning and chewing. Sometimes they surprise you and just suddenly turn and zip after sitting still forever!Thank you, it’s difficult to tell if malpositioned as it’s a very small hole, it looks like it’s almost chewing so you may we’ll be right, however its bill has remained in the same position for hours whilst the others seemed to be able to bring their bills in an out of the hole, hence why I thought it was stuck it had been upside down for a while. I’ll leave it until bedtime and if no change I may just adjust the hole a little
Well we now have 5!!
I had to intervene with one, as per my original post, I helped him a couple times and eventually this morning with further assistance he popped out, however he’d been in with another hatchling who wanted to sit on him constantly so we took them out and temporarily split them up, he hadnt been able to get his balance and walk properly but they’re all in together now and doing fine. The final one is just drying off in the incubator. It’s so stressful being a duck mum 
It was getting on for 48 hours but the lack of movement was worrying me, he/she is out now and with a bit of rest on its own it’s now doing well
