should I make a safety hole?

[silkiemother]

so I set this last little surviving egg on 1/20 and it went into lock down thursday, it is now late sunday afternoon. she appears to be very active but hasn't pipped yet and I'm wondering if I should make a tiny safety hole to check to make sure the membrane isn't too dry for her to pierce. I have no idea how to hatch ducks and I made a mistake since I'm used to chickens and not ducks and used an open air incubator set up so it's been kinda hard to control humidity. the temp is kept within a two degree range of above 98.8 and below 99.7. Should I maybe make a tiny hole to check to make sure it's not too dry for her? she is also a cross between a white crested hen and a blue Swedish drake. I have no idea what I'm doing expect for the research I've done to get me to this point so any help would be greatly appreciated. Also, yeah, I did make the mistake of forgetting to get a humidity monitor so this has all been by guess

 

[pekin queen]

so I set this last little surviving egg on 1/20 and it went into lock down thursday, it is now late sunday afternoon. she appears to be very active but hasn't pipped yet and I'm wondering if I should make a tiny safety hole to check to make sure the membrane isn't too dry for her to pierce. I have no idea how to hatch ducks and I made a mistake since I'm used to chickens and not ducks and used an open air incubator set up so it's been kinda hard to control humidity. the temp is kept within a two degree range of above 98.8 and below 99.7. Should I maybe make a tiny hole to check to make sure it's not too dry for her? she is also a cross between a white crested hen and a blue Swedish drake. I have no idea what I'm doing expect for the research I've done to get me to this point so any help would be greatly appreciated. Also, yeah, I did make the mistake of forgetting to get a humidity monitor so this has all been by guess

i am no expert at ducks at all but i think that might be a good idea but again i am no duck expert. is she/he the last egg in there? did you candle the egg?

 

[silkiemother]

I've candled her, she's alive and active and yeah, she's the last egg out of five I set, one made it right up to it's hatching date but passed away in the egg due to a birth defect, this baby was accidentally set later than the others

 

[pekin queen]

I've candled her, she's alive and active and yeah, she's the last egg out of five I set, one made it right up to it's hatching date but passed away in the egg due to a birth defect, this baby was accidentally set later than the others

okay thanks

 

[pekin queen]

@Duck Lady1 @Duck stepmother @Duck Duck Moose do any of you know if she should make a hole in the egg?if not do you know of any one who would

 

[silkiemother]

I think I'm just gonna go ahead and make a really small one no bigger than the tip of a toothpick so I can see in but I'm not sure whether to do it tonight or wait till tomorrow morning

 

[pekin queen]

I think I'm just gonna go ahead and make a really small one no bigger than the tip of a toothpick so I can see in

okay
better safe then sorry

 

[silkiemother]

see, but I can't decide if I want to do it tonight or give her until tomorrow morning to see if she pips on her own without any assistance

 

[pekin queen]

see, but I can't decide if I want to do it tonight or give her until tomorrow morning to see if she pips on her own without any assistance

um hard decision you have got on your hands, sadly i am not good at decisions,but i have a feeling you should do it sooner rather then later,but its up to you

 

[BelovedBirds]

so I set this last little surviving egg on 1/20 and it went into lock down thursday, it is now late sunday afternoon. she appears to be very active but hasn't pipped yet and I'm wondering if I should make a tiny safety hole to check to make sure the membrane isn't too dry for her to pierce. I have no idea how to hatch ducks and I made a mistake since I'm used to chickens and not ducks and used an open air incubator set up so it's been kinda hard to control humidity. the temp is kept within a two degree range of above 98.8 and below 99.7. Should I maybe make a tiny hole to check to make sure it's not too dry for her? she is also a cross between a white crested hen and a blue Swedish drake. I have no idea what I'm doing expect for the research I've done to get me to this point so any help would be greatly appreciated. Also, yeah, I did make the mistake of forgetting to get a humidity monitor so this has all been by guess

has she internally pipped? Definitely do not make a hole just to check if she's too dry, if she has not internal pipped that'll just risk shrink wrapping her. Give her time, she may just be a little behind.