To intervene or not??

[poppymajor]

Hi all, I've been going through all the old posts and getting as much info as possible.....but! We started with 8 duck eggs in our incubator (a brinsea) . Now hatch day arrived.....4 out of the 6 remaining started pipping, 2 were dead( it happens I know). Now 1 has hatched just fine, took about 36 hours. 1 we had to intervene when we saw blood...somehow it's survived! But our last 2 are still alive, but no further than the pipping stage. Do I intervene? It's been about 40 hours now. Please help, as I'm going insane!!

 

[kuchchicks]

Are they pipped at all or chirping? What are they doing?

 

[poppymajor]

Hi, two successfully hatched in the end and we had to help the other two.....the last one was all but dead......I'm not ashamed to say I kept it warm down my top!! All 4 now in the brooder, eating and drinking

 

[kuchchicks]

Congrats!

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BTW, I love the pic of your avatar!