@New duck mommy 2021 Happy Thanksgiving! If you see this today, would you mind telling me if you think Bobby has internally pipped? I don't hear anything coming from his egg but things look so different. Thank you for everything and if you don't see this today, no worries of course, and have a great day! <3
I wasn’t able to see if baby was in the air cell but the change in the egg where there is more showing at the top of the air cell tells me baby has turned into hatch position
Shadowing along the lower part and the air cell has dipped forward more
These are all exactly what we want to see
So far baby is on track
Now that baby has turned the best way to candle is keeping the egg in position
That air cell that’s dipped forward needs to face up
I will pick my egg up and hold it still just move my candler without turning the egg
This way we don’t cause baby to move back
I would say anytime in the next 1-2 days you will see internal pip
Sometimes you will catch breathing movements at the lower part of the air cell where the shadowing happens
It will be up / down movement instead of random flickering
Ducklings take a long time to hatch
After you see a beak in the air cell it’s up to 24 hours before you see external pip
After external it can be 24-48
More hours
Usually 8-12 hours after first hit you will see a second one then more waiting till they start to zip
Edited to add anytime the internal can happen but shouldn’t be longer then 48 hours from now.
I would check egg every 6-8 hours
There are videos on YouTube of internal pips that will help you to know what to look for as well
