Ducklings pipped early!! Help!!

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Hanlills777

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Hi all, sorry me again. Today is lockdown, (day 25) and I had another teacher pop into school to do it as I'm not able to but she said 3 have pipped already!! That's early and they've not had the higher humidity yet!

Has anyone else had this before and what happened? I'm afraid that they'll die now as the shells won't be soft enough yet for them to zip round . I can't go in until tomorrow now so will have to see what the outcome is in the morning but just thought I'd see if anyone else has had any survive?

I'm surprised they pipped the shells with only 45% humidity whilst still being turned in the cradle??
 
Phew...that's a relief good news on the ducklings, I expect the children are thrilled... :D :-)08 :-)08
 
Hatching questions may be responded to faster in the hatching section of the forum if that helps :)
 
Took them Out this morning and they're doing great (Eric is a bit manky where he was stuck in his shell and I had to help him out. He has a few bald patches and is tiny but overall he is fine and the kids have loved the cuddles! had another try hatching but got stuck so helped her out halfway. She then tried struggling out and I noticed some blood on the mat, turned her over and there's a very thin blood vessel still attached to the shell and it's bleeding. Tried to wedge her back into the egg but she keeps pulling out. I decided to break the main hulk ofthe egg off so it's less topull aound when she moves so less weight pulling on her cord? Her yolk sac is absorbed but it's not healed over completely yet. Have left her and am hoping for the best :/
 
Have you posted in the hatching forum? Lots of experts there. I know little about hatching. Sorry.
 
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