HELP!!

[NewtoDuckhatching]

I have 2 duck eggs that started to pip. But neither of them are all the way through the shell!! One is just a bubble on the shell with slight cracking. And the other the shell fell off but the membrane is still there!
What should I do

 

[KathiQuacks]

That sounds normal to me. Ducklings pip just enough to give themselves air, and then they rest. Expect them hatching tomorrow or the next day.

 

[NewtoDuckhatching]

That sounds normal to me. Ducklings pip just enough to give themselves air, and then they rest. Expect them hatching tomorrow or the next day.

But how are they breathing if it's not all the way through?

 

[NewtoDuckhatching]

These are the eggs. Not sure how thick duck eggs are normally. But I feel like my eggs are hard to crack.

 

[My15Ducks]

Those look like healthy normal pips. Some of mine take 48 hours from pip to hatch

 

[KathiQuacks]

But how are they breathing if it's not all the way through?

It is all the way through.

Take, for example, a piece of paper, and make 1 cut into the center with scissors. Or, poke a hole through the center with a pencil. It doesn’t look like much, but there’s definitely a hole there.

It’s just enough for air to seep in. If they made the first hole much larger, the membrane would dry out before they could finish the hatch.

These are the eggs.

Those pips in the photos look great.

 

[NewtoDuckhatching]

Understandable. But my point is is that it's not an actual hole. Everything I've watched they made an actual hole. One is just a bubble, and the other the membrane is still intacted.

 

[My15Ducks]

Understandable. But my point is is that it's not an actual hole. Everything I've watched they made an actual hole. One is just a bubble, and the other the membrane is still intacted.

There is an actual hole, it’s just hard or impossible to see depending on how the pip is.