newborn duckie

14 hours after the first pip in the shell it is here

it is still wet as it litterally just came out of the shell.

looks just like mama

i had to help it a little in the end because it was breaking out the small end of the egg when they are supposed to break out the big end. the shell tension is too much on the small end to allow the baby to kick free. it comming out the wrong end means the egg was left wrong side up. see birds rotate their eggs daily but for the last 3 days leave the eggs big end up so the chick can orient itself and head for the top of the big end to start breaking out.