Hi there!
A long story short we are first time hatchers who had an incubator all setup and working before we recently got hit with a cyclone. Due to losing power for 5 days we moved our moscovey duck eggs under a broody chicken (within an hour of losing power). Once the storm passed and we got power back we moved them back into the incubator to see if any of them had a chance.
Alot of them become inactive upon candling but 2 kept going. Leading up to the 35 day mark one externally pipped 4 days early... I kept an eye on it for 48 hours but than decided it was time to assist. upon breaking the shell away carefully the poor thing appeared to be shrink wrapped. Throughout the day I slowly assisted until it pushed itself out. No blood and its yolk was absorbed.
The duckling has been chirping and moving alot but it is yet to stand up. Its been sliding around on its belly with its legs behind it. Its got my stumped. Did the unfortunate chain of events cause an issue for the duckling or do I give it more time and vitamins to try assist it getting on its feet.
Any help would be awesome.
Thanks!
A long story short we are first time hatchers who had an incubator all setup and working before we recently got hit with a cyclone. Due to losing power for 5 days we moved our moscovey duck eggs under a broody chicken (within an hour of losing power). Once the storm passed and we got power back we moved them back into the incubator to see if any of them had a chance.
Alot of them become inactive upon candling but 2 kept going. Leading up to the 35 day mark one externally pipped 4 days early... I kept an eye on it for 48 hours but than decided it was time to assist. upon breaking the shell away carefully the poor thing appeared to be shrink wrapped. Throughout the day I slowly assisted until it pushed itself out. No blood and its yolk was absorbed.
The duckling has been chirping and moving alot but it is yet to stand up. Its been sliding around on its belly with its legs behind it. Its got my stumped. Did the unfortunate chain of events cause an issue for the duckling or do I give it more time and vitamins to try assist it getting on its feet.
Any help would be awesome.
Thanks!