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    Sensitive content —Runner duck malposition - sadly died day 28

    I thought I’d share these pictures of my runner that sadly passed from being malpositioned & unable to internally pip. I’m heartbroken, it devastates me to lose any animal & I tried my best to find the balance of trust in the process & intervention. I witnessed her breathing slowing from...
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    Urgent - Please help! Day 27 runner egg complication!

    I should add the yolk was fully covering the air cell & the baby had externally pipped 2 days ago in the pointy end. Then turned I think.
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    Urgent - Please help! Day 27 runner egg complication!

    Hi all, so I thought I would update you with the outcome. The duckling was definitely malpositioned & could not internally pip itself. It’s breathing slowed & I did my best to try and find it’s beak to allow it some oxygen… I opened a small 2mm part of the membrane near its wing & it seemed to...
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    Urgent - Please help! Day 27 runner egg complication!

    Sorry for posting again - I’m new to using a forum, not sure how I managed that.
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    Urgent - Please help! Day 27 runner egg complication!

    Hi, there was no internal pip in the air cell - I thought that it was trying to externally pip in the wrong end, since the star shape crack looked exactly like that. When I opened the crack it fell away easily & I can see that the membrane is still completely intact & no beak was visible, in...
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    Urgent - Please help! Day 27 runner egg complication!

    Hi, there was no internal pip in the air cell - I thought that it was trying to externally pip in the wrong end, since the star shape crack looked exactly like that. When I opened the crack it fell away easily & I can see that the membrane is still completely intact & no beak was visible, in...
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    Urgent - Please help! Day 27 runner egg complication!

    Hi all, please help, this is only my second time hatching duck eggs. I hatched 9 mallards 5 weeks ago & had a 100% success hatch rate, intervening with the last 4. I now have 5 runner ducks in the incubator (37.5 & 70 humidity). They are all moving along the line of the air cell not internally...
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