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    Help!! My tiniest duckling seems to be shrinking...

    T.I.A. Any advice much appreciated. My tiniest duckling (Pekin x Cayuga) is only 3 days old and while the others are all eating, drinking, pooping and growing, this little one, who we've named "Buttons" is not :( They are peeping and moving, but not really interested in food - we've tried...
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    Duckling hatching at wrong end.....Has pipped, we have assisted a little to get him/her oxygen. But now it's been nearly 2 days....

    Thankyou for that. I will definitely get some if we do hatch again. This poor little soul passed in the night. My husband was very upset as he'd been nursing him and really connected with it. I hadn't been able to get onto the computer to read your message, otherwise I would have tried to get...
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    Duckling with curly foot

    Hi there, I have the same issue with our latest arrival, and she keeps going round in circles, and can't hold her head up. Would crushed berocca in water be ok to give her?? The other 5 are doing really well but she is not, and I want to do whatever I can to help her. Also, at what age/stage do...
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    Duckling hatching at wrong end.....Has pipped, we have assisted a little to get him/her oxygen. But now it's been nearly 2 days....

    I used coconut oil, and this morning it had ingested the yolk. But it is really weak still, having trouble holding its head up, and when it tries to move it kind of goes in circles, I think its feet are still curled up a bit. Any advice? I've heard about people making splints etc. I'm just not...
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    Duckling hatching at wrong end.....Has pipped, we have assisted a little to get him/her oxygen. But now it's been nearly 2 days....

    Thanks all for your well wishes! We now have 5 gorgeous little ducklings, who are providing hours of entertainment and joy :) The last viable egg is very late and was from an egg that my son accidentally dropped very early on in incubation so we taped it up. I gave some assistance after I...
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    Duckling hatching at wrong end.....Has pipped, we have assisted a little to get him/her oxygen. But now it's been nearly 2 days....

    Yes, it was a long couple of days, but now we have a gorgeous active little bundle of fluffy gorgeousness!! And 4 siblings too :)
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    Duckling hatching at wrong end.....Has pipped, we have assisted a little to get him/her oxygen. But now it's been nearly 2 days....

    Thankyou, it hasn't absorbed it all yet and eyes still closed so I think I assisted too early, but it is a huge duckling and being down the narrow end it didn't have a chance of getting out. Plus the air sac was too big (first time for us) so it had no wiggle room. It is out now and I'm keeping...
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    Duckling hatching at wrong end.....Has pipped, we have assisted a little to get him/her oxygen. But now it's been nearly 2 days....

    Thankyou. I've decided to try and get a little bit of sleep now. I was just worried that there was something dangerous about letting him/her just sit at the opening like that for so long....
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    Duckling hatching at wrong end.....Has pipped, we have assisted a little to get him/her oxygen. But now it's been nearly 2 days....

    This is our first hatch. We saw an external pip in the wrong end of the egg 2 nights ago, but it was not through the shell and started to discolour around there in a circle shape. Then last night I decided to try and open it up so the duck would have oxygen. Now it's a whole day again later and...
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