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    Help! New duckling has something hard on its back.

    Well it hatched while we were out for dinner! So hopefully tomorrow morning it will be fluffy amd on its feet!! Yay!!
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    Help! New duckling has something hard on its back.

    Ok...so I have another duckling trying to hatch. It has looked like this since this morning. It’s beak is out and there doesn’t seem to be a membrane around it. It’s chirping.... My question is....I worry the shell is gonna be pretty hard because of all the opening the incubator I did when...
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    Help! New duckling has something hard on its back.

    Thanks😢. Ok I sure will! So far I only have one other one....my daughter named Jeffrey😂. He’s doing well! I think I have a couple more eggs thinking about hatching soon! Hopefully all goes well!! 🙏
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    Help! New duckling has something hard on its back.

    Well....it’s a very sad morning for me....lil pip passed away last night. He was such a fighter....and I tried so hard to help him....definitely not the outcome I was hoping for. so I have a few more eggs in the incubator....I can hear one cheeping in its egg since yesterday. I worry that...
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    Help! New duckling has something hard on its back.

    Oh good ideas!! I will do that right now!!
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    Help! New duckling has something hard on its back.

    Thank u to everyone that has been so helpful!! This is by far the best forum I have ever found!!
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    Help! New duckling has something hard on its back.

    Man this is way more stressful than raising horses!! 😂.
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    Help! New duckling has something hard on its back.

    I did try it this morning....the lil older one started pecking at the lil one...so I got protective and got the basket put together. I thought if they can see each other and hear each other for a day or two I’d try again? U think I should try again tonight? I worry lil pip won’t be able to...
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    Help! New duckling has something hard on its back.

    Got a question for u....so I am using a red heat lamp...how do I know if it’s warm enough or too warm for them...especially being a few days apart. When I hold them the couple day older ones feet are warm...the newer one...lil pip as I call him...lol...his are cool. I feel like I have the...
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    Help! New duckling has something hard on its back.

    Hi! I don’t have any nutra drench...but I will get some! His feet aren’t curled up...he’s just super wobbly on them. I did get him out of the incubator....and in the container I’m using for a brooder....so the two ducklings I have can see each other. The stuff on his back is getting less and...
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    Help! New duckling has something hard on its back.

    Here’s a couple pics....they aren’t the best, but man it’s hard to get good pics of him! He’s constantly moving around trying to stand up!! I love his determination!
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    Help! New duckling has something hard on its back.

    It is sooooo very nice to feel like I have some support! I am scared to death I’m going to do something wrong and do more harm than good! I will post those pics when I get home in a little bit! Thank u all!!
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    Help! New duckling has something hard on its back.

    I will gather the supplies and try to partition my brooder. I was just messing with him and forgot to take a pic of his legs! I will get him out again in a while and take it so u can see. I feel like he does a lot of crossing his legs when I help him stand...if that makes sense. If I keep my...
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    Help! New duckling has something hard on its back.

    Thank u for the responses! I did give him another warm bath today...and some of it came off. I will get a picture of his feet...he is still really struggling to stand, like really doesn’t do it at all by himself....which really concerns me. His navel looks good with nothing on it. And he...
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    Help! New duckling has something hard on its back.

    Thank u so much!!
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