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    Hatchling covered in meconium - runner duck 5 days over!

    Here they are this morning, number 1 is fluffy and perky, in the brooder and calling away. It’s had some food, water and a poop already and is huddled under the heat pad. Number 2 finally exited its shell at 4am and is recovering in the incubator. Is that brusing on its bill?
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    Hatchling covered in meconium - runner duck 5 days over!

    Thank you, I have niacin at the ready and electrolytes coming tomorrow. Hopefully that won’t be too late. I should have waited a little longer, I was mainly concerned by the amount of poop along with them being already 28+5 days. Poor little thing was even blowing poop bubbles. I’m hoping this...
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    Hatchling covered in meconium - runner duck 5 days over!

    Sorry I wasn’t very clear, it externally pipped yesterday morning and had been progressing well over the day but over the 12 hours overnight it hadn’t progressed any further. So it’d been 24+ hours after externally pipping. I was pretty sure it’s meconium (well aware I could be wrong) because...
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    Hatchling covered in meconium - runner duck 5 days over!

    I was reluctant to assist this hatchling, it externally pipped yesterday morning (day 34) and I could see there was lots of meconium but the breathing looked ok and it seemed to be progressing well. By this morning it hadn’t made any more progress overnight and I could see more meconium so I...
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    Is this duckling shrink wrapped?

    It was malpositioned in the end (so now I know why it never externally pipped) it’s foot was over its head and it couldn’t move its head forward to really reach the shell. I had to slowly remove enough shell (several sittings with long rests in between for us both) til it was able to do the last...
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    Is this duckling shrink wrapped?

    Fingers crossed for both! It’s quite stressful isn’t it!? I didn’t think I’d be getting so attached to something not even fully born yet!
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    Is this duckling shrink wrapped?

    How’s doing? I’ve got one of the baby cameras on mine and it’s moving it’s bill around and will chirp back at me if I talk to it over the camera. I’m hoping in the morning (4:30am here) it will have made some progress or the vessels will have absorbed and I can help it a bit more. I’m...
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    Is this duckling shrink wrapped?

    Thank you, I needed that reassurance. It’s breathing nicely and resting. It’s responding to its ‘name’ I’m hoping to leave it be overnight.
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    Is this duckling shrink wrapped?

    Hi all, This is my first hatch. This little guy is now day 30/31 days and internally pipped about 36 hours ago. After 30 hours I expected it to be dead after not progressing to external pip but he was cheeping and there was some tapping but no external pip. I made a small hole in the air cell...
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