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Hi. I have 5 duck eggs that were due to hatch yesterday. 3have hatched fine and perfect. I have one really small egg thats pipped but just sat in the egg for more than a day.. And the other egg hasnt pipped or anything. When shall i help the pipped one? Ive helped ducklings before but i dont...

From what age?

He's got blonde feathers with a darkish brown head with a brownish black beak. Im pretty sure its Rowan cross some other breed but what? ....

How old do ducklings have to be before you can introduce them to water a couple of inches deep? Like in a tub? My duckling on purposely splashes its feet in his drinking water and hes only 3 days old! I know it probably wont be for a while yet... Help?

How long before i put him under the heat lamp? Hes looking fairly strong.. A little wobbly but he can get his way around.

Someone told me not to use wood shavings because they can choke aparently? Good idea about the towel ill do that instead.

Yeah ive left him in there, hes looking stronger by the hour, hes walked over for water and done about 3 laps around the incubator :) it started to dry up but hes just stepped in the water and got it wet. When do i offer him food and is humidity such an issue now? Its currently 72%. Ive made a...

Ok will do.. What will happen to the yolk sack bit thats under him? Will it dry up and drop off? Thanks for your help.

Thanks, this morning he was walking around with the umbilical cord attached to the shell, he was struggling to move around whilst trying to drag the shell and i couldnt see any veins so i cut around the inside of the shell and i left a long stringy bit of gunk that he happily dragged around...

My first baby duckling hatched with my help today, he pipped on his own yesterday morning on the opposite end of the air pocket, ive left him until about 4pm today until i helped him out of the shell, the blood vessels have been absorbed and his bottom half is still in the egg. However he has...