Search results for query: *

  1. jestep

    Weird duck hatching, yolk sack still attached

    I did not think domestic ducks imprint, but these 2 definitely did. It's been about 85 - 90 the last few days so have gotten a lot of outdoor time and a few swims in a warm water tupperware container. I can't wait to see what the darker one looks like since she's a hybrid white duclair and buff...
  2. jestep

    Weird duck hatching, yolk sack still attached

    She was stepping on the yolk sac and her stomach basically was basically looking inverted, like a human with a really bad umbilical hernia. If that's not the same then disregard my comment. She's doing well though but is still super tiny, like 1/3 the size of her sister, picture doesn't do it...
  3. jestep

    Weird duck hatching, yolk sack still attached

    Also, with the wet paper towel, there were numerous threads here suggesting it, so that's why we tried it and not a dry one, or just leaving her in the incubator, there were others suggesting just laying a wet paper towel over a bird in this condition, that seemed pretty futile since they like...
  4. jestep

    Weird duck hatching, yolk sack still attached

    Well she didn't put up with the cup for long and knocked it over so we just eventually left her in the incubator by herself after giving her water a few times. We ended up cutting the yolk sac off this morning, it was pretty much completely dry and was starting to cause a hernia, we were gone...
  5. jestep

    Weird duck hatching, yolk sack still attached

    She's in a cup now and I don't want to move her much, we didn't unfortunately take any pics at the time we were moving her, I can take a picture of the yolk we poured out though but was just normal yellow as if out of a somewhat fresh egg. We didn't see it candling though, but couldn't come up...
  6. jestep

    Weird duck hatching, yolk sack still attached

    That's what I'm hoping and the other yolk took up so much space it was able to just squirt out of the hole it made. No bleeding at any point, her sac is totally intact. She's still feisty and in good spirits as well, probably not much else we can do but hope she pulls through.
  7. jestep

    Weird duck hatching, yolk sack still attached

    Fairly large, our ducks lay roughly a jumbo plus chicken egg.
  8. jestep

    Weird duck hatching, yolk sack still attached

    That's the weird thing, it's yolk sac is totally attached and undamaged still. It was like another yolk was in there.
  9. jestep

    Weird duck hatching, yolk sack still attached

    So we just hatched 14 ducklings, most went just fine, the last 2 have been really bizarre. The second to last one was the first to hard pipp and then decided to do nothing for more than 50 hours. She did make it though, but we about screwed it up completely helping her, but she was finally able...
  10. jestep

    Baby duck problems

    We picked up some niacin and are going to give it a shot. I can't believe how hard it is to find the right one. Everything at about 5 stores including health stores we went to was either non-flushing or time release. The feed doesn't have a breakdown on vitamin content and the electrolite mix...
  11. jestep

    Baby duck problems

    New here but have been lurking for a long time now. I know this topic has been beat to death there, but haven't quite found an example of the same situation. I have a group of 8 ducks and 1 goose that we got about 2 weeks ago. One of the ducks is now about half the size or less of the others...
Back
Top Bottom