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    Super shrink wrapped duckling

    56+ hours later after the external pip, it gave up. I'm pretty bummed. It's my own fault for accepting an egg I was ill prepared for. Afterwards I opened it up and it never absorbed the blood or the yolk. It's an unpleasant reality I've found myself in, and I'm going to pass on the next egg that...
  2. J

    Super shrink wrapped duckling

    What would cause a duckling to externally pip when it's developmentally unprepared? I ask because it's been 48+ hours since he cracked his shell, I discovered he was shrink wrapped, and I used coconut oil on the membrane. The duckling is snoozing and peeping and breathing fine, but is still...
  3. J

    Super shrink wrapped duckling

    I wanted to add that it's in the most shabby incubator I could rig. There's a dish of water and sphagnum moss to keep humidity up, but a wire mesh lid covered with aluminum foil, so the moisture has undoubtedly fluctuated while I slept and led to this. I haven't hatched chickens in years, but my...
  4. J

    Super shrink wrapped duckling

    I'm about 36 hours from the first external pip with no zipping. I took the pip shell/membrane off for a very tiny window, and saw that my duckling is shrink wrapped. I removed a little more shell so I could moisten the internal membrane, which revealed lots of healthy veins still. I feel like my...
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