I have a big mix of ducks
Girls are
Pekin
Pekin x khaki
Silver Swedish
Buff Swedish
Blue/ silver Swedish
Then mom did mate her son so I got a pure white and a black/ brown patterns that she also has green tinge in her head
Her flight feathers have metallic purple and her other feathers...
I’m sorry he didn’t make it
You did everything you could
It definitely was an case I had never come across so all help we could give was guesses
This will be a good thread for others that come across the same issue one day
Beautiful ducklings :)
I have 10 on day 23-24 with 4 shadowing...
You can continue to try to get goo away
Even warm water on q tip and rub on his head
Hopefully he will get absorbed then you can help him hatch and clean him off
That goo dries like cement
Sorry I was away this evening
I would keep humidity at 60-65 as I’m thinking that’s goo and membrane we don’t want to dry out
I would say he will be fine ti leave alone as long as any exposed membrane is moistened
He can breath and absorb
Even some of my ducks eggs that never left her nest ended up with saddle air cells
Just thinking because that air cell never really grew maybe it was detached
I have a shipped egg in my bator with a full detached air cell and it’s growing a baby
Be interesting to see what happens in the next...
Can you move that membrane away from his eyes and get as much of that goo out with Q tips
I have never seen this before but I worry if he puts his beak down he could get a bunch inside his nares
I myself haven’t had this happen but if it were my egg I would lower humidity to 60 that way it’s not to low but not as high as normal
I would take dry q tips and try to get out as much goo as I could without hurting baby
If he is absorbing his yolk and his beak is up away from the liquid I’m...