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You done a great job saving him :love

:love:love:love Sweet.

Well it was a rough hatch.. takes a little longer to get on their feet after all of that. Don't forget to post pictures once he is all fluffed up and doing great :clap

Is he up and going now? :pop

Update?

Is it peeping at all and moving around? Any more yawning and chewing?

I can't quite tell if that is yolk or just a little poo/egg waste down in there. But I would just leave him be the way he is now. I'd say he will be just fine and perk up here in another hour or so. 😊

Oh gosh sorry I had to go back to work.. How is it now?

:fl:fl:fl I sure hope this ducky makes it after all the work you've done to save it.

Now.. by the looks of it it should be able to get out by itself now when it's ready. If you get to the point you feel like it's struggling to get out and cannot, you may gently help it get its head out. At that point you should be able to see down into the egg to tell if the yolk is absorbed. If...

Perfect!

That looks great. Now I would just leave it and wait. you should be able to tell when he's ready to come out if he can't push himself out he will probably start struggling and peeping loudly. :celebrate

I would work on these areas. You want to uncover the head area and eventually get the shell to where it can just push itself out when it's ready. If you remove just the shell and moisten that membrane you should be able to see where the veins are and if they are full of blood or not.

Can you take some pictures?

That "egg skin" Is membrane. You do not want to let that stuff get stuck to its bill, or dried onto the down feathers. As long as there are no visible veins you can peel that stuff back away from it.

The opening and closing of the bill is what I mean by "yawning" they will also make a movement with their bill that looks like chewing. Those are both indicators that they are still absorbing yolk.

@Pyxis @WVduckchick Tagging some peeps because I'm about to get busy and I hate to leave you stranded.

It is your choice what you decide to do and when. It's really hard for us to give suggestions when we aren't there to observe the behavior of the duck. You just kind of got to go with your gut. You will most likely have to finish assisting the hatch since its bill is not in the air cell. So at...

No it's likely not going to drown the chick as long as there is no holes or cracks in the shell.. But sometimes there can be a little cracks and holes that we don't always notice. And eggshells are porous that's how they get oxygen through the shell. And putting water on eggs actually does the...

Even if it doesn't harm the egg (which I feel there is a good chance that can by chilling the chick) I just feel it's an unnecessary risk. you can usually shine a flashlight through the air cell end of an egg and see if there is any movement.