The duckling is actually doing pretty good! I took the stronger ducklings out and left him in the incubator a bit longer to stay warm. I really don’t think this little one would have made it out, the membrane was dried stiff and stuck to the bird, it had stopped peeping and very little movement...
Hello! Just joined this group, new to hatching ducks, and wow amazing info!
My ducklings just hatched last night, one of which was a tiny blue Swedish egg. It was malpositioned and pipped below the air cell into a blood vessel. The blood dried up and got stuck to the little one and so the need...