premature duck

  1. Hball

    Mama duck not accepting baby

    I had a duck hatch several eggs and one of them cracked and was bloody, it eventually hatched out and was lifeless and the mama duck was stepping all over it. So, I put it in the incubator for several days and it wouldn’t stand but just twitch its legs. Finally it started standing so I put it in...
    • Hball
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    • duck duckling hatch premature duck will she accept them
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Ducks
  2. thebirdhouse83

    Help! Premature Duckling

    This baby was on day 28 of incubation and had an external pip. Our cat knocked our small incubator off of the counter and broke his shell quite a bit causing him to have some bleeding. I applied a very small amount of styptic powder to stop the bleeding. Then wrapped it in a damp paper towel to...
    • thebirdhouse83
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    • advice appreciated first time brooding ducks help help ! membrane tear premature duck trouble hatching umbilical cord weak chick wild baby ducks
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
  3. N

    HELP - Duck egg pipped at day 20!

    Looking for advice please! First time incubating eggs and have a duck egg externally pipped at day 20! Intermittent movement but no cheeping/sound. When candling, egg seemed to be developing faster than expected but this still seems too early! Other 3 eggs have not pipped and they are sharing an...
  4. farmfreshhens

    Premie duckling?

    I need some advice please. This is my first attempt at hatching call duck eggs. We started with 41 eggs. Our females wouldn't sit. After a week we candled and the number dropped to 14. Out of 14 we had 4 die in their shells, 6 hatches. One was a "star gazer" and perished within 12 hours...
  5. K

    Premature duckling

    Hi, My kindergarten class incubated eggs and I had one duck pip and not make much progress after 3 days. It seemed distressed so I helped it. It had eaten most of the yolk sac and the cord was attached. I put it back in the incubator with shell. Yesterday it looked better. Today it’s even...
  6. TLiv17

    Premature Duck Egg Hatching

    HELP! I went to check on my female muscovy duck and her best and I noticed blood on her chest. I got worried so i checked her thinking it was coming from her but when I moved her I saw that the blood was coming from one of her eggs. I don't know if she layed down on the egg too hard or something...
  7. M

    premature duckling! what do I do?

    So I have Muscovys but one of the eggs prematurely hatched. we kept the little guy inside and let him absorb his yolk and detach from the membrane. It's been about 4 days since he was inside and I've been giving him vitamins and water and he's still not walking. I'm wondering when I should...
    • Muscovy Owner
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    • help premature duck weak duck
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Ducks
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