premature duckling

  1. DuckDuckandDuck

    Cayuga duckling hatched prematurely. Help please.

    Hi All, I’ve recently had some Cayuga ducks hatch. First 5 hatched fine, no issues. First 3 hatched 2nd of October healthy and energetic. Another 2 hatched on the 7th, and another 2 yesterday on the 8th about 4am. All 5 previous duckings had no deformities or trouble hatching. One of the 2...
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  2. H

    Help Please! *Call Duckling Premature Hatch*

    I have a duckling that started to hatch yesterday and I unfortunately interviened, which I am regretting now. It's completely seperated from its shell except for one tiny stand that is still attached to the shell. It's been out of the shell since early this morning and is not yet dried off or...
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  3. ryleigh

    Duck hatching prematurely

    One of our duck eggs started hatching early so we were taking a look at it and it looked like his blood vessels ripped. We think it was the other ducklings when they were in the incubator that were constantly pecking at him. I read something that said to put an egg shell back over him so he...
  4. ryleigh

    duck hatching prematurely

  5. N

    Premature ducky help!!

    Hi, I had recently gotten duck eggs, and the date for them to hatch was today and the two Pekin ducks haven’t even made the small hole yet, and the black duck hatched early and it had this greenish, brownish, yellowish sac attached that doesn’t have blood vessels but it clearly the yoke. I don’t...
    • NewDuckyMom16
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  6. AltTipton

    Baby duck just finished completely hatching, but still has part of his umbilical cord

    He just came completely out. He hatched on the narrow end of the egg. I actually didn't think he was gonna hatch at all bc his egg had some major bruising on the outside. When he hatched the inside of his egg was still bloody, not oozing blood, just a light coating, he has blood on him and his...
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  7. K

    Premature duck

    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...
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