assisting a hatch...(duckling) UPDATE! Page 2

[Wifezilla]

How cute is that itty bitty thing

 

[Luvducks]

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Thank you. Do you think I should put it with my 4 week old Khaki Campbell's and blue Swedish. LOL. I bought them because I did not think any of the duck eggs would hatch. Needed a duckling fix.

Well the baby is about as big as one of the bigger ducks feet. I llove them all.

 

[Wifezilla]

I would wait for the little duck to get bigger. Is there a way you can put the little duck where it can see and hear the other ducks, but not get accidentally squished?

 

[ryple]

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Okay, here's what I did. When I would candle my eggs, (5 silky duck eggs, damaged air cells in shipping are on day 25 1/2. I had one DIS already, 2 days ago) they would push up with their beaks and the membrane would 'tent' up, then fall back down. It seemed tough to me.
I opened the large end and saw that the membrane was tough and white. I put a little hole in it where the bill was. There was a blood spot, so I put them back. A couple hours later, I widened the opening. A couple hours more I lifted their heads out. (the two that I opened.)
One cheeped, one barely opened it's mouth. The first cheeped a couple more times, and could be seen breathing, the other just sits. Yolk is visible inside the shell. They are both just sitting still, I can't even see their breathing movements now. Their eyes aren't cloudy, though. I opened the air cell end of the other two, and was careful not to break the membrane, (also tough and white) and have been wetting it every hour or so.
Is it expected that my little delicate ducks wouldn't move? I'm dying just leaving them alone, but there is still a vascular network, and yolk present. I haven't pulled away any shell that wasn't where the air cell was. What is happening? Any ideas?

For the casual onlooker, silky ducks should be hatched out at day 26.

Please help and reply, the more I'm at the computer, the less I'm gazing at them, tempted to do more.