Baby duck born with possible double yolk - Help and advice needed!

[Ravenborn]

Hey everyone! My wife and I have incubated our duck eggs and had 3 perfectly healthy hatch-lings.
I know how to handle babies that have hatched too soon (egg yolk still attached) and mostly know what that looks like (one of the other babies had kicked themselves out with the yolk still attached and we tea-cupped it, emulating the egg environment with moist paper towels). That baby is doing perfectly fine now.

One however, was showing signs of distress.
This chick is active, is chirping and kicking, we have it tea-cupped, but there seems to be a strange growth on the bottom of the sack. It's been over 48 hours from first pips.
Should we remove the deterioration? I'm worried that if left un-amputated that it could cause infection. I'm wondering if it was a twin that didn't make it (as I've read that's common with a double yolk). Honestly, first hatching so kind of grasping at straws here, any help or advice would be appreciated!

Sorry for the possible gory images but I figured it would be the best way to get the situation across.

EDIT: Also first post. lol I apologize if it's in the wrong place. If so, can a mod please kindly move it to the appropriate section, if possible?

 

[MGG]

Wow, I don't know. Have you ever seen anything like this before, @JaeG ?

 

[Ravenborn]

One of it's siblings from the same brood for comparison, already out and chasing my wife around:

 

[JaeG]

Wow, I don't know. Have you ever seen anything like this before, @JaeG ?

I haven't seen anything like this sorry. Maybe @casportpony or @ronott1 or @WVduckchick can help.

 

[JaeG]

One of it's siblings from the same brood for comparison, already out and chasing my wife around:

That is one cute little duckling. What kind of ducks are they?

Hopefully someone I've tagged have some idea of how to help your little oddball.

 

[ronott1]

I haven't seen anything like this sorry. Maybe @casportpony or @ronott1 or @WVduckchick can help.

I have seen this type of thing in chickens. The yolk did not absorb completely. The danger is that the insides can pull out. It is best to isolate the baby and put it into a cup if possible. The part that is out should dry off and then the there should be a little cord to snip.

If you cut the cord now, the chick could bleed out so you would have to stitch the cord shut

 

[WVduckchick]

That is quite a lot unabsorbed. I’d try the cup also, and try to immobilize it as much as possible. I honestly wouldn’t hold out much hope of absorbing that much, but I suppose it’s possible. I suspect the goopy extra section has already fallen off by now, but if not, I’d be tempted to tie a piece of string/dental floss around it. It looks like the leftover gunk that usually stays in the shell when they hatch. It’s usually barely attached by a very thin blood vessel. I’ve had to cut it before, I just try to clip about an inch away from the belly, leaving a short threadlike piece attached, if it’s very thick.

Good luck! Adorable ducklings!

 

[Ravenborn]

Thank you so much for your help, guys. It really means alot, especially right now.
As far as we can tell, the parents are a crested magpie and a buff orpington.
We weren't planning on raising ducks originally, but we're staying on my parents property and they had a chicken coop and run where they used to raise chickens (no chickens now). My wife was at the local feed store and as she went to enter the building she was stopped by a gentleman in the parking lot. He was trying to sell them. We didn't have much money and he had sold all of their siblings in a big batch. Offered to give them to us, told my wife if she didn't take them he was probably just going to take them home and let his dogs have them.
We ended up with ducks that night. lol Crash course in duckling care.

From there, they've grown into huge, strong, beautiful ducks. We figured that, while hard times are currently upon us all, we might as well hatch babies and get some layers so that we can help support our community/neighborhood.
We were going to take pictures and try to get their breeds positively identified here on the forum.

Unfortunately, about three hours ago, my wife discovered that something had torn up the back of our duck run. The mother is no where to be found and the father was injured pretty badly, limping around. Wife (when she had calmed) took him to the vet. Vet said it was a young large dog bite. Most likely not malicious, just "playing" or Magnus would be dead. Also said if it had been coyote or a predator he'd be dead and the scene would have been nastier. Vet will be filing a report with the Sheriff's department. Didn't charge. Said the duck was in amazing health otherwise, commended Sara (my wife) on her care, and said he was the calmest, best behaved duck he'd ever seen. He couldn't bind the wound, it's infected. He said all dog bites are generally infected. So, he packed the wound with antibiotics and they'll need to be applied every so often. We'll be caring for Magnus in doors for the next week at least. We have a plastic tub that he's resting in right now. Officer stopped by when my wife was gone and requested she contact Animal Control tomorrow, that they'll be working with her to record the incident. We hold out hope that the female (Beth) comes back unharmed, but... I've dealt with animal attacks before and have a pessimistic (or realistic) view.

This is on the heels of me being pinned in the corner of my backyard by a neighbor's two pit bulls the other day while we were grilling with our four children, all under 8.

We'll be doubling down on security and I have a friend coming to help me, as well as repairing our fence and enclosure.

As far as the baby in question, the topic of this post, we'll definitely take the advice given moving forward and definitely keep everyone updated. Once again, thank you so very much...

 

[JaeG]

Thank you so much for your help, guys. It really means alot, especially right now.
As far as we can tell, the parents are a crested magpie and a buff orpington.
We weren't planning on raising ducks originally, but we're staying on my parents property and they had a chicken coop and run where they used to raise chickens (no chickens now). My wife was at the local feed store and as she went to enter the building she was stopped by a gentleman in the parking lot. He was trying to sell them. We didn't have much money and he had sold all of their siblings in a big batch. Offered to give them to us, told my wife if she didn't take them he was probably just going to take them home and let his dogs have them.
We ended up with ducks that night. lol Crash course in duckling care.

From there, they've grown into huge, strong, beautiful ducks. We figured that, while hard times are currently upon us all, we might as well hatch babies and get some layers so that we can help support our community/neighborhood.
We were going to take pictures and try to get their breeds positively identified here on the forum.

Unfortunately, about three hours ago, my wife discovered that something had torn up the back of our duck run. The mother is no where to be found and the father was injured pretty badly, limping around. Wife (when she had calmed) took him to the vet. Vet said it was a young large dog bite. Most likely not malicious, just "playing" or Magnus would be dead. Also said if it had been coyote or a predator he'd be dead and the scene would have been nastier. Vet will be filing a report with the Sheriff's department. Didn't charge. Said the duck was in amazing health otherwise, commended Sara (my wife) on her care, and said he was the calmest, best behaved duck he'd ever seen. He couldn't bind the wound, it's infected. He said all dog bites are generally infected. So, he packed the wound with antibiotics and they'll need to be applied every so often. We'll be caring for Magnus in doors for the next week at least. We have a plastic tub that he's resting in right now. Officer stopped by when my wife was gone and requested she contact Animal Control tomorrow, that they'll be working with her to record the incident. We hold out hope that the female (Beth) comes back unharmed, but... I've dealt with animal attacks before and have a pessimistic (or realistic) view.

This is on the heels of me being pinned in the corner of my backyard by a neighbor's two pit bulls the other day while we were grilling with our four children, all under 8.

We'll be doubling down on security and I have a friend coming to help me, as well as repairing our fence and enclosure.

As far as the baby in question, the topic of this post, we'll definitely take the advice given moving forward and definitely keep everyone updated. Once again, thank you so very much...

That's awful. An electric hotwire is a good idea if there are dangerous dogs about. Our dog is terrified of electric fencing (not that she would ever dare to look at my birds - she knows she's not to touch them). But she doesn't like helping on the farm now because of the scary white electric tape. She's wagged her tail in its direction a few times and got good whacks off it. Now that she's worked out what makes her hurt she doesn't want to go anywhere near it.

Hopefully Magnus makes a full recovery. Poor boy. Let us know how it all goes. Surely if you didn't find Beth's body she's just hiding somewhere?

 

[Ravenborn]

@JaeG & Electric Hotwire
I was thinking this exact thing. Wife is rather emotional and suggested we hook a car battery up to the outer fence. XD Electric hotwire is probably the best idea. I've never purchased nor installed one. Do you have any suggestions? I really don't want this happening again if at all possible. I did a perimeter sweep with my lantern, hoping she'd return home when night falls and we're leaving the duck enclosure open for her, just in case. Also have my neighbor across the street keeping an eye out.