Call Ducks Finally Hatched

[AmandaVirginia]

Not with Perdy's first clutch! Her second clutch is due the day after Easter, April 6th, and I'm PRAYING I get a little female Snowy then!

 

[clousert]

Well, I should have just held off, to be honest. The baby isn't ready to come out and still has some absorbing to do, so I followed the proper assisted hatching guide (https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/step-by-step-guide-to-assisted-hatching) and will keep following it. It's back in the incubator and just needs to finish up absorbing the veins and yolk. As for other duckling, still nothing. I'm fearing the worst but I'm not giving up hope yet.

You might want to candle the other because if it has internally pipped but not able to pip externally he will need a safe hole

 

[18angovem]

You might want to candle the other because if it has internally pipped but not able to pip externally he will need a safe hole

It hasnt internally pipped.... It hasnt moved at all. Any reason why this should be happening. Amy has done everything right. Is it my genetics? I bought all mine from the second biggest breeder in the country so his genetics should be good? Why do they keep dying but they have the right conditions?

 

[clousert]

It hasnt internally pipped.... It hasnt moved at all. Any reason why this should be happening. Amy has done everything right. Is it my genetics? I bought all mine from the second biggest breeder in the country so his genetics should be good? Why do they keep dying but they have the right conditions?

Oh ok. The last I understood was that she hadn't touched it since 3 am. Calls are hard to hatch. The smaller they are the harder they are. It's not always genetic. It's just how it is. Although everything seems right the way we do it doesn't mean that it's how a duck would do it. That's why broodies usually have way better hatch rates then we do.

 

[WVduckchick]

Since we all love pics, I thought I'd throw out a few of my 4th and final one to hatch. It pipped just below the air cell, beak was hanging out the hole for a long time. But luckily, I could usually see inside the hole and hear it peeping, so I kept my distance and my fingers crossed.
I went through Sally Sunshine's assist post, and my Storey's Guide, and decided I would wait 48 hours before helping, if he was still in distress. So... I went to work this morning, couldn't get a darn thing done from worrying, so I came home and he had made it out on his own. About 41 hours from the time it broke the shell. I'm guessing at the time, based on how dry and fluffy he was by the time I got home.
Anyway, here's my little Opie. (He does have a bit of navel popped out, so I'm praying its not infected!)

Swedish ducks, by the way, not Calls. I might try my hand at Calls some day.

 

[Amykins]

It hasnt internally pipped.... It hasnt moved at all. Any reason why this should be happening. Amy has done everything right. Is it my genetics? I bought all mine from the second biggest breeder in the country so his genetics should be good? Why do they keep dying but they have the right conditions?

Who knows, hun. It could be the age of the hen, it could be the fact that they were shipped, it could just be they're so high quality, they're just far too delicate to handle the hatching process. I'm serious, even Wobbles wasn't so tiny and fragile; this baby's bill is positively teensy!

Right now I've got one baby chirping away, just gotta be patient and wait for those blood vessels to shrink. Sadly, still no movement in the third. It's warm to the touch, but I just don't know what's going on in there. I'll have to do a float test tomorrow. By then, hopefully, the other baby will be ready to come out. It may not be a total loss: if this one survives and it's a girl, at least Wobbles will have his playmate. I just was hoping for a miracle that I could hatch out all three eggs. :/

 

[AmandaVirginia]

Look at all that yellow fluff! He's beautiful!

 

[Amykins]

I JUST SAW TINY DUCK TONGUE!

 

[Julie Birb]

I JUST SAW TINY DUCK TONGUE! 

Eeeeeeeeee, what color is the tonguelet? Sweet little life form of preciousness. This is exciting. Looking forward to his/her breakout.

 

[Julie Birb]

Since we all love pics, I thought I'd throw out a few of my 4th and final one to hatch. It pipped just below the air cell, beak was hanging out the hole for a long time. But luckily, I could usually see inside the hole and hear it peeping, so I kept my distance and my fingers crossed. I went through Sally Sunshine's assist post, and my Storey's Guide, and decided I would wait 48 hours before helping, if he was still in distress. So... I went to work this morning, couldn't get a darn thing done from worrying, so I came home and he had made it out on his own. About 41 hours from the time it broke the shell. I'm guessing at the time, based on how dry and fluffy he was by the time I got home. Anyway, here's my little Opie. (He does have a bit of navel popped out, so I'm praying its not infected!) Swedish ducks, by the way, not Calls. I might try my hand at Calls some day.

He is keyoot. Love the pic with his open bill. I have never seen a ducklet so yellow before. Keep us posted on his navel.