Call Ducks Finally Hatched

[Lacrystol]

Just got off work after a 15 hour work day, this is day 26 and i find this one egg out of 20 who is 1/2 way pipped out of his shell, pulled him out and manually pipped him out the rest of the way, he's fully formed, no blood vessels showing anywhere, yoke sack is all absorbed, and there is this green slime that came out of the shell that i've never seen in all my years, and also there was shell stuck to his little wing that i had to run under hot faucet for awhile to get it off, what should i do? There are 19 more eggs, should i start breaking them out? I have another 12 to 15 hr work shift tomorrow before i get a day off, am worried that they 'll be dead by tomorrow night!

The first pic, I don't like his flooring, was that just for the picture taken?? The flooring is just to slippery and will cause him to get spraddled legs. You said you pulled him out??? That's a scary thing to hear... The only thing you would really need to do is get the head out, No need to pull the baby out of the shell, he needs to work his legs and do that part on his own. As long as he is NO longer confined ONLY, Please ONLY get the head out and leave the Rest for him to do. That's very VERY risky, because IF by chance he still had some blood in his cord, BOOM, it just got ripped out. I understand in this case he did not have any blood but again, There's NO need to pull him out.. SO please just get the head out, that's all that is necessary as far as assisting..

 

[Lacrystol]

5 eggtopsy's later i've found 5 fully formed dead ducklings, it seems once again i managed to drown 95% of them, don't know how it could have happened, i so restricted the amount of humidity from last year. It's gonna be a long time before i can eat another egg.

Looks very sticky, how high do you have the humidity? From day one until now??

 

[Lacrystol]

Green could be two thing, Sticky gooy stuff OR he's first bathroom break.. Ive seen it a lot..

 

[duckmeister]

Got up about 3 a.m. and put my single little hatched duckling in the brooder box with the 2 that hatched 9 days ago, got up again at 5 and he's doing just fine. When i get home tonight i'm going to start a couple of dozen call eggs from my own hens and try it again. I'll do the dry method 100% and mist them with a spray bottle once a day, and see if i get a better hatch.:/

 

[duckmeister]

Looks very sticky, how high do you have the humidity?  From day one until now??

Tried to keep it between 40 and 50% from day 1 until day 24, and day 24 raised humidity to between 60-65%

 

[duckmeister]

Green could be two thing, Sticky gooy stuff OR he's first bathroom break..  Ive seen it a lot..

it was very watery, not sticky or gooey.

 

[Lacrystol]

Tried to keep it between 40 and 50% from day 1 until day 24, and day 24 raised humidity to between 60-65%

That's kind of high, I would go lower or if your going to do that high try misting them several times a day, I believe this will help evaporate the moisture.

 

[Lacrystol]

it was very watery, not sticky or gooey.

I want to say it's normal but a pic could tell me more.

 

[duckmeister]

Got home from work last night, this egg was pipped this much but duckling dead, the outside of the shell where pipped was hard as a rock, like a coating of varnish had been applied,, i'm just assuming this is from 'sticky' drying out. If i had been home instead of at work probaby could have saved this one. Will have to take a couple of vacation days off next hatch days.

 

[duckmeister]

That's kind of high, I would go lower or if your going to do that high try misting them several times a day, I believe this will help evaporate the moisture.

That's what i think i'll do, just add no water to the incubator at all first 23 or 24 days, think maybe spray with mist once a day.