could be pipping!

[clousert]

Some time last night both 7 & 8 hatched, but both did not absorb their yolk all the way. They were detached from their shells on their own. I guess they were eager??!! One of them had this greenish liquid surrounding it, like I was oozing slowly... the other wasn't so bad, looked like it would be ok and absorb its yolk fine. I read up through previous posts about using antibiotic ointment/cream, corn starch, and even letting it soak in water. I took both out and carefully applied antibiotic ointment to their navels with a qtip and placed them back in the bator with a paper towel (dampened just in the middle) so it could absorb any excess into the paper towel.
This morning, the one with green ooze didn't make it unfortunately however, the other is peeping away, moving, drinking, except it still had a tiny bit of the yolk or umbilici hanging out. Not as much as late last night. I applied more ointment. He's doing ok. But what should I do? I don't want to put him in with the other duckies, what if they pick on him?

Just a thought but it seems like the eggs were all added to the incubator at different times (maybe as they were laid). You may be having problems with the later hatches because the humidity was too high for them too soon. Most people collect and store the eggs for a week or so and then add them to the incubator all at once so their hatch day is the same. When you add them this far apart you raise humidity for the first hatches causing too much humidity for those not ready to hatch. Too much moisture prevents them from being able to absorb their yolk and also makes them swell inside the egg so they're unable to move into the proper position for hatching thus unable to pip. Unless you're using a second incubator for hatching... then you can disregard the above . Either way I'm sorry for your losses. It's never easy to lose a little one

 

[StitchMyStars6]

As they were laid, I'd wait a few days, put them in, wait a few more days, put more in, and so on... I kept them at room temp before adding to the bator. Maybe next time I bate eggs, I'll try to be more careful with filling it and keeping temp and humidity just right.

 

[clousert]

As they were laid, I'd wait a few days, put them in, wait a few more days, put more in, and so on... I kept them at room temp before adding to the bator. Maybe next time I bate eggs, I'll try to be more careful with filling it and keeping temp and humidity just right.

Yeah, it wasn't time for the humidity to be raised on the ones you added later so there's too much moisture for them. They can't absorb the extra moisture they need to in order to hatch plus absorb the yolk. You'll unfortunately probably have a hard time with hatching whatever eggs are left. This is the same thing I did with my last call duck hatchlings and had to help them all out of their shells. I unfortunately lost more than half of them. Hard lesson to learn but definitely learned. Good luck with the remaining babies. The assisted hatching info posted the other day is basically the same method I used to help my little ones get out. It may help you too

 

[Lacrystol]

As they were laid, I'd wait a few days, put them in, wait a few more days, put more in, and so on... I kept them at room temp before adding to the bator. Maybe next time I bate eggs, I'll try to be more careful with filling it and keeping temp and humidity just right.

Ok so where are we today? How are the kids looking?

 

[Lacrystol]

Some time last night both 7 & 8 hatched, but both did not absorb their yolk all the way. They were detached from their shells on their own. I guess they were eager??!! One of them had this greenish liquid surrounding it, like I was oozing slowly... the other wasn't so bad, looked like it would be ok and absorb its yolk fine. I read up through previous posts about using antibiotic ointment/cream, corn starch, and even letting it soak in water. I took both out and carefully applied antibiotic ointment to their navels with a qtip and placed them back in the bator with a paper towel (dampened just in the middle) so it could absorb any excess into the paper towel.
This morning, the one with green ooze didn't make it unfortunately

however, the other is peeping away, moving, drinking, except it still had a tiny bit of the yolk or umbilici hanging out. Not as much as late last night. I applied more ointment. He's doing ok. But what should I do? I don't want to put him in with the other duckies, what if they pick on him?

The ONLY thing that concerns me with the ointment is One, he's not fully absorbed, so if you putting ointment on him and he does finally absorb the rest, what do you think is going to happen? He's going to absorb that ointment as well? I don't think that ointment was ment for internal use. I could be wrong because I'm not sure what your using but I would be very iffy with using it.


Personally I would be keeping it clean with warm water and using some Vaseline, I believe Vaseline is safe for situtuations like this plus it will keep that yolk wet so he can finish. Now if he doesn't absorb it chances are it will get hard and fall off, which is also a good thing however, remember this is where he gets all his vitamins and nutritents so I would be giving him Poultry drench or Polyvisol without iron to substitute what he's loosing.

Just a thought..

 

[casportpony]

The ONLY thing that concerns me with the ointment is One, he's not fully absorbed, so if you putting ointment on him and he does finally absorb the rest, what do you think is going to happen? He's going to absorb that ointment as well? I don't think that ointment was ment for internal use. I could be wrong because I'm not sure what your using but I would be very iffy with using it.


Personally I would be keeping it clean with warm water and using some Vaseline, I believe Vaseline is safe for situtuations like this plus it will keep that yolk wet so he can finish. Now if he doesn't absorb it chances are it will get hard and fall off, which is also a good thing however, remember this is where he gets all his vitamins and nutritents so I would be giving him Poultry drench or Polyvisol without iron to substitute what he's loosing.

Just a thought..

With horses we dip the navel of newborn foals with betadine or chlorhexidine.

-Kathy

Edited to add: Not suggesting anyone do this with poultry, was just thinking out-loud.

I am definitely *not* someone that knows about hatching.

 

[Miss Lydia]

With horses we dip the navel of newborn foals with betadine or chlorhexidine.

-Kathy

I can tell you the chlorhedine is some awesome stuff I have been using it to treat a hen with bumble and it has done wonders along with the Nu stock also.

 

[Lacrystol]

With horses we dip the navel of newborn foals with betadine or chlorhexidine.

-Kathy

Edited to add: Not suggesting anyone do this with poultry, was just thinking out-loud.

I am definitely *not* someone that knows about hatching.

Ok so your compairing a Horse with a Water Fowl??? LOL

 

[Lacrystol]

I can tell you the chlorhedine is some awesome stuff I have been using it to treat a hen with bumble and it has done wonders along with the Nu stock also.

My preference is Blue Cote, However I would not use it on a chick or a duck that has NOT fully absorbed..

 

[Miss Lydia]

My preference is Blue Cote, However I would not use it on a chick or a duck that has NOT fully absorbed..

I like Blue kote also but I agree it wouldn't be a good idea to use it on a newly hatched duckling. I had always read to use betadine mixed with water to look like weak tea. But I will say I have never had to treat a duckling with a yolk sac unabsorbed, I did have to treat my 2 day old duckling from a leg injury when the snake pulled it through the fencing, I did use betadine/water on that injury. I would tell anyone to go by what you say Lacrystol since you are experienced with hatching in bators.