Cut it or let it dry?

[BoE1987]

I gave my Ayem Cemani hen some of my mixed duck eggs to hatch. I've had 2 hatch with yolk still attached. The first one, the hen had cut herself (i watched her do it) and it died last night. Hen moved it to the end of the dog kennel.
Its very dry in my location and this baby duck was shrink wrapped badly under her, half hatched. My husband and I had to rewet baby to get the majority of the egg off. There was no blood (when we removed the soft portion of shell) but its still attached and now, there is blood showing on the paper towel from the eggshell.
I have it in incubator now at 99.5° sitting at 60% humidity.

Cut the cord? Let it dry out and detach by itself? Its calling and moving about but has not stood up yet.

 

[BoE1987]

Just a side note: the paper towel was dampened with warm water so that may be why the blood transfered to the towel.

 

[Percipen]

I'm sorry you didnt get a response. If it happens again, I would let it dry up on it's own. How is the duckling doing now?

 

[BoE1987]

I'm sorry you didnt get a response. If it happens again, I would let it dry up on it's own. How is the duckling doing now?

It survived. We played back and forth with cutting it and it finally dried out enough that we knew it would be okay. Took about 24 full hours to close up from abdomen. We decided to keep this baby but admittedly its a little narcoleptic. It will be walking and stop to fall asleep. Definitely not a breeder but its good so far. Thank you!

 

[Percipen]

It survived. We played back and forth with cutting it and it finally dried out enough that we knew it would be okay. Took about 24 full hours to close up from abdomen. We decided to keep this baby but admittedly its a little narcoleptic. It will be walking and stop to fall asleep. Definitely not a breeder but its good so far. Thank you!View attachment 2684477

Oh good I'm glad he made it. What a cutie! I've never heard of a narcoleptic duckling hopefully he grows out of it

 

[BoE1987]

I hope so as well. He is still a little sluggish and likes to take frequent naps where he just stops and falls asleep, even mid stride but the second an alarm or cluck is made, he's right back up and moving. Its not like the others but he's cute.