Day 28, no internal pips yet? Ducks

[2 many chickens]

That's exactly what I said in fact I also think I told my husband if I had known hatching eggs was like having a baby then maybe I would of just hatched eggs. LOLOL

Haha for sure!

 

[2 many chickens]

Hey, it's your thread, post as much as you want!!
I understand the anxiety. Not sure what to suggest for the last one, sometimes they don't make it and sometimes beyond all reason they pull thru.

Well...not quite.

Thank you all again, don't know where else I would have turned to!
The last little one is doing much better, he's trying to waddle around in the incubator, he's perked up alot!

 

[2 many chickens]

Hey again, the one that didn't absorb his yolk sack is doing okay. He walks around the incubator a bit here and there. His yolk sack is still there (not much tho) and it's turned a darker color.. does that mean it's drying up? Should I be putting antibiotic ointment on it? Should I put him in a separate brooder away from others or keep him in the incubator? Will he get hungry/thirsty quicker since he might not of absorbed enough yolk? I'm guessing he got a good amount if he's walking around often and pecking the top of the incubator. He does seem more wobbly than the others and more squinty eyed. It's been 26 hours since he was born.
Thanks all.

 

[aart]

It should dry up and fall off.
Pick it up and look for any infection....and take some pics to post here.

 

[kissezmychicken]

Congrats on your hatch

 

[2 many chickens]

Thank you!!! all seven ducklings are doing awesome. The littlest duck that didn't fully absorb his yolk sack is doing better. It has dried up a lot. He was moved to his own brooder but cried and cried so I put one of his siblings with him. He was happy. I'll give him a couple of more days until I move him and his sibling back to the brooder with the others. Want him to get a bit stronger before I put him with 5 more ducks lol. He's eating and drinking perfectly, just smaller than the others. And his eyes are more squinty and his head is a little smaller.