Day 30 - runner duck hatching problem HELP

[Blue is my chicken]

Still attached to the egg but only just. It has definitely retracted a lot but I’m not holding out much hope for the baby. It seems very weak. I think it is trying to detach itself but from a lying position not on two feet. It’s also not fluffed up yet and it’s been out for 24 hours. I have tried dipping its beak into a little bit of sugar water. It is in the incubator next to the other ducklings so it can hear them but I don’t want them to injure the nub which is still sticking out a bit

Poor baby
Good idea to feed baby sugar water it will give baby energy
Fingers crossed

 

[WVduckchick]

Sounds like your temperatures were a little low, if it’s already day 30 and they aren’t ready yet. Humidity may also have been too high for the early days. I’d suggest checking your incubator with an accurate thermometer and hygrometer if you try to hatch again. I’d also suggest a piece of rubber shelf liner on the floor of the incubator to add for the last 3 days of incubation, next time.