Do ducklings need company???

[Rose98]

Did the float test and it sunk which I was confussed about, thought that's what unformed eggs did so I naughtily opened up the shell and found a little dead duck with all blood vessels absorbed and yellow stuff all around it..... what would this be? it almost looked like the yolk. I feel really bad for this little guy. Could I have saved him if I intervened earlier?

 

[Miss Lydia]

Did the float test and it sunk which I was confussed about, thought that's what unformed eggs did so I naughtily opened up the shell and found a little dead duck with all blood vessels absorbed and yellow stuff all around it..... what would this be? it almost looked like the yolk. I feel really bad for this little guy. Could I have saved him if I intervened earlier?

I don't think you could have saved him, sounds like the yolk sac ruptured nothing you could have done to keep that from happening.

Very sorry.

 

[Rose98]

So it's just one of those things that happens....
Oh well perhaps better luck next time, thanks for all you guys help.

 

[Orca5094]

Oh no, I'm so sorry he didn't make it. :/ But like Miss Lydia said, it sounds like a ruptured yolk sac. It just happens sometimes if they accidentally rip their yolk sac with their claws when they're moving around in there. Absolutely nothing you could do.