Do eggs in trouble make distress calls?

[felys]

Big and fluffy. Once the beak was out and visible, I could have waited for another 4-6 hours safely I think and not have had to get up every few hours to make sure it wasn't a half-open egg football. It was pretty weak for the first day or so, moreso than an unassisted chick. And there was some blood in the bottom half of it's shell which suggested it may have gotten egg footballed out during that 60 minute break where all hell broke loose and it wasn't quiiiiite ready. This may have contributed to the weakness.

Good to know all is well

 

[BelovedBirds]

Good to know all is well

Do you need any advice with your duck egg? What is the situation?

 

[BelovedBirds]

Big and fluffy. Once the beak was out and visible, I could have waited for another 4-6 hours safely I think and not have had to get up every few hours to make sure it wasn't a half-open egg football. It was pretty weak for the first day or so, moreso than an unassisted chick. And there was some blood in the bottom half of it's shell which suggested it may have gotten egg footballed out during that 60 minute break where all hell broke loose and it wasn't quiiiiite ready. This may have contributed to the weakness.

Is it doing okay now? Sounds like you did a fabulous job with the assist

 

[chickfused]

It's happy and huge and a pretty mellow baby. IDK if it's mellow because it's still not fully recovered, or if it's just a big chonk of a chicken baby who is just happy to eat and chatter and chicken. It acts 100% normal, but it strolls instead of runs and will often flop on it's belly to eat for a while. Like a meat chicken.

 

[felys]

Do you need any advice with your duck egg? What is the situation?

Thank you for asking . I'm waiting for it to come out by itself.

I removed some of the membrane that dried around it so that it can move. Nearly had a panic attack when it started bleeding but managed to stop it.

Right now, it's chirping (doesn't sound distressed) but not pushing, struggling or trying to get out. So I'm just waiting. Thank goodness the weekend is here and I can be at home monitoring the progress.

I have a post here with my questions

 

[chickfused]

That's what I did too. I used non-pain relieving triple anti biotic ointment to moisten everything I could see as it seemed to last longer than oil.