Dog opened up incubators

[Selene uwu]

@Isaac 0 @Miss Lydia The baby that died from seizing was born May 12th around 8 am naturally from its egg with no visible issues. Up until then the duckling was acting normally like any other duckling. Here is an image of the ducklings naval:

The duckling died around 4:40 am and the image was taken at 11:40am

The naval of the duckling did concern me but I expected the black part to fall off on its own. Should I check the other ducklings for similar navels and disinfect them? Thanks! Im hoping to incubate duck eggs to sell them to farms and tractor supply-like stores, thank you so much for all the duckling and egg advice.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Have you checked everyone now? How are they all doing? That looks like it may have been the problem.

 

[Selene uwu]

Have you checked everyone now? How are they all doing? That looks like it may have been the problem.

All the ducks are fine, healthy, and growing as they should (even that little one who was struggling two days ago), we switched them over to a red heat lamp last night and have adjusted really well to it. Today they had their first mini 'bath' in a little tub that was deep enough to soak their legs and some of their body if they sat down but not too deep for them to submerge their entire body. With my next hatching batch I will make sure to monitor them much more closely around their naval to prevent any more preventable losses.

 

[Miss Lydia]

That’s good to hear. We’re always learning!

 

[Selene uwu]

That’s good to hear. We’re always learning!

Yes, that is what I kept trying to remind myself when we lost the 3 babies. I am happy to now have the knowledge to keep my future ducklings safe and healthy, its just very sad it had to come at the cost of a few lives.

 

[Miss Lydia]

It really is most of us have def been there.

 

[Selene uwu]

It really is most of us have def been there.

Im glad im not the only one experiencing this <3