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Duck eggs hatched but didn't absorb yolk

Chickycammy

Songster
7 Years
Feb 15, 2018
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North Carolina
Non assisted hatching but all 3 didn't absorb their yolks. I put them in cups but it's been hours and it doesn't look like they're getting any less yolky.

Temp was 95 and the humidity hit 99 at the highest at one point. I didn't add any more water as they were on lockdown with no touching from me until I saw that they were walking around dragging their yolks.
 
Prognosis isn’t great, especially if the yolks are wet and stringy, I’d recommend culling them if they haven’t absorbed within 12 hours, dying of peritonitis or disembowelment isn’t fun. I fixed a ‘dry’ one recently in a quail, no infection or hernia but he didn’t grow or thrive either, possibly other developmental issues, he died day 6, eating and perky but just not right. With that many it might be genetic or there is something going on with your eggs preincubation (cold, heat, old eggs, shipping) or maybe a faulty turner or a heat spike during incubation, one is a fluke, multiple means an issue.
 
Prognosis isn’t great, especially if the yolks are wet and stringy, I’d recommend culling them if they haven’t absorbed within 12 hours, dying of peritonitis or disembowelment isn’t fun. I fixed a ‘dry’ one recently in a quail, no infection or hernia but he didn’t grow or thrive either, possibly other developmental issues, he died day 6, eating and perky but just not right. With that many it might be genetic or there is something going on with your eggs preincubation (cold, heat, old eggs, shipping) or maybe a faulty turner or a heat spike during incubation, one is a fluke, multiple means an issue.
Can you post pictures?

So far I've had 5 egg deaths, 1 lived after absorbing the yolk and seems healthy, one died and the other sadly hasn't finished yet with the yolk but has no eyes, like there's nothing inside the eye socket and 3 are left pipped.
 

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