Duck Eggtopsy - Warning, Lots of Graphic Pictures!

[casportpony]

Quote: Who knows? If I see more of them I'll have to take a good look at my whole program and go from there. These are the only two duckling deformities I've seen in the in my flock, and the only other deformity was a peachick, that had a backwards leg. The exposed brain could be incubator related, but this one was under a hen.

Total deformities to date:

• Chickens - 0
• Guineas - 0
• Peafowl - 1
• Ducks - 2

-Kathy

 

[needlessjunk]

Who knows? If I see more of them I'll have to take a good look at my whole program and go from there. These are the only two duckling deformities I've seen in the in my flock, and the only other deformity was a peachick, that had a backwards leg. The exposed brain could be incubator related, but this one was under a hen.

Total deformities to date:

• Chickens - 0
• Guineas - 0
• Peafowl - 1
• Ducks - 2

-Kathy

Interesting. Were they from the same batch? I think it's fanacting to try to piece parts of puzzle together.

 

[casportpony]

Quote: One was from 3-5, the other was from 3-18, so different clutches for sure. What worries me is to have two so close together...

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

Also have a bunch of malpo pics... will look for them next.

-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

Here is one of a duckling that didn't fully absorb.








Here is the same duckling two days later:










-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

Here is a malpo (deceased when eggtopsied) - will add comments to the pictures later:




































































-Kathy

 

[casportpony]

This are two malpo'd peachicks from last year:

 

[casportpony]

This one from last year that was peeping but hadn't pipped internally.


-Kathy

Edited to add:
It lived.

 

[casportpony]

Here is another malpo:

 

[casportpony]

This one is interesting... I believe this one had a yolk sac infection in the shell!










-Kathy