Duck problems

[Joev1973]

Hello, bad thing happening here. First I have hatched hundreds of eggs. A couple times during all those eggs I had to step in & assist. I've never lost a chick even the couple times I had to step in. Also, I have never hatched a duck.

I had a duck start to pip a hole in the egg a couple days early. I left it alone. Last night the duck had successfully unzipped half of the egg. It's beak with sticking out and I could see the entire top of the duck yet it was stuck.

I figured to leave it alone which is always best. This morning I woke to see the membrane was drying like plastic trapping the duck inside. I took tiny scissors and cut away a couple strands of membrane that were holding the duck inside the egg. It finally got itself free from the egg. However, a huge yolk sack is still attached. Not a small one. A little full. I mean a big round full yolk sack.

The water in the bottom of the incubator is stained red. I believe this duck came a little early. The yolk sack is now stuck to the plastic incubator tray. Duck is alive and I can see it's heartbeat. It just doesn't look good to me. I've already accepted what's probably going to happen.

Boy, those duck shells are thick.. The reason I believe it's early is there's another duck egg next to it and the duck is inside tapping away but still not out yet. Anything I can do to help this preemie?

 

[Joev1973]

Never mind she's gone

 

[BelovedBirds]

Hello, bad thing happening here. First I have hatched hundreds of eggs. A couple times during all those eggs I had to step in & assist. I've never lost a chick even the couple times I had to step in. Also, I have never hatched a duck.

I had a duck start to pip a hole in the egg a couple days early. I left it alone. Last night the duck had successfully unzipped half of the egg. It's beak with sticking out and I could see the entire top of the duck yet it was stuck.

I figured to leave it alone which is always best. This morning I woke to see the membrane was drying like plastic trapping the duck inside. I took tiny scissors and cut away a couple strands of membrane that were holding the duck inside the egg. It finally got itself free from the egg. However, a huge yolk sack is still attached. Not a small one. A little full. I mean a big round full yolk sack.

The water in the bottom of the incubator is stained red. I believe this duck came a little early. The yolk sack is now stuck to the plastic incubator tray. Duck is alive and I can see it's heartbeat. It just doesn't look good to me. I've already accepted what's probably going to happen.

Boy, those duck shells are thick.. The reason I believe it's early is there's another duck egg next to it and the duck is inside tapping away but still not out yet. Anything I can do to help this preemie?

When the membrane is drying out, it's best to apply some coconut oil on it, to check for veins- Was the duckling fully zipped by this point?
What type of duck, and what day was it on?
What was the temp through incubation and did you use a calibrated therometer? What was humidity?

Answering those questions could help me to identify where this hatch went wrong so that it can hopefully be prevented in future-

But yes, this duckling sadly was premature, and the best course of action would be to place them in a little cup or bowl, on clean dry paper towels in the incubator while they finish absorbing-IF they can't be placed back into the remaining egg shell. Even if this could have been done- sadly I doubt this one would have made it, as she just had too much left to absorb...

I'm really sorry you lost this one, it must be heartbreaking to have seen that!

 

[Crazychickengirl2]

Never mind she's gone

Oh no im so sorry!