tayjamieson
Songster
Hello,
This morning at about 1:00 am I had one of my Jumbo Pekin Duckling eggs hatch. It hatched on Day 29 of incubation and it was the quickest hatch I've seen so far (I've hatched 5 previously before this). The duckling itself looked and seems strong and healthy but once it slid it's body out of the shell I saw this pink circular thing on its abdomen. It was not attached to the shell or anything, it was just on the duckling, so I attached 2 pictures for you to see it.
I have seen this before with 1 or 2 of the ducklings I hatched a month ago and one survived and one didn't make it. I wasn't sure if I just got lucky with the duckling that survived it so I'm wondering if there is anything I can be doing to help it heal or have the best chance of surviving? Below I put the current timeline of the ducklings progress since its birth early this morning.
Birth at 1:00 am - seems strong and healthy, successfully hatched within an hour. Duckling slides itself out of shell and I notice the pink circular thing on its stomach.
2:00 am - Mixed up water with a powdered supplement intended for chicks that has electrolytes, nutrients, and probiotics and used a syringe plunger to dribble tiny droplets onto the ducklings beak to see if it would drink but it fell asleep so I decided to leave him in the incubator until morning and pray for the best. I laid him on a clean hand towel inside the incubator.
8:00 am - check on duckling and it's a little fighter!!! Still alive thank goodness!
9:00 am - take duckling out of incubator, carefully lay the duckling on my skin and cover with a hand towel and cotton t-shirt to keep it warm.
12:00 pm - duckling has been sleeping all morning, makes little sounds and moves around here and there. I have not done anything yet to treat the situation at hand, I've just been making sure to be very gentle and keep the duckling laying down safely and warm.
And now I will post this and hope for a reply soon! I really appreciate you for taking the time to read this and Thank You so much in advance for any help, advice, insight, etc. that you can offer me.
Sincerely,
Taylor
This morning at about 1:00 am I had one of my Jumbo Pekin Duckling eggs hatch. It hatched on Day 29 of incubation and it was the quickest hatch I've seen so far (I've hatched 5 previously before this). The duckling itself looked and seems strong and healthy but once it slid it's body out of the shell I saw this pink circular thing on its abdomen. It was not attached to the shell or anything, it was just on the duckling, so I attached 2 pictures for you to see it.
I have seen this before with 1 or 2 of the ducklings I hatched a month ago and one survived and one didn't make it. I wasn't sure if I just got lucky with the duckling that survived it so I'm wondering if there is anything I can be doing to help it heal or have the best chance of surviving? Below I put the current timeline of the ducklings progress since its birth early this morning.
Birth at 1:00 am - seems strong and healthy, successfully hatched within an hour. Duckling slides itself out of shell and I notice the pink circular thing on its stomach.
2:00 am - Mixed up water with a powdered supplement intended for chicks that has electrolytes, nutrients, and probiotics and used a syringe plunger to dribble tiny droplets onto the ducklings beak to see if it would drink but it fell asleep so I decided to leave him in the incubator until morning and pray for the best. I laid him on a clean hand towel inside the incubator.
8:00 am - check on duckling and it's a little fighter!!! Still alive thank goodness!
9:00 am - take duckling out of incubator, carefully lay the duckling on my skin and cover with a hand towel and cotton t-shirt to keep it warm.
12:00 pm - duckling has been sleeping all morning, makes little sounds and moves around here and there. I have not done anything yet to treat the situation at hand, I've just been making sure to be very gentle and keep the duckling laying down safely and warm.
And now I will post this and hope for a reply soon! I really appreciate you for taking the time to read this and Thank You so much in advance for any help, advice, insight, etc. that you can offer me.
Sincerely,
Taylor
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thank you so much for replying to me! I did not know that they don't need water for the first 24 hours, that makes me feel so much better I was thinking I was a bad duck mom. I will keep the prolapse moisturized - again that is great to know! You have been so helpful, thanks again and I hope you have a great day! 
