duckling with leaking yolk??

[ReeChatelain]

Humidity is at 70.

 

[Lacrystol]

I'll send a pic before i start. All the others didn't make it BUT there were 3 more i found after i got these started so they went in 4 days after the others. Little sneaky mamma duck, has been playing a game of hid and seek with her eggs on me.

OK, sorry about the other 3, I wonder if they had the same issue..

 

[Lacrystol]

Humidity is at 70.

THATS GOOD, try to leave it at that for now, we can reduce it later, we don't want to dramatically reduce right now..

 

[Lacrystol]

get some sleep will talk again in about 1 1/2 hours..

 

[Lacrystol]

ITS IS TIME, LETS SEE THAT BABY...

 

[Lacrystol]

I'm fixing to go to bed, I hope the baby is OK. and makes it threw the night. Please keep me posted..

 

[ReeChatelain]

ok. 3:30 bath time.

 

[ReeChatelain]

There is no blood left in the membrane. And he is struggling. Im going to try peeling back a bit more shell.

 

[ReeChatelain]

My poor sweet baby duckie.. she was struggling as i was moistening the sticky goo she was trying so hard to free herself. In some spots it was so thick and gummy. After i peeled back a little more shell she was pushing to get her head out so i kept moving the qtip around her the best i could and all of a sudden with a loud chirp she maneuvered her head out.. i laid her down and kept working. Still no blood but lots of thick globs of the gooey stuff was coming lose. I can see there is a little bit of the yolk sac left to be absorbed. I put her back in the incubator to warm up and rest. I'm hoping the goo is loosened up enough that if she wants to pull the rest of the way out she can. Going back to bed.

 

[ReeChatelain]

When i woke up at 5:30 she had completely climbed out of the shell. She looks weak but is moving all around the incubator. So she must be stronger than she looks. Picking up her head and even pulled her legs under herself. She is still very wet, the humidity is 70 and the temp was up a bit higher than it has been at 101. (It has been steady at 99.5 the entire time) i turned it down a little.