Hatching duck cracked egg but yolk isn't absorbed

[Lochloosachicks]

I really have no idea what it is.

 

[microchick]

Just piping in here. If you don't have coconut oil you could try a little olive oil on a cotton swab. You want something more opaque than vasoline.

 

[Lochloosachicks]

Okay, I'll run to the store. I'm at the elementary school so we only have Vaseline here.

 

[casportpony]

Okay, I'll run to the store. I'm at the elementary school so we only have Vaseline here.

Neosporin might work too. The stuff I use goes on clear.

 

[Pyxis]

I really have no idea what it is.

That's an issue then. Because if it is a muscovy, then it's not due for four more days. If it's a cross, it's not due until day 32, which is tomorrow. Meaning that the egg has been opened way too soon, and any attempt to help it is likely to instead kill it.

But if it's not a cross or a muscovy, then it's late and might need help. and not helping it could lead to it dying.

I think for now, moisten the membrane, we'll try to determine if it's malpositioned, and then go from there. Is there any way you can find out what it is? Contact the person you got it from and see if they have muscovies?

 

[Lochloosachicks]

I will try to find out. I don't think that it is bc they told us a 28 day hatch and the other 2 hatched on schedule.

 

[Lochloosachicks]

I cannot guarantee what breed it is after all. Only that the other 2 hatched 3 days ago and I was not told that this one was different. This is a pic with olive oil.

 

[Lochloosachicks]

I think it may die if we don't intervene. Breathing is not as strong. I'm worried about him bleeding out. Any advice to prevent that. I cannot see his beak.

 

[Pyxis]

I think it may die if we don't intervene. Breathing is not as strong. I'm worried about him bleeding out. Any advice to prevent that. I cannot see his beak.

Is that the yolk up against the air cell? If so, he is probably in the other end of the egg, which means you're going to want to find the beak if possible by assessing his position based on what you're seeing, and make a hole over it.

 

[Lochloosachicks]

It died... I'm not sure what was wrong. He was fully developed. I wonder if we waited too long. It was positioned at the wrong end. Maybe the crack in the shell allowed bacteria in.