Help!! Duckling still has egg yolks.

[Fields Mountain Farm]

You have the best help here!

 

[Fields Mountain Farm]

I have heat lamps.

Follow the advice you're given here and her chance to survive will be very good!

 

[shawluvsbirds]

I have heat lamps.

That would work, just don't put it too close 85-90 degrees should be warm enough.

 

[shawluvsbirds]

she has chicken moms.

Ya, I would get her outta there for sure until it absorbs and the navel closes. One peck from a chicken and I'm afraid it would be all over.

 

[Summerbirds]

Ok I will put her in a bowl under a lamp with paper towels.

 

[shawluvsbirds]

Putting her back in the bottom half of the shell would be preferable, then propped up in a dish or cup with clean dry paper towel or clean soft cloth like wv said. if you can't put it back in shell then just the towel or cloth.

 

[WVduckchick]

Ducks take a bit longer to fully hatch, and some chicken hens are apt to help a hatcher, so the momma hen may have rushed the baby out of the shell. It happens.

 

[shawluvsbirds]

Ok I will put her in a bowl under a lamp with paper towels.

Please let us know how it goes. I've had some that finished absorbing as fast as an hour and some that took a few hours.
Hoping the best for you

 

[Summerbirds]

Thanks for all the help the shell is off but there is still a yolk sac.

 

[Miss Lydia]

If given time it will absorb just keep it warm and clean and dry for a while.