HELP please xx Bruised Muscovy duck egg

[Dvt1975]

@shawluvsbirds thank you for asking He is still weaker on one side but he’s getting up and less floppy. Still sleeping on his side a lot. He’s made so much progress! I’m giving him water with a bit of honey on a cotton bud. He’s a fighter.

 

[FarmInProgress]

Could you candle it and post a pic please

 

[FarmInProgress]

Shawluvsbirds it doesn’t seep through the shell because it’s only in there a minute...Google it

 

[Dvt1975]

@shawluvsbirds thank you. That’s so kind.
can you tell I’m a first time anxious duck mummy

 

[shawluvsbirds]

Help please. He’s chirping very quietly! But the thick egg skin still has veins and it’s dry and hard. When I tried to peel, it bleeds slightly.
should I leave it over night?

Can you take some pictures?

 

[shawluvsbirds]

I would work on these areas.
You want to uncover the head area and eventually get the shell to where it can just push itself out when it's ready.
If you remove just the shell and moisten that membrane you should be able to see where the veins are and if they are full of blood or not.

 

[Dvt1975]

I would work on these areas.
You want to uncover the head area and eventually get the shell to where it can just push itself out when it's ready.
If you remove just the shell and moisten that membrane you should be able to see where the veins are and if they are full of blood or not.
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I have taken it round to the air sac... and taken all the shell off. There is just membrane holding ‘him’ in at that bottom bit now.

 

[Dvt1975]

That looks great.
Now I would just leave it and wait.
you should be able to tell when he's ready to come out if he can't push himself out he will probably start struggling and peeping loudly.

Thank you

 

[Dvt1975]

Still not out

 

[Dvt1975]

Now.. by the looks of it it should be able to get out by itself now when it's ready.
If you get to the point you feel like it's struggling to get out and cannot, you may gently help it get its head out. At that point you should be able to see down into the egg to tell if the yolk is absorbed.
If there is no yellow yolk still on the outside of the belly then you're good to go to just lay him down and let it finish pushing himself out or to go ahead and help remove all of the shell.
Be ready though with a small bowl or cup of some kind with a dry paper towel in the bottom of it in case there is yolk still unabsorbed. You will want to keep him in that bottom part of the shell until that is fully absorbed. Prop him upright in the cup and place it back in the incubator and just wait.

Now.. by the looks of it it should be able to get out by itself now when it's ready.
If you get to the point you feel like it's struggling to get out and cannot, you may gently help it get its head out. At that point you should be able to see down into the egg to tell if the yolk is absorbed.
If there is no yellow yolk still on the outside of the belly then you're good to go to just lay him down and let it finish pushing himself out or to go ahead and help remove all of the shell.
Be ready though with a small bowl or cup of some kind with a dry paper towel in the bottom of it in case there is yolk still unabsorbed. You will want to keep him in that bottom part of the shell until that is fully absorbed. Prop him upright in the cup and place it back in the incubator and just wait.

@shawluvsbirds
He’s pushed himself out. But I think I can see yellow behind his leg on the side.... should I pop him in a cup? He’s just lay there at the moment xx