Help with duck eggs, please!

[BaileyMChicks]

Cool - hope you find them useful. I've read that it's important to the duckling's (or chick's) leg development to let them kick out of the shell themselves. In practice, I do think I have fewer ducklings and chicks with bad legs when they push out, even when I've done most of the zipping for them.

Yeah, I think it does help something with their legs and feet when they hatch themselves. I had 2 D'Uccle chicks hatch out 6 days ago. The first one needed help, and I eventually had the breeder I got them from come out to my house, and she just kinda peeled away the top of the egg and made sure there weren't any blood vessels, and just sort of pulled the chick out. It's toes on the outside were folded under it's foot, and it had trouble walking in the incubator. But by the time it was 2 days old it's feet and legs were fine. But the other chick who hatched later that day didn't need help. And it's legs and feet were completely fine. I have hatched 8 other chicks in the past, and non of them needed help, and they never had anything wrong with their feet, so I think it does do something.

 

[MotherKocher]

Three days of complete worry later and one is finally out!!! I had to help it in warm water but only moving some shell out of the way so it could push out on its own

 

[FoodFreedomNow]

Three days of complete worry later and one is finally out!!! I had to help it in warm water but only moving some shell out of the way so it could push out on its own

...and it was all worth it now, right?

Congrats!

 

[MotherKocher]

...and it was all worth it now, right?

Congrats!

Yes, thank you! Now I just have to wait for the other to come out and then I can stop worrying... A little. Lol

 

[n8ivetxn]

They are so so cute, we're on day 3 now. They better hatch! I wanna meet them

LOL!

I totally understand!

 

[n8ivetxn]

Yeah, I think it does help something with their legs and feet when they hatch themselves. I had 2 D'Uccle chicks hatch out 6 days ago. The first one needed help, and I eventually had the breeder I got them from come out to my house, and she just kinda peeled away the top of the egg and made sure there weren't any blood vessels, and just sort of pulled the chick out. It's toes on the outside were folded under it's foot, and it had trouble walking in the incubator. But by the time it was 2 days old it's feet and legs were fine. But the other chick who hatched later that day didn't need help. And it's legs and feet were completely fine. I have hatched 8 other chicks in the past, and non of them needed help, and they never had anything wrong with their feet, so I think it does do something.

Wow... I think it would also help get their circulation going good, along with helping lung function.... interesting stuff!

 

[n8ivetxn]

Three days of complete worry later and one is finally out!!! I had to help it in warm water but only moving some shell out of the way so it could push out on its own

The reward is totally worth all the waiting

 

[MotherKocher]

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They're doing awesome!! And sooo cute. No idea what kind they are though

 

[MotherKocher]

 

[FoodFreedomNow]

They are adorable! I couldn't even guess at breed, but I think you can probably rule out Muscovy.