Help! with duckling! UPDATE/PIC

[EmAbTo48]

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Need some advice. I had a broody duck that hatched out 3 ducklings 2 weeks ago. I took the rest of the "good eggs" that I candled to my 3 broody hens. I came out to the coop to find a pekin duckling hatched out this morning took the duckling to the mother duck to see what she would do... watched for over an hour this morning all seemed great. Came back an hour later and it was dead I am not sure if she killed it or what pretty sad about it (started crying pretty sure its because I am 6 months pregnant but still sad case)

Anyways, it is now 130pm and low and behold another is hatching (I did help a bit as it looked like it has been at it for awhile and couldnt get through the shell.... anyways it is pipping under one of my broodys, however, I have to work in a hour here and wont get back till 11pm. Hubby doesn't do anything for the ducks (they are mine we agreed on this when I got them) he just locks them up and the chickens at night. I know if I move the broody from her nest she will leave it BTDT to many times!

SO is there a way I can set up a brooder for it even if it hasn't gotten out off the shell yet?

I am nervous if I leave it, the roosters may attack and other hens may start pecking at it since my broodies are 2 silkies and a older hen that really aren't that high in the pecking order if you know what I mean.....

Anyways home brooder I could wipe up fast?


Thought I'd Update this thread with a picture. When I got back from work all was fine the duckling had dryed off hes now 4 days old! And we had another 2 ducklings hatch one this morning so he has some buddies he was pretty lonely when I wasn't home.

 

[Tahai]

Cardboard box/rubber-maid tote, towels and a heat lamp? no experience hatching, but I would think your're past the point of needing a locked down incubator.

Although, depending on how much more hatching it needs to do, you might want to put the egg on a damp pad of papertowels for humidity?

 

[Amiga]

From what I have read, Tahai's idea may be the best or only option for you, unless you have a friend who can help you out.

 

[EmAbTo48]

Cardboard box/rubber-maid tote, towels and a heat lamp?  no experience hatching, but I would think your're past the point of needing a locked down incubator.

Although, depending on how much more hatching it needs to do, you might want to put the egg on a damp pad of papertowels for humidity?  

So I helped duckling quite a bit out of shell put him in our bathroom on a damp towel heat lamp and water. No food yet. The duckling still had a small part of the shell attached at the back so I left half the shell on and hoping it will remove itself. No blood just a bit of yellow still connected. Hubby is going to check on it it for me when I ask to see how its doing.
He looked almost half shrink wrapped and a bit dry? Is that normal???


Man talk about bad timing having to go to work grrr! Lol but keeping fingers crossed I come back to a all dry duckling walking around!

 

[Amiga]

I would not call the shrink wrap normal, but apparently it happens quite a bit when there is not enough humidity toward the end of the incubation. At least, that is what I have read on the forum here.

 

[EmAbTo48]

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