First time hatching a duck and need help he is shrink wrapped!
Day 29 he externally pipped outside of the air sac. 24 hours later there was no movement so I took him out of the incubator to investigate.
We are day 30 and over 24 hours of external pip, so I opened up the shell from the air sac and saw he was shrink wrapped.
I carefully made a zip from the air sac to the pipped hole and moistened the membrane with Vaseline as I went. There were a few tiny blood vessels, one that started to bleed slightly which I stopped with some paper towel. I made it to his beak and put him back in the incubator. Little guy is chirping and wiggling. I’m scared to keep pulling on the membrane in fear of knocking a blood vessel. What do I do?!
Day 29 he externally pipped outside of the air sac. 24 hours later there was no movement so I took him out of the incubator to investigate.
We are day 30 and over 24 hours of external pip, so I opened up the shell from the air sac and saw he was shrink wrapped.
I carefully made a zip from the air sac to the pipped hole and moistened the membrane with Vaseline as I went. There were a few tiny blood vessels, one that started to bleed slightly which I stopped with some paper towel. I made it to his beak and put him back in the incubator. Little guy is chirping and wiggling. I’m scared to keep pulling on the membrane in fear of knocking a blood vessel. What do I do?!