I have no idea what I am doing

[DwayneNLiz]

do you know something we dont know?

 

[Debs Flock]

and this one:

 

[Miss Lydia]

I can see it now....you'll be sitting in the jacuzzi with a drink in your hand watching your little duck waddling around the yard. Soooo cute

Waddling around with his friends.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Get out the popcorn and pull up a chair.

 

[featherhead007]

Long story short. A Mallard had a nest in a neighbors garden. The chicks hatched on Friday May 12th and momma took her little ones and left one egg in the nest. Me neighbor watched all night into the next day and she did not return so I took the egg in after it sat out nearly 12 hours in about 45 degree weather and rain. By some miracle I shines a light in there and I saw something move. I quickly made an incubator out of a cardboard box, some towels and a heating pad and placed my little egg in there. Thankfully I found so much information on this site and did tuns of reading and tweaked my sad excuse for an incubator by adding wet paper towels to create humidity. I must admit I was not very hopeful at all it would survive beyond a day or so but here I am 10 days later and this baby has internally pipped and was chirping as of yesterday morning (Sunday May 21st) After reading of everything that can go wrong even when using a proper incubator I was crazy to say the least and made an pin sized hole in the shell in the air sac so it could breath because I could not breath myself I was so scared when I hear that chirping coming from inside. Now I can feel the baby banging around inside but so far it has not broken the shell that I can see. It seems to be almost 12 hours since it pipped internally and I am at a loss as to what I should do. I know I should do nothing at this point but please some advice. I know nothing about any of this all I know is that I am already in love with this amazing little creature and need some help as to next steps

who says you dont know what you are doing none of us are experts but we all love our animals!

 

[featherhead007]

Get out the popcorn and pull up a chair.

i have no popcorn my hens ate it all

 

[casportpony]

 

[Ravynscroft]

i have no popcorn my hens ate it all

Coffee works too...

 

[Steven Mazzo]

Are you ready?

 

[yoopergirl1211]

Hard to keep up with this and keep working! Im living through you because my babies are taking forever.