Is my duckling okay?

[Kassandra_wade]

Baby duck hatched on 03/18/22. We had to help it as it was shrink wrapped in it’s membrane. We are new to the ducks and have never hatched any before and didn’t know what to do other than to help it out. We completely took it out of the egg before looking up that the bottom half (umbilical) needs to stay attached to the duck until it detaches on its own. My question is, does it look infected or wrong? Our other three have a normal stomach and are walking fine. This one just lays there and doesn’t walk around. It’s stomach is soft but the stump is incredibly hard. It’s stomach also looks quite red. Will it live? Is there anything that can be done? Thanks in advance!

 

[nchls school]

It looks like the yolk sack was not absorbed completely and the redness is likely due to infection. Its future is bleak and uncertain. Sorry, if the duckling is not eating, drinking, and walking, there is little that can be done.

 

[Kassandra_wade]

It looks like the yolk sack was not absorbed completely and the redness is likely due to infection. Its future is bleak and uncertain. Sorry, if the duckling is not eating, drinking, and walking, there is little that can be done.

We walked in there last night and this ended up happening??? It’s still alive but doesn’t look like it’s drying at all and looks like we cracked an egg in the bottom of the incubator. It’s from that duckling but we don’t know what the yellow stuff is.

 

[nchls school]

??? Looks like yolk from the yolk sack; maybe. If yolk from the sack, the duckling has no chance of survival as the sack provides the duckling's nourishment until it is strong enough to eat and drink on its own. A broken sack would let in more bacteria to the body. Sorry.

 

[Kassandra_wade]

??? Looks like yolk from the yolk sack; maybe. If yolk from the sack, the duckling has no chance of survival as the sack provides the duckling's nourishment until it is strong enough to eat and drink on its own. A broken sack would let in more bacteria to the body. Sorry.

Thank you so much from your help. It has sadly passed though. We just hope it wasn’t something we did