last duckling left alive ! need help whether to assist hatching or not! please help

[korme5]

Also is it normal for them to drop fluff when they are first hatched. I am covered in duckling fluff !

 

[Lacrystol]

Thanks I could use help. I have read all the threads available on assisted hatching but having someone to triple check my work would be great.
I checked him agai because I was worried about his breathing and found the membraine with very little blood in it and the blood that was in it was clotted so I stretched the membraine over the sides of the shell and there was no bleedig at all he is back in the incubator now. And hopefully start to wiggle himself out.
Heres an update pic

is this big enough for him to wiggle out? Or will it need more? Also is there anythin else you can think of that I need to get fr him? I have unmedicated chick feed and brewers yeast and brooder and everything is fine. Will he need any electrolytes or probiotcs?? Just so I am prepared

OH BOY where is he now?

 

[Lacrystol]

Thanks I could use help. I have read all the threads available on assisted hatching but having someone to triple check my work would be great.
I checked him agai because I was worried about his breathing and found the membraine with very little blood in it and the blood that was in it was clotted so I stretched the membraine over the sides of the shell and there was no bleedig at all he is back in the incubator now. And hopefully start to wiggle himself out.
Heres an update pic

is this big enough for him to wiggle out? Or will it need more? Also is there anythin else you can think of that I need to get fr him? I have unmedicated chick feed and brewers yeast and brooder and everything is fine. Will he need any electrolytes or probiotcs?? Just so I am prepared

He looks good

 

[Lacrystol]

I think he should be able to get out, but check on him to make sure he's making progress.

We used save-a-chick electrolytes (works for ducklings) is he yawning or stretching,. Im thinking the poor lil guy is tired.

Yawning and making noise is very important, BIG PLUS, my preference is Poultry Drench for Ducks.

 

[Lacrystol]

I think the problem was the membraine was to sticky because when I pulled on it it wouldnt let go of the Feather s and now he is trying to pop his head out but there is this one bit of membraine that is just holding on. Does this mean my humidity was to high?

"Sounds like it dried up on him

 

[Lacrystol]

Yep he is fully out, he had membraine stuck to his bottom and the cord was still attached but it came away pretty easy now he has a little mucus cord still attached but he seems all plugged up. I am glad I got him out when I did because in the left over shell there was this green grey goo whih could be fungus or bacteria luckily it didnt look like it got down the umbilical cord it smelt terrible!! I dabbed some diluted betadean on the cord and dissinfected the incubator before putting him back in to dry.
And I just candled the last egg in there after thinking all this time it was no viable to find an internal pip!! Here we go again! Haha

The green snot ball is totally normal, this is there first time using the bath room.. Not a fugus

 

[Lacrystol]

When you interrupt a hatch be sure to rapidly return the piped eggs to the exact same position in relation to the center of the Earth and the Sun or other light source in operation while the eggs were incubating. Failure to do so may confuse or bum-foozle the hatchling causing it to assume a position in which it may be unable to turn in a manor that will enable it to hatch.

This is also (IN MY PERSONAL OPINION) the big reason for lockdown. It keeps the chicken keeper from doing too much "helping" or interfering with the natural process of hatching.

What? I have never heard of that one with the earth and sun... LOL

 

[Lacrystol]

Yep he is just snoozing in the incubator looks pretty good. Yeah I always put the pipped eggs right back where they came from in the same posistion. After fuzz butt is dry I will look at the egg and se if it needs a safety hole.

It's not going to make a huge difference. Sorry, I don't by that theory. Sounds buzzare actually, if you think about it, if you didn't intervene and they hatched out normally, they wiggle and pull and do all kinds of tossing around with that shell. Has nothing to do with exact position.

When they are under there mommy do you really think the momma duck is looking at her eggs going, "ok, I know you were not there in that spot, I must have accidently kicked you out of your position, well let me put you back".

Absolutely NO, they don't. so that earth and sun theory sorry, I'm not buying it... sounds a little silly if you ask me.. LOL

 

[Lacrystol]

Yep he is just snoozing in the incubator looks pretty good. Yeah I always put the pipped eggs right back where they came from in the same posistion. After fuzz butt is dry I will look at the egg and se if it needs a safety hole.

Whens the due date?

 

[Lacrystol]

this is him all dry

and this is the blood thing you cant see very well

AWWW he looks soooooooo GOOD, I love that coloring..