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

[Lacrystol]

Ok thanks for all the help and support ! Um maybe a weird question but how long until it starts pooping ?? I am still a worried new mum I also think it had trouble getting out of the egg because it has a tiny little bill. Ive also just helped the other egg pip as it is weak and struggling.

LOl, I won't worry about him pooping just yet because you will know, they are messy but if by chance they do go a day or two without get yourself a small container that he can just put his little feet in and that will get him going.

just remember try to avoid swimming lessons for one week..

 

[chickengeorgeto]

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

The mommy duck has better sense than to pickup her precious babies and turn them every which-a-way while they are hatching. If this treatment was good for pipping duck eggs then I strongly suspect that Mother Nature would have equipped ducks with hands on the end of their wings to make it easier to pickup their pipping eggs and play with them. That in-my-humble-opinion is why the eggs in an automatic turning incubator are taken out of the automatic turning device on the 18th day and placed in a hatcher, or at the very least the automatic turner is turned off. A properly positioned hatchling should turn inside the shell scoring and weakening the shell with its egg tooth. A few feeble kicks then breaks the big end off of the egg shell and the hatchling tumbles into view.

Just saying, but I also doubt that it would do a human fetus much good as far as ease of birth, or positioning for birth is concerned if its mommy was hung up by her heels during labor. I know that this is an extreme example but the same concept is at work.

 

[Lacrystol]

The mommy duck has better sense than to pickup her precious babies and turn them every which-a-way while they are hatching. If this treatment was good for pipping duck eggs then I strongly suspect that Mother Nature would have equipped ducks with hands on the end of their wings to make it easier to pickup their pipping eggs and play with them. That in-my-humble-opinion is why the eggs in an automatic turning incubator are taken out of the automatic turning device on the 18th day and placed in a hatcher, or at the very least the automatic turner is turned off. A properly positioned hatchling should turn inside the shell scoring and weakening the shell with its egg tooth. A few feeble kicks then breaks the big end off of the egg shell and the hatchling tumbles into view.

Just saying, but I also doubt that it would do a human fetus much good as far as ease of birth, or positioning for birth is concerned if its mommy was hung up by her heels during labor. I know that this is an extreme example but the same concept is at work.

I agree with the Mommy duck having better sense, again, if they are with a momma or in an incubator, it's not going to make any difference where that egg is at, Momma ducks will get off those eggs they will go swimming, they will toss those eggs around. I personally think they are a lot rougher on the eggs then we are, if you listen you can hear them Rattling those eggs when it's time to turn them. If we rattle them, they break. LOL.

but the point being, if you handle an egg, it's not going to affect the outcome, when placed back into that bator. they don't need to be in the exact position, common sense is you don't flip them upside down especially if they have internally pipped. But putting them in an different spot in your bator. that isn't going to make any difference in the world. Flipping them YES, then I can see your previous point but I didn't NOT get that impression to what you were stating..you stated the exact spot..

Example: if you have an egg in the left corner of your bator, the larger end facing the wall with an X on top, you can place that egg ANY WHERE in your bator and still have the same results. It doesn't need to be back in that left corner facing the wall.

If you take that egg and put it in the right corner, facing away from the wall with the X up, it will still have the same results.. The only time when it will affect that egg is if you take that egg and FLIP it so that what was the Top (X) is now facing the bottom of the bator then you will run into problems but to take an egg and place it anywhere in the bator it not going to affect it as long as that egg is in the same upright position as when you grabbed it....so that the X is still up..

and from my experience duck eggs, shouldn't be on an automatic turner unless they are laying down.

 

[luvmypets]

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

I agree he like a slate gray fuzz butt!!

 

[Lyss]

Naawww he looks great. What breed is he? And yep its totally normal for them to lose the fluff.... Well is not actually just the muck that they're coated with when they leave the shell. My guys usually leave yellow fluff every where after they hatch .

 

[korme5]

Hey guys thanks for all the support and in put! Um im not sure on the breed mum could either be a creasted buff or a mix breed brown and white duck and dad could be a pekin or wh. Any thoughts on which parents might be his? He is doing great now zooming round wont let me sleep climbing and jumping! Haha actually cant wait for the other one to be ready because he needs someone else to harass! Haha so the other guy I have pipped for him he is less active then this guy was more tired. His beak and nostrils are clear and he has been like this for about 16 hours I am just waiting for his blood vessels to recede before I help him out.
Ill keep you posted on how fuzz butt number 2 goes!

 

[luvmypets]

 

[dorpersheep]

WOW! What a saga for you and the poor little chap! congrats on a lovely baby, hope #2 comes along very soon!

 

[korme5]

Ok so it has been 20 hours since I helped egg two pip, I removed the the air cap at about 16 hours. The inner membraine is still there and still has quite a few veins in it. Im nt sure if these veins are still active or just have clotted blood in them. The duckling is still alive and well so I am going to leave it for a few more hours then ill check again and put a photo up for your guys opinion on whst I should do.

 

[Lyss]

Sounds ok. Good luck