Malpositioned/shrink wrapped duckling?! HELP!

[chickens really]

Good morning!!!
They are!! I can’t believe it!!
We have one out of the incubator in the brooder aka bathtub... under heating lamp, lots of frolicking room, wet hatchling food and water.
The others are still in the incubator. No more yolk sacks but they have a bit of the shell stuff still stuck to them. But it’s drying off.
I’m doctoring their hiney’s with betadine and they are fluffing up nicely!

Awwww! Look at that sweet little baby...
I have my finger crossed for the others to get going too..
Best wishes today...

 

[Tsam88]

Awwww! Look at that sweet little baby...
I have my finger crossed for the others to get going too..
Best wishes today...

Thank you!!
I will post their picture when I can get a good one. I’m trying to let them rest without messing too much. They’re working on it! Lol

 

[chickens really]

Hanging a Mirror and a Teddy is great for Ducklings. They love company...

 

[Tsam88]

Hanging a Mirror and a Teddy is great for Ducklings. They love company...

Oh my gosh so sweet!! I just did it! He/she is loving it!! Thank you!

 

[chickens really]

Oh my gosh so sweet!! I just did it! He/she is loving it!! Thank you!

Awesome. Ducklings are like puppies and love to cuddle to a Teddy and the image of another Duckling...

 

[Tsam88]

UPDATE:

OK so sorry for not posting yesterday but we had a busy day. #2 is going strong and is a hoot!! We gave it a paper towel roll and it runs after is and rolls it back and forth across the floor!! And it loves its stuffed babies and the mirror!! Thank you Chickens Really!!

Sadly, we did lose one of the babies...
#4 passed late morning yesterday... #6 has been touch and go and I did feel like we were going to lose that one as well... but the sweet thing is still going, and gaining strength as the hours pass!

There is one weird thing though... it will have all of this energy, and then just stop, lay down, and nod off...
and then perk up, run around (still a smidge wobbly, but running nonetheless) and then pass out...like narcolepsy almost...

I found another post about this possibly being some form of paralysis!?
I have to keep that one in the incubator when I’m not watching because the strong #2 attacks it and even though it has retaliated it’s not strong enough yet.
They have snuggled though so I know it will be alright once I figure this little ordeal out...
another thing to note is that the sleepy baby is almost white. Anyone ever had a white fluffy baby? I have tried to find pictures of pekin babies with white fluff and I cannot find one that is even close!
I’ll try to get a picture, but the heat lamp gives off a glow and doesn’t show true just how white it is.

I have been giving them sugar water and I made them a broccoli, cauliflower, carrot mash this morning (saw that on another post too!). I can’t tell if they are really eating it or just throwing it around, but they’re having a ball with it!

We have named these two Donald & Daisy... even though we don’t know the sex yet, it just fits for now!

Any and all advice is very much appreciated!!

 

[Tsam88]

This is the younger one... Daisy.

 

[Tsam88]

This is the oldest Donald.

 

[chickens really]

UPDATE:

OK so sorry for not posting yesterday but we had a busy day. #2 is going strong and is a hoot!! We gave it a paper towel roll and it runs after is and rolls it back and forth across the floor!! And it loves its stuffed babies and the mirror!! Thank you Chickens Really!!

Sadly, we did lose one of the babies...
#4 passed late morning yesterday... #6 has been touch and go and I did feel like we were going to lose that one as well... but the sweet thing is still going, and gaining strength as the hours pass!

There is one weird thing though... it will have all of this energy, and then just stop, lay down, and nod off...
and then perk up, run around (still a smidge wobbly, but running nonetheless) and then pass out...like narcolepsy almost...

I found another post about this possibly being some form of paralysis!?
I have to keep that one in the incubator when I’m not watching because the strong #2 attacks it and even though it has retaliated it’s not strong enough yet.
They have snuggled though so I know it will be alright once I figure this little ordeal out...
another thing to note is that the sleepy baby is almost white. Anyone ever had a white fluffy baby? I have tried to find pictures of pekin babies with white fluff and I cannot find one that is even close!
I’ll try to get a picture, but the heat lamp gives off a glow and doesn’t show true just how white it is.

I have been giving them sugar water and I made them a broccoli, cauliflower, carrot mash this morning (saw that on another post too!). I can’t tell if they are really eating it or just throwing it around, but they’re having a ball with it!

We have named these two Donald & Daisy... even though we don’t know the sex yet, it just fits for now!

Any and all advice is very much appreciated!!

No more sugar water or electrolytes. Fresh water.
Baby Ducks do run around and fall asleep quickly. Nothing to worry about.

 

[Tsam88]

No more sugar water or electrolytes. Fresh water.
Baby Ducks do run around and fall asleep quickly. Nothing to worry about.

I thought sugar water for the first few days? Is that bad?