Membrane looks brown peeping and movement has stopped help!

[K.Riggs]

Fluffy now

 

[Josh L.]

Dried out some, he is under the heat pad cave now. Trying to stand at times. I feel so bad for his sibling View attachment 1150982

I understand that, but you did a good job in saving him. The other one was probably just too far gone to begin with. I'm glad this one is okay

 

[K.Riggs]

I understand that, but you did a good job in saving him. The other one was probably just too far gone to begin with. I'm glad this one is okay

Thankyou, I had one pip overnight but no progress. Since no others had pipped I decided it was worth checking if it was alive and putting more water in the incubator. It's alive, moving and the membrane feels very papery but the hole is tiny. It's not even peeping yet i could hear it scratching. I will only assist if it makes a proper hole and struggles for quite a while. I was able to get humidity up to 70% I have no way to keep it there without topping up the water every few hours. Catch 22 I have to open it to keep the humidity up. The person I purchased got the bator off said I shouldnt've followed the manual for duck eggs and my humidity was been too low the whole time. Great.

 

[K.Riggs]

I put a little coconut oil on the dry membrane and since then it has put a second pip. I will be watching very carefully and I will assist if I have to if I can see it's made a hole and doesn't progress and looks dry. The rest have not pipped yet so I feel it's at least less risky. If I can get this one out before the others pip externally hopefully I can keep up the humidity and leave the other 7 once they pip. Fingers crossed.

 

[K.Riggs]

I'm assisting the next one at 20 hrs since pip. It was no longer moving when I played peeping video. Yep membrane rock solid. It's resting and I'm waiting for the veins to recede now. No more have pipped and due date isn't till tomorrow. These were the three that pipped internally several days early. Now I have my humidity at 70 i'm hopefulwhen the next seven pip externally they will do a lot better.

 

[K.Riggs]

I really wish I had someone walking me through this one

 

[DwayneNLiz]

OK that vein has got no blood in it, it has receeded now. The duck is breathing heavy and yawning. I will try to get more she'll off.

yawning means absorbing yolk= more time needed

I got his head out no bleeding. He seems tired but is breathing. I need to know how to tell if he has absorbed the yolk and if I should do anything now, should I take the rest off or let him rest. Another has pipped I have a dish of water in now my humidity was obviously too low. I followed the manual and it isn't a cheap incubator
the one that died and this one pipped two days early.

it happens ducks take FOREVER to hatch sometimes 40+ hours after external pip

Dried out some, he is under the heat pad cave now. Trying to stand at times. I feel so bad for his sibling View attachment 1150982

good job on this one!

I put a little coconut oil on the dry membrane and since then it has put a second pip. I will be watching very carefully and I will assist if I have to if I can see it's made a hole and doesn't progress and looks dry. The rest have not pipped yet so I feel it's at least less risky. If I can get this one out before the others pip externally hopefully I can keep up the humidity and leave the other 7 once they pip. Fingers crossed.

sometimes they 'punch' their way out

I really wish I had someone walking me through this one

i can try but have to work too

 

[Josh L.]

For future reference, if you decide to hatch ducks again (though I wouldn't blame you if you didn't after this scare), your temp should be steady between 99-100, and you should let the eggs cool once a day for ~15 minutes, then spritz them with water like a mother duck would after she came back from a swim. the humidity should be roughly 45-55% until the last 5-7 days, when you need to hike it up to around 70-80%. Temp should stay steady during lockdown, but humidity can fluctuate and not hurt them if you're careful.

 

[K.Riggs]

For future reference, if you decide to hatch ducks again (though I wouldn't blame you if you didn't after this scare), your temp should be steady between 99-100, and you should let the eggs cool once a day for ~15 minutes, then spritz them with water like a mother duck would after she came back from a swim. the humidity should be roughly 45-55% until the last 5-7 days, when you need to hike it up to around 70-80%. Temp should stay steady during lockdown, but humidity can fluctuate and not hurt them if you're careful.

All of those things are exactly what I did but my humidity dropped below 60 the night after the three pipped the three got shrink wrapped. I saved one one was dead and one I helped 20 hrs after pipped because it had stopped moving and peeping
Then I helped more because all the veins were gone and the membrane was drying his eye out sticking to it but it got out itself and had a small amount of yolk left to absorb still so now it still has the bottom of the shell on in a cup in the brooder. I don't want it to die but feel like it will. I have seven left they are probably doomed from me opening the bator helping the three shrink wrapped ducks but they hadn't pipped yet. The others pipped early. They are actually due day after tomorrow plus they were shipped eggs, dirty and air cells a mess. Everything against them.

 

[Josh L.]

All of those things are exactly what I did but my humidity dropped below 60 the night after the three pipped the three got shrink wrapped. I saved one one was dead and one I helped 20 hrs after pipped because it had stopped moving and peeping
Then I helped more because all the veins were gone and the membrane was drying his eye out sticking to it but it got out itself and had a small amount of yolk left to absorb still so now it still has the bottom of the shell on in a cup in the brooder. I don't want it to die but feel like it will. I have seven left they are probably doomed from me opening the bator helping the three shrink wrapped ducks but they hadn't pipped yet. The others pipped early. They are actually due day after tomorrow plus they were shipped eggs, dirty and air cells a mess. Everything against them.

Well you did everything right with incubating save for the humidity at the end, and it seems like even for some eggs with everything against them, with you helping it didn't hurt them too bad. you've got a 2/3 rescue ratio, that's really not too bad. The chick still absorbing the egg yolk should be fine, that happens to chicks sometimes. I had a button quail who had a bit leftover yolk, and if you just put Vaseline or coconut oil on it to keep it from crusting so the baby can absorb it, he should be completely fine. once you have all the rescues rescued, keep the bator shut, hike up the humidity, and let the other eggs be. I'm sure they'll be fine, and if they're not, you've come to be quite the duck rescuer, so they should be alright. Spritz the remaining eggs a few times and pour more water in the bator, keep the temp up, and let the babies do their job.