Muscovy duck egg air sack complications

[Miss Lydia]

Doesn’t sound dumb at all does it look brown to you? From here it does. I don’t hatch in bators but I have read many threads where coconut oil was rec.

 

[Evefa2]

Doesn’t sound dumb at all does it look brown to you? From here it does. I don’t hatch in bators but I have read many threads where coconut oil was rec.

I saw a lot of tan colors and greenish tones. Should I apply coconut oil with a q-tip inside where I poked the hole or outside of the egg?

 

[Miss Lydia]

@WVduckchick is coming to help.

 

[WVduckchick]

Did the beak bust into the air cell? The membrane is broken?? If the membrane inside looks really dry, you could go ahead and remove the shell above the air cell. Just the shell. Then coat the inner membrane with Vaseline or coconut oil and look for active blood vessels.

 

[WVduckchick]

You want to get to this point, eventually. But take it slowly. No need to rush, once you make sure it’s alive and breathing ok.

 

[Evefa2]

Did the beak bust into the air cell? The membrane is broken?? If the membrane inside looks really dry, you could go ahead and remove the shell above the air cell. Just the shell. Then coat the inner membrane with Vaseline or coconut oil and look for active blood vessels.

I tried to include it in the pictures but I couldn’t get the right angle. There is active blood vessels that I saw in the membrane. It doesn’t look like the duckling has burst through the air pocket which warriors me because it was supposed to hatch two days ago

 

[Evefa2]

This is where we are right now. Is there anything else I can do for it? Also thank you for the information

 

[WVduckchick]

Hmmm if it hasn’t broken the membrane yet, it’s not ready. But I don’t see much blood vessels. You still have movement, right?
If there is no break in the membrane, if you can find the tip of the beak, you may have to make a little slit.
** I’ve only done this a couple times, when I thought they had pipped but actually hadn’t. Odds are not great, but not zero either.

 

[Evefa2]

Hmmm if it hasn’t broken the membrane yet, it’s not ready. But I don’t see much blood vessels. You still have movement, right?
If there is no break in the membrane, if you can find the tip of the beak, you may have to make a little slit.
** I’ve only done this a couple times, when I thought they had pipped but actually hadn’t. Odds are not great, but not zero either.

When I physically hold the egg, there is no movement but when I set it down and leave it for a while, the egg turns a little by itself. I have assumed that whenever I decide to touch the egg, the duckling was asleep considering how frequently they do. When I candled the egg yesterday, I saw clear blood vessels near the air pocket and after I broke the shell, red blood marks can be seen on the line of the membrane touching the inside of the egg shell.

 

[Pyxis]

When I physically hold the egg, there is no movement but when I set it down and leave it for a while, the egg turns a little by itself. I have assumed that whenever I decide to touch the egg, the duckling was asleep considering how frequently they do. When I candled the egg yesterday, I saw clear blood vessels near the air pocket and after I broke the shell, red blood marks can be seen on the line of the membrane touching the inside of the egg shell.

Do you see the duckling moving under the membrane? If you gently touch it, it will move if it's alive.