New baby duck can’t lift her neck

[JustADuckFarmer]

Hey there, I don’t know if this is the place to post this. But I had a baby duck hatch about four hours ago, and typically by this time the ducklings are able to get up and walk around, but this one just seems to be very lethargic and her neck is very weak. She also doesn’t seem to have very much energy. But she is peeping a lot. What should I do, I think she may have wrys neck or have broken her neck because she seems like she can’t even pick it up. She also won’t open her eyes. Should I just go ahead and put her down. I tried to get a good picture, but she was moving around a lot. Thank you for the help.

 

[nuthatched]

Put her back in the incubator, maybe she just needs rest.

 

[JustADuckFarmer]

She was a natural hatch, when I found her the mother duck had pretty much abandoned her.

 

[Nek]

Don’t put her down. If it’s her time to go, she will pass and if it’s not, wouldn’t that be a blessing if you were surprised and got up one morning and found her prancing about.

 

[JustADuckFarmer]

Thank you for all of the advice, unfortunately, she passed away a couple of hours ago.