Panicking! Advice please!!!!

[Sondraa]

I hope I don't kill them.. geez. I didn't intervene w the other one and he died after one just gave up day 22. Traumatising. I know now in this new climate I peobably need a humidifier going in the room 24/7. And I will select from a range of eggs which to incubate and avoid overly small eggs.

 

[My15Ducks]

Veins are gone on third. Wrong colour as well.

I am pretty confident t it's been at least 48 hours since internal pips. The external pip on the one I noticed at the time I realised it had internally pipped.

Glad they are noting danger of suffocating anymore. How soon do they need water after not mouthing anymore?

Do you mean water to drink? They won’t need water to drink until they have hatched and are all fluffed up

 

[My15Ducks]

Next time you take them out to moisten the membrane, can you take pictures? We can give you an idea how long until they are ready to hatch based on how the veins look

 

[Sondraa]

My phone is my light and I am alone. I will see what I can do.

 

[Sondraa]

Should I be taking them out only to moisten membrane? If so how often?

 

[New duck mommy 2021]

Veins are gone on third. Wrong colour as well.

I am pretty confident t it's been at least 48 hours since internal pips. The external pip on the one I noticed at the time I realised it had internally pipped.

Glad they are noting danger of suffocating anymore. How soon do they need water after not mouthing anymore?

They don’t need water or feed for up to 48 hours after they hatch
Usually I remove from bstor around 4-6 hours
I will show them feed and water in the brooder a few times but most don’t touch it for 24 hours or so. The yolk fills them up
Take a picture of egg 3
I can help you decide if baby is gone

 

[New duck mommy 2021]

Should I be taking them out only to moisten membrane? If so how often?

If using coconut oil then every 2 -3 hours
If Vaseline then every 3-4 hours
Don’t put it near the beak and only a little just to keep it from drying
You don’t have to pull them out to do this
I leave my eggs in place abd use a q tip to put it on

 

[Sondraa]

If using coconut oil then every 2 -3 hours
If Vaseline then every 3-4 hours
Don’t put it near the beak and only a little just to keep it from drying
You don’t have to pull them out to do this
I leave my eggs in place abd use a q tip to put it on

Ok..noted. I pulled the advanced one out to video and apply moisture. He had pushed out some shell which I have removed. Geez i hope I am not doing everything wrong here. I can't candle and photograph as stated. Looks like can't upload video. Says wrong ext. Stressing!

 

[Sondraa]

Can't send vid so will send pic. I just don't know if I should take him out again so soon or wait until i moisten him again in a couple hours. He is really pushing and stretching like in Kathi vid

 

[Sondraa]

Honestly if i had this much trauma and deveststion my first hatch I would never attempt again.