Please help. Baby duck needs help

[C3 mommy]

I would uncover what I felt comfortable with, then let it do the rest! just my opinion, but if it can't get out it'll die at least you'd be giving it a chance!

 

[Cerise1924]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/guide-to-assisted-hatching-for-all-poultry.72886/

This has saved so many chicks and ducklings, and reassured anxious humans. Hope this helps. I understand how concerned you are. Don't be afraid to assist carefully, to help that duckling. Good luck you and baby.

 

[C3 mommy]

Thank you!! I don't know how to post links yet

 

[Cerise1924]

Thank you!! I don't know how to post links yet

I just opened a second web tab, found the page I wanted, and then copied from the browser bar and pasted into the the forum chat. Not sophisticated, but it works.

 

[C3 mommy]

I just opened a second web tab, found the page I wanted, and then copied from the browser bar and pasted into the the forum chat. Not sophisticated, but it works.

Now why didn't I think of that??

 

[Chickygirl63]

I have done this lots of times ..its a little scary the first time... just go slow...the next time you do this it will be a little easier

 

[Houndhunter77]

Thanks everyone. Ok he is almost all the way on his own. But he still has a little muscus attached to him. No yoke at all and no blood really. Hes just resting now. What temp should i have it at. And what humidity. I have one egg still in the incubator that has internally pipped. I dont want to mess that up. Its just that chick and the one egg that has internally pipped

 

[Cerise1924]

I would keep the humidity fairly high, at 65% or more. Temp should be in the same range you've been using for incubation, around 99.5 F or so. A bit lower is fine, too.

I like to run my humidity at 70% during lockdown, and don't even mind if it goes higher. That way, if I need to open the incubator to take out a chick or check an egg, I don't have to worry about causing trouble for an egg that has an external pip. That's just the way I do it.

Your duckling should be just fine resting there in the warm incubator. Hatching is hard work! The presence of a baby may help your other one hatch, too. Congratulations on your little one!