Please help, BADLY cracked eggs

[its raining hen]

My duck is sitting on 6 eggs and is close to hatching time. These 2 eggs are broken! Is there anything i can do to save these babies? They are still moving. Both are bleeding but only ones yolk has broken. The holes are SO large. I have bandaids but I'm afraid they will stick to the embryos. They are in the incubator for now but i need any help you can give. Thank you!

 

[pallas]

I am not sure that there is much to do. I am not an expert on hatching but incubatior sounds like the best option. Baby birds are so fragile.

 

[Vampstorso]

I think I've seen @Wickedchicken6 give advice in similar situations?

 

[Wickedchicken6]

I think I've seen @Wickedchicken6 give advice in similar situations?

I'm apologize for getting here so late. Thank you for referencing me @Vampstorso

@its raining hen How close are the eggs? Do you have an incubator?

I've dealt with cold duck and eggs, but I'm afraid I haven't got any experience with badly damaged eggs. If they were mine, I'd try this if you have an incubator. If I have an egg where the air cell is growing to fast or, if I have an egg zipped and making no progress/or if I've checked on a chick and I'm concerned the chick will dry out...I've put the egg in a small container with a damp paper towel hung over the top edge of the container and I place a sandwich baggie over the container to hold the humidity in.

Here's a chick that I had used this technique after it's hatched. You can see the dry paper towel hanging over the side. You'd have the paper towel damp and set a baggie sitting loose on top.

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

Please check out the above article from @Pyxis. About 1/3 of the way down under "further assisting" it shows a picture of an egg that's been opened, and has active blood vessels so it's too soon to assist. She mentions using coconut oil. Some use neosporin WITHOUT the pain killer (very important) to keep the membrane moist. I've purchased neosporin for us (without the pain killer, lidocaine) and to keep on hand use for chicks/chickens.

Hopefully someone else may have good advice. I hope your eggs are still ok.

 

[its raining hen]

I'm apologize for getting here so late. Thank you for referencing me @Vampstorso

@its raining hen How close are the eggs? Do you have an incubator?

I've dealt with cold duck and eggs, but I'm afraid I haven't got any experience with badly damaged eggs. If they were mine, I'd try this if you have an incubator. If I have an egg where the air cell is growing to fast or, if I have an egg zipped and making no progress/or if I've checked on a chick and I'm concerned the chick will dry out...I've put the egg in a small container with a damp paper towel hung over the top edge of the container and I place a sandwich baggie over the container to hold the humidity in.

Here's a chick that I had used this technique after it's hatched. You can see the dry paper towel hanging over the side. You'd have the paper towel damp and set a baggie sitting loose on top.
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https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/guide-to-assisted-hatching-for-all-poultry.72886/

Please check out the above article from @Pyxis. About 1/3 of the way down under "further assisting" it shows a picture of an egg that's been opened, and has active blood vessels so it's too soon to assist. She mentions using coconut oil. Some use neosporin WITHOUT the pain killer (very important) to keep the membrane moist. I've purchased neosporin for us (without the pain killer, lidocaine) and to keep on hand use for chicks/chickens.

Hopefully someone else may have good advice. I hope your eggs are still ok.

Update and sad news. The egg with the broken yolk hasn't moved this morning but the other egg has movement. I have them in a little giant still air incubator that was running already. I have 1 chick that is taking a little more time to hatch and i hope it's not because i opened it to put the duck eggs in it and also took out the rowdy newly hatched chicks while it was already open.
I followed your advice and put a damp paper towel over the side and covered it with wax paper simce I'm all out of plastic bags. I also put a layer of neosporin on both where i could. going to watch and hope and read that thread you referred me to.
Thank you.

 

[Wickedchicken6]

I never considered a still incubator. I should have noted that my incubator has a cyclone going on in it all the time...lol. You may need to adjust my suggestion since it's a still incubator. I think a still air would be better for your particular case. I'm sorry to hear about the one chick. Unless your completely certain, I would keep the still egg in just in case.

I hope the one with movement keeps going. How long do the broken eggs have until hatch day? The egg you already have in the incubator should be fine. There are several of us who go into our incubators during lock down with no ill effects.
@Wyorp Rock @Pyxis @Ravynscroft @casportpony

 

[pallas]

I think you're doing the best you can in a situation like this. Sorry I don't have any more good advice. I wish you only the best of luck.

 

[its raining hen]

I am not sure how much time is left. A rough guess would be a week. I couldn't find my muscovy for a couple days and when i did, she was on a nest. I transplanted her and her nest that night. I do not have any breeding age muscovy males so the ducklings will be mules/hinnys. Is been almost 4 weeks since I've moved them, so maybe a week?
Its good to know that i didn't hurt the chick egg by opening it. I bought the incubator after chick days and this is the first time i have ever used it. My hens do a much better job. And probably worry less.

 

[Wickedchicken6]

Yes hens do an incredible job.

I hope if anyone else has any experience with this type of situation...they can share some information.

 

[Ravynscroft]

Sounds like you are doing fine! Not too much you can do but wait at this point, you want to make sure it is ready before it comes all the way out...

Edited to add... ruptured yolk ones rarely survive, so nothing you did could have harmed it any worse...