Please Help Ducklings Dying

[HeatherRoss]

I have about 25 duck eggs in my incubator right now (1/2 topknot 1/2 roen) and the first duck hatched last week and is doing fine but all the other ones that have supposed to hatch arent developing right or something. Ive been leaving them in there about 30 days (the first one hatched at 27) and when I finally give up and help the duckling out of the shell its guts are on the outside of the body. This has happened with the last 6 ducklings. They of course die moments after they are out. The duck is completely developed and normal except for that. Has this happened with anyone else? Thanks

 

[rainplace]

Awww, it must be awful to see that. I'm so sorry. I wish I had some experience to share with you. Hopefully someone else will have something to say.

 

[Wifezilla]

Are they still alive when you crack open the egg? You temp may be low making them take longer.

 

[HeatherRoss]

Yes they are still alive. My temp stays between 88.9 and 100.

 

[Katy]

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I hope 88.9 is a typo and you meant 98.9. Even then if you are using a still air you need to be at 101/102, a forced air incubator 99/100.

 

[HeatherRoss]

ha...yes sorry it was 89.9. I have had no trouble hatching ducks, geese and chickens before with these temperatures

 

[miss_jayne]

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89.9?????

 

[Wifezilla]

The low temp is delaying their development. I would just give them more time.

 

[MandyH]

That temp is way too low. You need a constant 100 degrees, that much of a fluctuation wreaks havoc on a hatch. Also, what is your humidty running?

 

[Duck Keeper]

The "guts" were probably their unabsorbed yolk sac.

Poor babies. I feel bad for you.