Duckhelpneeded
Hatching
- May 22, 2024
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Hello.
We have found an abandoned wild baby duckling and want to help it. We saw the mum duck deliberately chucking it out the nest so presume she knows it doesnāt have much hope but we couldnāt leave it to die. The other eggs on the nest werenāt hatched but this one was half open. I wonder if it was broken rather than hatched as it looks a bit premature /the yolk sack hadnāt absorbed and there is red bloody veins and jelly stuff attached . We took the other half of the egg off (not sure if we should have). The ducking was cold and hardly moving. Weāve put it on a heat mat and a damp paper towel (which has now dried , so heās warm). The duckling has warmed up nicely and is now breathing very well and getting comfortable/opening its beak a little etc . But still acting like itās in the egg. Eg curled up sleeping ! Weāve had it about 5 hours now and the yolk has mostly been absorbed but itās still attached to all the veins and jelly stuff. What will happen to that?
Does this duckling have any chance at all? What can we do for it ? Thank you for any advice. I know nature intended it to die but I want to help it!
We have found an abandoned wild baby duckling and want to help it. We saw the mum duck deliberately chucking it out the nest so presume she knows it doesnāt have much hope but we couldnāt leave it to die. The other eggs on the nest werenāt hatched but this one was half open. I wonder if it was broken rather than hatched as it looks a bit premature /the yolk sack hadnāt absorbed and there is red bloody veins and jelly stuff attached . We took the other half of the egg off (not sure if we should have). The ducking was cold and hardly moving. Weāve put it on a heat mat and a damp paper towel (which has now dried , so heās warm). The duckling has warmed up nicely and is now breathing very well and getting comfortable/opening its beak a little etc . But still acting like itās in the egg. Eg curled up sleeping ! Weāve had it about 5 hours now and the yolk has mostly been absorbed but itās still attached to all the veins and jelly stuff. What will happen to that?
Does this duckling have any chance at all? What can we do for it ? Thank you for any advice. I know nature intended it to die but I want to help it!