Hi everyone, I was just wondering how to know if a duckling is becoming "shrink wrapped" during hatching. The membrane isn't stuck to the shell and it's tightly wrapped around the duckling. Is this normal?
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hello, i just went through that very same thing. and im about 99% sure it is shrink wrapped. you WILL have to intervene....i could here my duckling peeping and pecking yesterday morning. i candled him...something didn't look quite right....but being a first time incubatorer....i wasn't positive.. so i let him be...WRONG decision...i candled him this morning...no progress.....no movement.....the "air cell" appeared to be a bit large. sooooo my MOMMA instinct said ...this doesnt look right. i got my nerve up and decided to open the egg...very very carefully....immediately i noticed the shell was very brittle/dry. theI don't think so if it's white and looks like paper more than likely shrink wrapped. but i don't hatch in a bator so I maybe wrong, trying to remember all I have read. Hope someone else comes along to help you.
Hi everyone, I was just wondering how to know if a duckling is becoming "shrink wrapped" during hatching. The membrane isn't stuck to the shell and it's tightly wrapped around the duckling. Is this normal?
Good idea, I know Quacker jack farm was helping you earlier she is one of the best for info I am going to see if i can find her for you.Thank you! It is white and papery. I hope they make it. The third was dead when I candled it and it looks like it died of suffocation upon further investigation. I'm keeping the humidity up high and spraying them every so often.
Good idea, I know Quacker jack farm was helping you earlier she is one of the best for info I am going to see if i can find her for you.
Sounds like they're shrink wrapped. There's been a lot of that going on lately with my hatching friends. How far along are they in the hatching process? Meaning how did you see inside. And what day are they on?