Shrink wrapped ducks?? What should I do?

[Lacrystol]

The reason he's getting hard is because he has gooy stuff all over him...he'll get hard as a rock which is not good, show me his vent then we can determine if he should have a quick bath or not..

 

[Lacrystol]

Wholly crap, his vent actually looks good. HAHAHAHA OMG...

 

[ALHmama]

Wholly crap, his vent actually looks good. HAHAHAHA OMG...

WOOHOO!! yippie!! I wiped down its back and head and neck. It looked at me so sweetly! omgosh im in love, especially after that rollercoaster! OMG! lol

 

[Mammachix]

Hi,

I read the whole thread. You've gotten some great advice. I think your little gal will be just fine. If she pipped internally over 40 hours ago, then she has been absorbing the yolk for the past two days. Based on the last picture you posted, she completely absorbed the yolk. Having her on the paper towels for a while is great. I would suggest putting a pea-size amount of neosporin/triple antibiotic ointment on the umbical opening. It will dry up and close up entirely in the next two days or so. I would put the ointment on twice, with about six hours between each one. Your duckling looks just like she is supposed to look at hatch.

Last week we had 9 muscovey eggs hatching under a hen. One that had pipped in the morning died during the day. We got home at the end of the day and opened up the other 8 within about an hour or two. I wasn't risking any more of them and we opened them really quickly (we've got some experience with assisted hatching btw). Long story short: they were all fine, had all absorbed their yolks, and all 8 were back under momma hen by midnight. I now have 8 happy week-old ducks ignoring momma hen and running through the grass eating flies already. They are very hardy creatures and we are a bunch of worry warts! (That being said, I'm the first to cry when I lose one during the hatch.)

Have fun with your new baby/babies!

 

[Lacrystol]

Ok we can't feed him or give him vitamins unless his head is up. So after you clean him off put him back in the bator to dry off. Vent looks really good....

 

[ALHmama]

YAY! ..ok, on to the others.. LOL! Am I going to be up all night?

 

[Lacrystol]

Now understand they need the yolk this is what I call there survival kit. They can survive up to three days with it, we don't let them go that long but they actually could and since some of his yolk is still in the shell, he's got less time. So once that little head comes up, I would give him a couple of drops of vitamins, what kinda do you have? It's important that ducks get niacin which is vitamin b-12. I'm partially fond of vitamin b complete, I drop a pill in a quart of water.. But that's just me...

 

[Lacrystol]

Ok let me see upside downer god I love these ones...

 

[Fancychooklady]

I think you have been very lucky . I did post this link some way back , perhaps before the others pip you could have a look at it.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/step-by-step-guide-to-assisted-hatching

 

[ALHmama]

Now understand they need the yolk this is what I call there survival kit. They can survive up to three days with it, we don't let them go that long but they actually could and since some of his yolk is still in the shell, he's got less time. So once that little head comes up, I would give him a couple of drops of vitamins, what kinda do you have? It's important that ducks get niacin which is vitamin b-12. I'm partially fond of vitamin b complete, I drop a pill in a quart of water.. But that's just me...

I don't have any and everything is closed! crap! no one told me I needed vitamins right away. I can run out and pick some up first thing in the morning. Farm supply? Or is this something Walmart would have? I could run out there tonight..