Shrink wrapped ducks?? What should I do?

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ALHmama said:
It's on the outside. Been there since day 1
Woohoooooooooo!!!! I am so excited to see a normal hatch!
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Oooo...YAY!!! So exciting!!!! Normal hatch
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Com'on Johnny...we are waiting for youuuuu!!! People may even shoot off fireworks in honor of your arrival...LOL
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OMG, I just found this thread and it has a lot of helpful advice. I just hatched a batch of calls last week and had similar problems. Mine were extremely gooey! I will definitely be lowering the humidity on my next hatch. In fact this has got me pretty worried about my current hatch of peafowl. I never know how high the humidity should be, since there is so much conflicting advice on the subject. My last hatch of peas was a little gooey also, but not as bad as the ducks. One of the ducklings was so crusty that I ended up holding it under the warm water faucet and rubbing off the goo. It's a wonder that it survived, but it is thriving now. I had to assist all the ducks and one still had a nickle sized ball of yolk attached when I removed it from the egg. I wrapped it in a warm damp dishcloth and it survived and is doing fine also, no thanks to me I'm sure. I ended up with 6 duckies and they are all adorable! Keep up the great advice and guidance Dr. L!
 
Cindysid said:
OMG, I just found this thread and it has a lot of helpful advice. I just hatched a batch of calls last week and had similar problems. Mine were extremely gooey! I will definitely be lowering the humidity on my next hatch. In fact this has got me pretty worried about my current hatch of peafowl. I never know how high the humidity should be, since there is so much conflicting advice on the subject. My last hatch of peas was a little gooey also, but not as bad as the ducks. One of the ducklings was so crusty that I ended up holding it under the warm water faucet and rubbing off the goo. It's a wonder that it survived, but it is thriving now. I had to assist all the ducks and one still had a nickle sized ball of yolk attached when I removed it from the egg. I wrapped it in a warm damp dishcloth and it survived and is doing fine also, no thanks to me I'm sure. I ended up with 6 duckies and they are all adorable! Keep up the great advice and guidance Dr. L!
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YES....this is an AWESOME thread with lot's of good information on how to deal with a difficult hatch! Glad you found it!!! Hmmm...we should be careful though...if word gets out...Dr. L might start charging for services...being booked for talks and seminars...the "little" people need her...LOL
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Ooooh my gosh ALHmama they're adorable!

I have a question, if anyone can offer me some advice... I've got four call duck eggs in my incubator at the moment, on about day 22. After candling them I've started to panic that the air cells are too small! Do you think dropping the humidity for a couple of days would help? Or should I raise the humidity as it's getting close to hatch time?
 

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