Stuck duck?

[Paipai13]

Hello,

I found this egg cracked this morning with no signs of movement or pipping the night before. I thought it was another egg that exploded in my incubator so I went to throw him out only to find dry feathers. With a drippy yolk I put him back and tried to help the hatching process cause I thought he was stuck. No movement. I pulled the dried membrane till I found his beak. The beak looks pale. Is he a gonner? Did I kill him?

 

[KathiQuacks]

If baby had no movement and a drippy yolk before you helped, I’m guessing he was already a goner.

 

[Papaye]

Hi.

Hmm... how many days in the incubation, exactly?

...Touch his body... it is rigid, right? (Looks like that to me...?)
And does he not smell bad?

In my humble opinion : your duckling - sadly - is probably dead.
And if you did not see any movement before putting him back in your incubator, then I think he was already dead.

Sorry.

(But I really am no expert; so I hope I am mistaken AND someone will say I am wrong and your duckling coud still be alive...?!)

I have had pretty much the same experience not long ago : ducklings were entirely developped inside of their eggs, but did not peep or move when I opened the eggs...
...I had then been hoping for them to still be alive, but I was eventually told if they were not moving and peeping, it meant they were dead...