Thread formerly known as Hatch day is today

[70%cocoa]

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Great!! It's amazing what they can accomplish. If I had to break out of an egg using nothing but my own head I'd just sleep for a year afterwards.....but they still manage to muster energy from somewhere.

 

[QuackerJackFarms]

70%cocoa :

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Great!! It's amazing what they can accomplish. If I had to break out of an egg using nothing but my own head I'd just sleep for a year afterwards.....but they still manage to muster energy from somewhere.

I know, it's crazy! Duck eggs have tough shells too!

I'm excited for him now. It's almost safe to go ahead and name him.​

 

[DUCKGIRL89]

I feel lost!... Becuz I was gone you guys filled up so many pages

im confused!

 

[stillmecle]

Well don't need to worry about the shell. I just came down to put the towel in and the shell is off! !

 

[stillmecle]

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[GrannyCarol]

Yay! I just came back from dinner and decided to give you a picture of baby duck feet... hehe Too bad its not in better focus, hard to do taking pictures through the window of the incubator! Keep your baby good and hot and moist for a while yet. You can put him in the brooder in the morning with a stuffed toy, good heat (about 90 degrees), water (I hope you have a baby waterer) and a little crumble poultry food in something low. You can also chop up some greens, I often start with just grass chopped fine, or whatever nutritious weeds I can find, or lettuce. If his feet are actually curled in tomorrow morning, I can offer you some advice, been there, done that.

BTW, this newly hatched duckling turned out fine with no help.

 

[stillmecle]

I am concerned about his legs. He can stretch one out but the other just stays curled up

 

[DUCKGIRL89]

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He is so dang cute!!!

 

[70%cocoa]

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Don't worry about the curled foot at the moment. It may well come good on its own. Mine have had curled up feet when they hatched but the feet flattened out overnight.

As GrannyCarol says, if it doesn't correct itself then you can do something about it (like making a little 'splint' for the foot), but that can be taken care of tomorrow. You don't need to do anything at all at the moment anyway. I wouldn't spend any energy on worrying about it at this point.

 

[QuackerJackFarms]

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He is so dang cute!!!

He's precious!