Underweight duck

[Miss Lydia]

Oh wow can't wait to see the littles ones!!

 

[tessandherducks]

Oh wow can't wait to see the littles ones!!

one of the ducklings has hatched, but I am worried about the other 6, they all pipped about 48 hours ago and haven't started to unzip yet. they are all cheeping from inside the egg, will i need to assist? They look shrink rapped I think but I could be wrong.

 

[tessandherducks]

one of the ducklings has hatched, but I am worried about the other 6, they all pipped about 48 hours ago and haven't started to unzip yet. they are all cheeping from inside the egg, will i need to assist? They look shrink rapped I think but I could be wrong.

Hi, I decided to help a few of them out and they had absorbed their yolk and where definitely ready to come out. not sure why they couldn't unzip themselves, i am leaving the other 3 eggs as i can see some blood still and they are chewing so they are still absorbing the yolk but the 5 that are out are doing great and are starting to fluff up : )
when helping them i just took the top of and let them push themselves out when ready.

 

[tessandherducks]

Hi, I decided to help a few of them out and they had absorbed their yolk and where definitely ready to come out. not sure why they couldn't unzip themselves, i am leaving the other 3 eggs as i can see some blood still and they are chewing so they are still absorbing the yolk but the 5 that are out are doing great and are starting to fluff up : )
when helping them i just took the top of and let them push themselves out when ready.

they are all out now and doing well. just needed a bit of help. i think they where all shrink rapped as yesterday when they where pipped petunia got of the nest for a break.

 

[Miss Lydia]

How’s mama doing with them? And Congrats!!

 

[tessandherducks]

How’s mama doing with them? And Congrats!!

she is doing great!

 

[Miss Lydia]

They are adorable! How many? 8?

 

[tessandherducks]

How’s mama doing with them? And Congrats!!

this morning i went to check on mama and she was completely off the nest but her ducklings where still in the nest freezing. i tried putting her back on but she instantly ran back off. I have bring them inside to warm up and will set up a brooder after trying with mama again

 

[Miss Lydia]

I am sorry, I hope the little ones are okay. We just never know how mama ducks are going to react to their ducklings. I hope she finally got back on the nest

 

[Miss Lydia]

@tessandherducks how is everyone doing ? Were you able to put ducklings back with mama?