Yes try giving the one in the bator some save a chick water and some food[make sure the one in the bator can hold it's head up to drink you don't want it to lay it's head in water and drown!!
sorry, but I'm at Christmas brunch. I can't take a pic but I can Teel you what it looked like. It looked like a pea sized yolk sac that looked somewhat dry. Sorry, that's the best I can describe it. I put water in there for it just in case
how long will it take until,the sac falls off
It will continue to dry up then fall off,can you post a pic of it when you get home? sounds like it's making great progress.
I hatched 12 welsh harlequins in an incubator, but one came out of the shell with a bloody lump on top of its head. We are going on day 3. Not sure if this is relevant, but it was larger than the others. I runs and falls. It's legs are spread apart facing outward often. I have never seen it try to eat or drink. I force feed it. It runs around and stumbles. Attaching pics.
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-Kathy
a bit biggerDoes it look like this?-Kathy
sorry for taking so long here is the pic. He wants to get out. All I hear is squeaking.Does it look like this?
I think your taking a big chance if you let him in the brooder yet. that could get pulled off by just moving around or chewed off by another one of the ducklings and bleeding start. I'd keep treating with the iodine/water and giving it more time to dry up and fall off on it's own. You could put it into a separate plastic shoe box inside the brooder so it can at least hear and see the other ducklings.. as long as it can eat and drink and stay warm..sorry for taking so long here is the pic. He wants to get out. All I hear is squeaking.
