Urgent help, may be dry membrane

[Alibabe]

I believe you have to upload to perhaps FB, Instagram, youTube and then you can link it in here. If you click on the video camera icon, you tells you all the different places.

 

[sophiafur]

I believe you have to upload to perhaps FB, Instagram, youTube and then you can link it in here. If you click on the video camera icon, you tells you all the different places.

can you see its beak and it opening i just took a photo of it opening it... how long would you wait before helping
its been like this for over 24 hours?

 

[Alibabe]

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[Alibabe]

I think you may try to help - there is a thread on assisted hatch to give you some help on what to look for. I read many people put coconut oil on the membrane to moisten it after removing the shell just enough that the duck can push itself out - hope that makes sense. I am not an expert by any means. Watch out for any blood veins as you dont want any bleeding.

 

[sophiafur]

I think you may try to help - there is a thread on assisted hatch to give you some help on what to look for. I read many people put coconut oil on the membrane to moisten it after removing the shell just enough that the duck can push itself out - hope that makes sense. I am not an expert by any means. Watch out for any blood veins as you dont want any bleeding.

Thankyou! we have a powercut soon but we will help it in like a couple of hours

 

[Alibabe]

Let me know how you get on

 

[sophiafur]

Let me know how you get on

Of course! What if i help it out but its not finished absorbing the yolk after 32 hours?

 

[Alibabe]

If you see blood or yolk then stop and leave it to finish up. If you pick off a little of the shell at a time and then moisten the membrane then hopefully the duck can push its way out. I think once you start to open it up, it will be easier to make a decision on what is happening

 

[sophiafur]

If you see blood or yolk then stop and leave it to finish up. If you pick off a little of the shell at a time and then moisten the membrane then hopefully the duck can push its way out. I think once you start to open it up, it will be easier to make a decision on what is happening

Thankyou so much i really appreciate it When it hatches do i leave it in the incubator for a while or will it just disturb the others?

 

[Alibabe]

You leave it in the incubator for 24 hours to dry out. It helps with humidity in the incubator and it helps encourage the others to hatch as they hear it cheeping