Weak 2-day-old Duckling

[Nighthawk78]

@happy duck (Thanks for the reassurance ) I know, I want to cuddle him all the time too! but I don't want him to become so used to human contact that he can't be left alone.

I put him to bed in the warm incubator last night so the temperature wouldn't drop overnight. He was peeping an awful lot and trying to stand. He wouldn't stay in the cloth I wrapped him in and he refused to sleep on his side like he normally does, instead opting to lie with his feet under him and his head tucked down by his chest which looked a lot more normal! He was peeping heaps when I put him in the incubator and the only way he'd stop was if I held him. (No I didn't hold him all night)
This morning he seems a lot better than yesterday. He's opening his eyes more, and he's even standing! Albeit it is wobbly and he falls over a lot, but it's progress. He did a small poop (essentially a dark string) and when I dipped his beak in the sugar-water he even drank it himself (he didn't go back for more but still ^.^)
I think he's even trying to walk, he's pushing himself around slowly but he gets too tired, poor thing.
My parrot keeps coming down to try and feed him which he isn't too happy about either.

 

[Nighthawk78]

I don't know if he's just exhausted from all the effort of trying to stand this morning or if he's going downhill again. He's gone really limp and pliable like he was yesterday morning. He'll move every so often when he either curls his head back toward his chest or moves it over his back, he stretches his legs out behind him like a frog and he peeps a couple of times, then goes limp again. He hasn't opened his eyes for a while now, and his bill is slightly open as he breathes (like a little crack).
I was holding him earlier against my chest when he just suddenly threw himself off my chest and onto the floor. I'm terrified it did some kind of damage that can't be fixed??

 

[Nighthawk78]

Thank you all for your help and advice. Unfortunately, the duckling has passed away.
In future, I'll be sure not to open eggs so early, and hopefully allow the ducklings to develop and hatch properly and by themselves, as nature intended.
Thanks you all once again!

 

[Miss Lydia]

I am sorry to hear this.

 

[happy duck]

I am so happy you tried to help the duckling even if he may not have lived.