lfrye11
Chirping
hello,
I had 23 ducks in an incubator, and so far 14 have hatched. My most recent had a very tough hatch as he was stuck with his leg and foot out of a little pip in the egg. I tried helping him last night by “unzipping” for him but not breaking the inner membrane. This morning he had broken more off his head-and-foot hole, but broke it vertically, opposite of how I had helped him last night. He was obviously struggling and wasn’t yawning any more, so I went on and helped him get out completely. He seems to have a protruding belly button, so maybe he wasn’t fully ready? Now that he’s out, he keeps flipping onto his back. It’s like he wants to be on his belly like normal, but is very lopsided and can’t. I know he’s got to be exhausted, but I don’t know how to help him. He’s still in the incubator with three other ducklings and 9 eggs I’m waiting on. Any advice is greatly appreciated!!
I had 23 ducks in an incubator, and so far 14 have hatched. My most recent had a very tough hatch as he was stuck with his leg and foot out of a little pip in the egg. I tried helping him last night by “unzipping” for him but not breaking the inner membrane. This morning he had broken more off his head-and-foot hole, but broke it vertically, opposite of how I had helped him last night. He was obviously struggling and wasn’t yawning any more, so I went on and helped him get out completely. He seems to have a protruding belly button, so maybe he wasn’t fully ready? Now that he’s out, he keeps flipping onto his back. It’s like he wants to be on his belly like normal, but is very lopsided and can’t. I know he’s got to be exhausted, but I don’t know how to help him. He’s still in the incubator with three other ducklings and 9 eggs I’m waiting on. Any advice is greatly appreciated!!
