Weak duckling help

[pizzaduck]

Just had a batch of eggs that my friend has been hatching and we had this little girl stuck who needed help out today (call). I wasn't sure if her navel was normal, she seems very weak, can any experts let me know if there is anything I need to do to make sure she's okay? Vitamins/antibiotics etc?
Never had a chick who was so unable to escape her egg before..
All of the other eggs aside from one didn't make it for some context. Not sure the exact conditions since I was only here for the hatch dates..

 

[johntfs]

Maybe see if she'll drink some water with sugar in it to give her a bit of energy. Maybe give her some Vitamin Water, but not antibiotics unless she actually seems ill. Antibiotics can screw with her digestion.

She looks really, really cute. I hope she makes it.

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

Not being an eggspert for hatching ducklings and/or call ducks, i think all you can do for now is to keep the little one warm and see if it fluffs up. And protect it from its hatchmates so that they won't trample it.
@WVduckchick is hatching call ducks frequently, let's hope she can chime in.

 

[DuckyDonna]

Yup, HIllbilly is right, keep her warm and dry. Don't worry with food or water right now. Hopefully, @WVduckchick will come in. She's the expert! Actually @DavisDucks may have some advice for you too!

 

[WVduckchick]

That’s fairly normal for my call ducklings, they often need assistance (more often than not!)
I usually dab the navel with just a bit of neosporin from a q-tip when they look like that. It will be gone and totally covered by down with a day or two.

 

[DavisDucks]

I just had a duckling that was breech who really struggled hatching, even bled a good bit. I was worried, she looked weak, just like yours. She had pulled her "cord" from her naval. Was scary. I let her rest in quiet warmth in the incubator for awhile, and sure enough, she came around by the next morning. I still kept her seperate from the others for another day, but warmth & rest were key. I did offer her a tiny bit of warmish water, that morning, (she hatched the night before) and she surprisingly sipped a tiny bit. Not an expert by any means, but just giving you an idea from my recent experience. Shes now a fluff ball of healthy energy.

 

[WVduckchick]

After looking at the first pic on the computer instead of my phone, it seems to be protruding a little more than I initially thought. But I still think it will be ok. Keep her on something soft, away from the others for a day, so they don't mess with it.

 

[chickens really]

It's absorbing the yolk from in its belly. Don't feed or water it till it's up on its feet running around. It might take another 24 hours..

 

[pizzaduck]

That’s fairly normal for my call ducklings, they often need assistance (more often than not!)
I usually dab the navel with just a bit of neosporin from a q-tip when they look like that. It will be gone and totally covered by down with a day or two.

Will polysporin complete be okay? Thats what I have on hand right now.
We picked up some vitamins to put in her water later...

Thank you all so much for your advice. I'll update the thread with her status. So far she's just in the incubator and already doing way better after seeming half dead when she came out of the egg. She's getting up and stumbling around and peeping and then sleeping again.

It was pretty scary for me because the last two days she's been peeping like crazy but this morning she was basically cemented inside the membrane and I had to peel her out. It happened with the other duckling that hatched a few days ago - though she was very eager to get out and was trying her best helping me along. This one was completely still and making quiet peeps. I kept checking for yolk or veins as I went along but saw nothing so I continued to get her out. Her right wing was glued onto her face with the membrane and as soon as I got it off she was able to stretch her neck and moved a little. It didn't look good.

Out of curiosity (and for future hatches), what would have happened if I hadn't got her out? Would she have been fine in there for a while since she had absorbed the yolk?

Last time I hatched calls I had zero issues with them getting stuck. I wonder if the eggs weren't as good since they were sitting in the cold a few days before we collected them and from very new parents who were born in the spring? My friend only decided to try and hatch them because we lost the mom to a hawk (they free range during the day).

 

[Miss Lydia]

@WVduckchick should be able to answer your questions What a sweet baby