What to do when 1 egg hatches early??

[lonebluetear]

Today was my lockdown day and I was going to move my duck eggs from the incubator to the hatcher and saw 1 egg had made a sizeable crack! I had already set up the hatcher so I immediately moved them into that. The duckling was completely hatched by 4 this afternoon. The other eggs have not pipped at all (and weren't scheduled to hatch for 3 days anyhow). So... being that this one is hatched, do I take it out at the 24 hour mark and put in the brooder by itself???

 

[AmyLynn2374]

Today was my lockdown day and I was going to move my duck eggs from the incubator to the hatcher and saw 1 egg had made a sizeable crack! I had already set up the hatcher so I immediately moved them into that. The duckling was completely hatched by 4 this afternoon. The other eggs have not pipped at all (and weren't scheduled to hatch for 3 days anyhow). So... being that this one is hatched, do I take it out at the 24 hour mark and put in the brooder by itself???

Boy, he was in a rush huh?? Fast little bugger, especially for a duck. You can put it in the bator when you feel comfortable doing so. He'll probably be loud and not so happy until he has some friends, but you can put a small mirror or stuffed animal in the brooder with him. I would assume that maybe he was sitting in a warm spot in the bator and had excellerated growth.