When should I put a safety hole in a call duck egg?

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so I have noticed egg D has really not been as active as I would have hoped it would be, its still alive for now, but im a little afraid we might loose that one, but the other eggs are doing great!

Hope it gets more active!!

 

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Hope it gets more active!!

So ive actually run into an issue, egg D has somehow, I believe moved its bill away from the air sac and moved it to under its wing , its still breathing, but I had to open up the membrane, I dont know if that was the right move, but it seemed like it couldnt get its beak to where it was properly out, other 2 are doing awesome and seem fine

 

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So ive actually run into an issue, egg D has somehow, I believe moved its bill away from the air sac and moved it to under its wing , its still breathing, but I had to open up the membrane, I dont know if that was the right move, but it seemed like it couldnt get its beak to where it was properly out, other 2 are doing awesome and seem fine

Just monitor it. If you need to, you can gently pull the bill around a bit to give it space to breathe.

 

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Unfortunately egg D passed away, not a shock, so im not as upset about it as I was with the little nutmeg, but still quite sad, I tried opening the air sac where its bill was a few hours before it passed, and I think it was getting air, but it was REALLY not active at all besides breathing, I was kinda able to see it coming but any loss of a future duckling is sad. I am upset about that egg but I am glad the other 2 eggs are doing amazing, and I cant expect all of them to make it unfortunately although I will always try my best.

 

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Egg A hatched! C is doing good, making a lot of progress on that membrane absorbing all the blood, but still needs a little while to absorb the yolk

 

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And I took egg D out this morning if your wondering why it isnt in this picture, I gave it time just in case, though about the other eggs, I am shocked about egg C! Egg C has been doing awesome and to be honest, I didnt think it would make it because I didnt think it had enough room inside of the egg, but turns out it did, so im really glad about that!
Just noticed the picture is kinda blurry lol, I will take another soon

 

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@Overo Mare you think the new snowys are good to go with the other ducklings? I have another heater, brooder, feeder, I dont have a waterer, but I have a DIY one I could use that my sisters ducks outgrew. It would be inconvenient though to have them seperate.

 

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@Overo Mare you think the new snowys are good to go with the other ducklings? I have another heater, brooder, feeder, I dont have a waterer, but I have a DIY one I could use that my sisters ducks outgrew. It would be inconvenient though to have them seperate.

Are their navels closed and are they active?

 

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Are their navels closed and are they active?

Kinda strange to call them by what I labeled their egg at this stage, but duckling A has hatched and navel has closed and is very active. Egg C looks perfectly healthy, but has not hatched yet, still chewing but has absorbed basically all of the blood from the veins. I expect it wont be long before it hatches

 

[Painted Calls]

Go ahead and move duckling A into the brooder. Just watch the older babies with him for a while.