When the egg's a-rockin'... Help!! Hatch going south :(

[pete55]

Hi Duckles

You seemto bedoing well in assisting this baby. When it kicks free from the shell make sure it sit on clean towels and the navel will soon seal and dry. Usually I spray an open naval with a dry iodine powder. This can be bought at a Pharmacy and comes in a small aerosol can. Simply hold the gosling and a quick spurt of iodine powder at the navel. As the powder comes out cold it makes blood vessels receed and drys the area preventing navel infection.

When the gosling internally pips it is normal to only see the beak that has pierced the membrane. In this way the moisture is preserved around the chick and the yolk sac. The membrane has simply become dry over the neck and head which prevents them from freely rotating.

Good luck and look forward to hearing some good news about your new gosling

Pete

 

[Diamond Wire Farms]

Duckles~ Yeah! I hope we have such a good outcome.

UPDATE: This is one TOUGH goose! So the little guy/gal is still hanging in there this morning.

After being internally pipped for 30 hours, I decided to intervene.
When I candled the internally pipped egg, I kept seeing these dark blob similar to what an egg has if bacteria is growing.
Once I pipped through the shell I realized what had happened.

The gosling had pipped through a blood vessel. It was a fairly large vessel, but somehow the bleeding had clotted off and stopped itself.
What I was seeing through the shell were blobs of scab/clotted blood. All of which was dried onto the membrane making it nearly impossible for the gosling to escape.

I have been slowly wetting the scab and membrane. As of this morning the gosling is half out of the shell, with a small dime-nickel sized yolk still left to absorb.
The rest will have to be up to the little fighter!

 

[Duckles]

I'll keep sending all my good vibes to the little one! good luck... keep me posted

 

[Diamond Wire Farms]

Duckles~ sorry again for your loss.

Little guy still chewing away...
And the egg behind him is rocking now, but not internally pipped yet.

 

[Balbinka]

Good luck with that baby! He sure looks tired.
I would be too after trying to pip for 30 hours! Sheesh LOL

 

[Diamond Wire Farms]

Okay. Meet Crusoe. He is still a little shake-y on his legs, but he's eating and drinking well.
Yesterday we went on a grand adventure to visit the rest of the family.

We're not out of the woods yet, but considering the circumstances, I think he's doing great.

 

[Duckles]

so cute

 

[Balbinka]

Super adorable!