*yucky pic warning* Duckling hatching question....very gooey need advice

[HouseDuckarian]

I had 3 duck eggs make it to hatching day. Two are out...last one was taking its time. But i noticed a dark or more transparent spot on the egg getting bigger and bigger and not hearing as much tapping. So i opened a tiny rescue hole. Duckling had missed the air space a bit and it is surrounded by gloopey gooey yuck....what should i do? Its bill is clear of the yuck. Humidity is around 55-60 but has been as high as 75. Do i help further, as long as i don't see blood from the membrane? Thank you in advance.

 

[Rose Quartz]

I had 3 duck eggs make it to hatching day. Two are out...last one was taking its time. But i noticed a dark or more transparent spot on the egg getting bigger and bigger and not hearing as much tapping. So i opened a tiny rescue hole. Duckling had missed the air space a bit and it is surrounded by gloopey gooey yuck....what should i do? Its bill is clear of the yuck. Humidity is around 55-60 but has been as high as 75. Do i help further, as long as i don't see blood from the membrane? Thank you in advance.

I've seen the goop soooo many times with chickens it is from the humidity getting too high, it'll get glued in there now that the air has access, you will need to slowly assist. if you see any blood stop and give it several more hours.

 

[Ebony Rose]

With your index finger, gently wiggle the bill to help loosen it up from the fetal position. As Rose Quartz said, if it bleeds, you can put a bit of toilet tissue on the bleeding spot and put it back into the incubator for an hour before trying again. Each attempt you make towards freeing it from the shell, work the bill loose from that fetal position, once freed without tugging you can turn the egg upside down over your other hand and without yanking (the chick is still attached to the shell by its umbilical cord, and you DON'T want to yank on that!), allow gravity to encourage the duckling to fall into your hand... Once this is successfully completed (could take a few rounds of incubator time in between), place the chick, still attached to its shell back into the incubator for an hour; you're hoping that the duckling will kick the shell off, or at the least, that the veins dry up sufficiently that you can sever the umbilical cord at the narrowest point midway between shell and duckling. Again, if it doesn't look like the veins dried enough to safely sever the connection, then place the duckling back in the incubator and wait another hour before trying again. You don't want to cut too close to your duckling, preferring instead to cut closer to the shell. You'll have to use your good judgement on when to let the duckling rest in the incubator between these stages of assisted hatching. You and your feathered family are in my prayers.

 

[HouseDuckarian]

I think yolk is still in the back end. Buy have had no blood thus far, its hard to get a good picture. But i can still.see some.veining towards the back

 

[HouseDuckarian]

Update: this little one passed....super bummed. But i did all i could. I am happy to report that my two others that made it to hatching day are spunky and lively!

Those feet though

 

[Ebony Rose]

So sorry that it didn't make it. Chalk it up as a learning exercise for your future hatches.

 

[Aunt Angus]

Sorry you lost the last one, but congrats on your two fuzzy cuties!!!!

 

[Rose Quartz]

Update: this little one passed....super bummed. But i did all i could. I am happy to report that my two others that made it to hatching day are spunky and lively!

Those feet though

glad you got some other babies. Some times they just don't make it no matter what you do.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Very sorry for your loss but look at those 2 precious ones