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Well the new owner wants to wait until they are 2 weeks old to get them, which means I will be even more attached!!!! Oh nooooo!!! I have decided to keep 6 and let her have 14

Such beautiful ducklings! I love the little Welsh Harlequins

I’m so sorry!! Hopefully you will have better luck with different eggs

They have discovered the love of sitting on top of the heat plate. #25, the last duckling to hatch, is the only one I’m worried about. It’s just a little behind the others but it is eating and drinking so I’m hoping it will be ok. I’m adding molasses to the water and giving scrambled eggs for...

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/goose-incubation-hatching-guide-completed.491013/ Can’t remember if I already shared this hatching guide

Is that the bill or the foot in lower left corner?

It does look possibly malpositioned. I don’t think you should feel bad because it seems like it it wasn’t going to survive if you didn’t do anything anyway. You could cover the egg with a half hard boiled eggshell with a safety hole drilled in top. I’ve never done that but I’ve read that it...

It’s up to you. I know it’s a tough decision. I probably would try to help it

It’s probably ok. I’ve had eggs take 48 hours plus from pipping to hatching.

Sorry it’s a bit blurry, but this is what my duckling looked like when I opened the aircell (and after I wetted the membrane so I could see veins). You can see the bill is just barely through.

It’s very risky so I wouldn’t tell anyone to do what I did - but I thought my duckling wasn’t going to make it so I took the risk.

Yes, I might try removing one heat plate during the day to give them more room. I can also move half the babies to a new brooder if they get too crowded. They’re doing great this morning!

I just wonder if it has internally pipped just a little. I had a duckling last year who internally pipped but then essentially gave up. When I opened the aircell, he was alive but his bill was just below the slit he had made into the air cell. So from candling, you wouldn’t realize be able to...

Just a quick update: All the eggs hatched, so the shelf liner was not a problem after all:)

Evening hand feeding to keep them tame and friendly

If they don’t want to eat out of your hand, you can put treats in a dish and sit nearby. Then gradually move closer until hopefully they will feel comfortable taking treats from your hand. Welcome!

Could it be shrink wrapped?

This one is named Eagle. It’s egg number was 39, so I thought of launchpad 39 A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Apollo 11 launched from there

My favorite duckling is so tiny but she’s super active and eating a lot so I don’t think anything is wrong with her. They are sooo cute