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My ducks are about 5 weeks old and have been acting perfectly fine. Both quacking and and wagging their tails and running around a lot in their coop and run space not hunched and their eyes look fine. I have noticed their breathing more but I figured it's just because they are a heavier breed...

Thank you for the advice! Don't misunderstand, I fully want to make sure they are as safe and happy as possible. Just wanting to make they're able to free-range safely and have fun on the pond.

So my two Cayugas are about 2 weeks old now. Once they get feathered out I had wanted to have them outside on my pond. I know it takes about 7-8 weeks for them to be fully feathered. Right now it's a little snowy and cold but not too bad. My question would be, is there something I need to do to...

Yeah it's fine haha. I noticed both of them tend to lay their necks back when they start falling asleep 😆

Well in that case!

They're Cayugas!

Great call. I moved him and he's walking normally and even drank some water. Looked like he got some energy back in him and the other duckling calmed down too. I played kalimba for both of them and they passed out 😂 thanks everyone who helped me through this process. I did end up making a few...

It was kind of hard to get a pic of the lil guy trying to stand up since it was sleeping but I'll try to get a better one later. The other leg is like this too

It hatched last night at maybe 11PM around

So it's still not quite walking but trying to stand up and then its leg goes to the side. It's been scooting around and sleeping mostly. I figured it might be splayed leg but I'm not quite sure what I should do at this point. I'm nervous to put it back in the brooder with the other duckling...

Baby 2 hatched but it was a little smaller than the other one and very weak. It kept getting trampled and was barely moving. I took baby 1 to the brooder and put a little mirror to try and distract it from not having its sibling with it. Just not really sure what I can do for this little one in...

Baby 1 is running around a lot pecking at things and peeping 😊 but it's still slightly wet especially on its head. I started to decrease the temperature on the incubator just a little bit too get it ready for the brooder. The other egg hasn't made any progress though :/ it did peep every now and...

Within the past couple hours the one with the big hole finally came out! I'm so relieved. Poor babies so tired.

My little baby pipped! And definitely not the the place I though it was (the bruise). Is it possible it moved? But it ended up pipping in the hole I made!

No progress on the egg that made a crack this morning, but it has been shaking now and then and peeping. The egg with the bruise has been shaking and peeping a lot. No cracks in its shell though. So not quite sure what to do at this point. Tempted to just leave them tonight and see what the...

The bruise is right below the hole I made, so still in the aircell! And about an hour ago it started talking again and shaking a LOT so I guess I just need to sit back and let them work. I've been encouraging them all morning and it seems to be work a little!

It's officially day 28. The left one that was peeping a lot and I could see a lot of movement from the hole I made. It looked like it was trying to make a hole of its own which looked like a little bruise spot. But it stopped at some point and hasn't gone any further. Even it's breathing looks...

Can I put coconut oil on the membrane to moisten it? I think I see where the beak I'd trying to break out but I think the membrane is too try

Another update, the egg made a peep nose a couple times now and I see it from the hole moving a lot and making motions like it's trying to get out but I don't see any beak :/ and does that membrane look too dry to anyone else?

Alright so I decided to wait till today to remove the tape just in case so I can reduce the time of the membrane being exposed. So I removed it pretty quickly while misting water in the incubator to hopefully compensate the loss of humidity and after, both eggs started shaking a lot. I'm still...