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Post by luv4ducks on Nov 11, 2009 16:31:39 GMT 8
Hi Guys, I've dealt with this problem in the past but I'd like to see if some of you have come across this before, and if so how did you go in treating it? I had a Campbell Duckling hatch yesterday and to my surprise the yolk sac is still exposed, it was about the size of a broad bean. In the past I've done nothing and left them to it, sometimes after a little while they absorb the yolk and fully recover, other times they have quickly died after the yolk hardened. In this instance I decided to intervene after the duckling stood on the yolk sac and ruptured it. I promptly tied the sac of as close the the belly as possible with a piece of cotton which I had soaked in Medicinal Alcohol, and once tied of, I cut the remainder of the sac away and discarded. I then returned the duckling to the incubator to finish drying off. The next step is to get this little duckling our of the incubator and start him/her on a weak mixture of glucose and water to boost it's energy and hopefully encourage it to eat once in the brooder. as it has lost the valuable nourishment from the missing yolk sac it needs to eat pretty quickly. I'll keep you updated on his progress I have heard of this happen to chicks aswell, and I thought that as most of you have alot more experience than I do with incubation, maybe some of you have come across this before!! If so did you leave it up to nature to decide or did you internene, and what was the outcome??
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Post by Duck Diva on Nov 11, 2009 19:15:18 GMT 8
Hi Brendon, I have had one or 2 hatch like that ages ago. I just left them to it and they absorbed it and were fine. I havent had one rupture it though. If another hatchces like that I guess you could always put a bandaid over it for a day or so to stop that from happening again. I hope your little duckling will be ok. Cheers, Wendy
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Post by fluffychook on Nov 11, 2009 19:58:17 GMT 8
Good luck with the little one, I hope it turns out ok
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Post by luv4ducks on Nov 12, 2009 11:16:47 GMT 8
thankyou ladies, well the little one picked right up overnight after having his glucose hit, it seems alot stronger this morning and is readily walking around in the brooder, I'll have to get a photo of it and post it for you to see
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Post by Duck Diva on Nov 12, 2009 14:26:20 GMT 8
Yes Please
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Post by ikbokchook on Nov 12, 2009 15:51:49 GMT 8
Wow! I would never have thought of using a bit of cotton to tie off the sac! Your duckies are lucky to have their very own doctor! Hope he continues to do well! (and pics are nice too! )
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Post by luv4ducks on Nov 13, 2009 9:11:23 GMT 8
Sadly when I checked on him thismorning he had died overnight, I did manage to get a picture of him, so I'll put it up tonight when I get home from work I guess he just wasn't meant to survive, I tried everything I could but the way I look at it if I'd done nothing it would have died, so I wanted to give him a fighting chance Would have been great for him to pull through but these things happen, it is sad though
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Post by pianochook on Nov 13, 2009 10:39:09 GMT 8
sorry to hear that
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Post by Duck Diva on Nov 13, 2009 16:44:24 GMT 8
Oh dear Sorry about that Brendan. Poor little thing. Yes, you did everything you could for him.
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Post by fluffychook on Nov 13, 2009 18:15:48 GMT 8
Good on you for trying Brendon, it at least had a chance.
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Post by ikbokchook on Nov 13, 2009 21:35:53 GMT 8
Oh no - that is terrible news Sorry it didn't work out for you and your poor little duckie
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