Duckling hatched yesterday...what is normal??

[seberger22]

I had a duckling hatch in my Hovabator last night, so far it is the only one.
It is making noise, but that seems to be the only normal behavior (but I'm only used to chicks!)
It does not move around very much, and it sorts of looks like it's shivering at time. Other times it looks like its breathing is labored.
The incubator is still at 99 degrees. It has dried off some but not fully. Should I move it to the brooder? I was wondering if the heavy breathing meant it was too hot.
I don't want to take it out too early, but I also don't want it to suffer in there. This is in my kindergarten classroom, so if I put it in the brooder now it would be alone until 7:30am tomorrow. Or I could wait until then to move it.

Also...can I put the duck feed on the floor of the brooder like I do for chicks? Or does it need to be in a feeder?

 

[Khota]

Do you have your brooder set up with your heat lamp and everything already warmed up? You can take the baby out - but you also risk drying out the membranes on the remaining ducklings if any of them have internally pipped. So if you do take the baby out, be as quick as possible.

If you do not think it's dire that the duckling be removed, I suggest keepign it in there until it fully dries out. How high do you have the humidity?

 

[seberger22]

Do you have your brooder set up with your heat lamp and everything already warmed up? You can take the baby out - but you also risk drying out the membranes on the remaining ducklings if any of them have internally pipped. So if you do take the baby out, be as quick as possible.

If you do not think it's dire that the duckling be removed, I suggest keepign it in there until it fully dries out. How high do you have the humidity?

I set up the brooder before I left today, and I decided to leave the duckling in the incubator until tomorrow morning.
The humidity is at about 75%

 

[casportpony]

Can you post some pictures of it?

 

[seberger22]

Can you post some pictures of it?

In the morning I can

 

[seberger22]

It keeps huddling in the corner and getting its foot in the water like that. Also it just pooped and it was very green and watery!! Should I be concerned?
I am worried that it will be the only one. It hatched Tuesday night, and I don't see any other action from the eggs (although today is day 28)

 

[Miss Lydia]

Give the little one a stuffed animal and a non breakable mirror so it won't be lonely and if you don't think any more will hatch can you find it a few friends?

Hopefully more will hatch. What breed it looks adorable. Have you see it eat and drink? also be sure if your using chick starter that you add a form of niacin to the feed since chick feed doesn't have enough for water fowl.

 

[seberger22]

Give the little one a stuffed animal and a non breakable mirror so it won't be lonely and if you don't think any more will hatch can you find it a few friends?

Hopefully more will hatch. What breed it looks adorable. Have you see it eat and drink? also be sure if your using chick starter that you add a form of niacin to the feed since chick feed doesn't have enough for water fowl.

I hope more will hatch, but some of the eggs have been turning dark in spots, and I read that might be a sign that the duckling bled. Since I had to take out the duckling from the incubator this morning, the humidity went down quite a bit. I added a bunch of warm water to get it up above 80% (I also read that duck eggs have trouble because of the harder shell so I tried to make it really humid in there especially after the decrease).
I will try to get a stuffed animal.
I'm not sure the breed. I got the eggs from someone in my neighborhood, but she didn't say the breed and I forgot to ask.
I'm using chick starter with nutritional yeast over the top.
I have seen it eat once, and I've seen it drink. It is sticking its face in the water a lot.

 

[chickens really]

Hello. If it's hiding in the corner it's too warm. Only heat half the Brooder and hang a mirror also give it a teddy.
I use a 175 watt red livestock bulb.

 

[Miss Lydia]

It could be hiding in the corner because its scared too. Do you know the temp in your brooder?
Sounds like you have everything going good for it. Just hope some sibs hatch