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my baby duckling hatched last night,?
my baby duckling hatched last night with the umbilical cord still attached. its currently still in the incubator, i know not to cut it or tie it, but its started to dry up and it still has part of the egg still attached.
is there anything i can do or should do to help it out?
and what happens if i just leave it :s
( the umbilical cord) does high humidity help it dry up quicker
3 Answers
- GoldyLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
DO NOT CUT the "cord" this is the way by which your duckling feeds on the Yolk sack, for the first 5-8 hours of it's life.
It will dry up and do no harm.
The person that has given you the other advice knows nothing about birds and their eggs ,
What they are refering to is human or animal umbilical cords.
Source(s): Ex breeder ret vet - Anonymous5 years ago
i could in all danger wager for confident it grew to become right into a raccoon. I made the blunders of putting some youthful chickens/ducks out in my outdoor in a smaller cage for the night thinking that ought to guard them. What i chanced on the subsequent morning grew to become into like a scene from a horror flick. It had to be a raccoon because of the fact they are the sole animals that could bodily attain in and grab (semi-opposable thumbs) because they had actually pulled the chicks/ducklings out piece via piece ripping them to shreds. the subsequent morning all i chanced on of them have been random beaks and legs scattered around the backyard.
- MindyLv 51 decade ago
There are no nerves in the cord. Cut it. It will not hurt.
Source(s): BIOLOGY, ANATOMY.
