Posts by sunEside

Chick days just started at Tractor Suppy stores. I got 6 chicks today. Two were Leghorn pullets but if you get a large number of sexed female chicks, you are sure to get a male or two. I alway do. Most feed stores have chick days and...

Just set my first batch of eggs Sat. with a homemade bator. I tried a 40 wt bulb, then 25 wt, then 15 wt to find the right temp. The 40 wt melted my themometer crystal. My cooler is 2 inches thick. I used 8 eggs from my girls. How...

All day all night. When he wants to:)

With my chicks, I read and tried mashed hard boiled eggs and yogurt as a soft and healthy food for a sick chick. They liked it. It sounds as if your ducks were hatched early. Best luck.

My husband called the hatchery and they offered a refund for the amount of chicks lost within 48 hours. Replacements were not offered, but I don't think I want replacements now. The chicks were sent out too soon or the post office didn't...

Now we are down to 19 chicks. Seven have died. The last two became ill and died within an hour of showing symptoms. My teenage sons have been burying them for me. I can't take anymore.

I am monitoring them very closely now. Remote thermometer, 95 degrees. All chicks have had their beaks dipped and redipped. Vents checked. Water mixed with sav-a-chick electrolytes. Mixed water sugar and medicated feed so it will be...

Thankyou. One more got sick. But no more have died. They seem to be recovering. They were cold when I got them from the post office. They must have been near an A/C. The staff probably were trying to help them. Simple, large instructions...

I have lost 4 chicks since they arrived in the mail yesterday. One was DOA. I posted in the chick area but am hoping to find someone who may have answers. I know that not all chicks are going to survive. It has been hard watching them...

Just got 26 female chicks yesterday.  One was DOA but I with some stimulation it started breathing, for an hour. Soon I noticed another looked ill, the wet look and lethargic. We fed her with droppers last evening by morning she was...