Posts by easttxchick

Quote: Originally Posted by CelticOaksFarm  Sorry you feel that way but we have the membership for the perks and because we are a business not just a small flock pet owner. The thread is to point out how that just...

You do need to up your temp to 99.5 degrees, but even more important is to get the humidity DOWN FAST.  90% is WAY too high for incubation.  It should be running around 65% and up it to 73% the last 3 days of incubation....

I don't spend much time here because the site just loads WAY too slow now and I still can't figure out how to navigate around it, but I wanted to share this, especially with Miss Lydia. This is the newest addition to our flock....

You're going to use a Silver Appleyard drake to create Snowy genetics?  That will probably turn into a genetic train wreck...

Quote: Originally Posted by Lovely Emily  I probably should have clarified. I meant the genetic aspect of breeding ducks. Breeding ducks is just as hard as breeding chickens. Actually, it's harder to breed ducks...

Quote: Originally Posted by Miss Lydia   I just want to say glad to see you back easttxchick, I missed you.  Hi Miss Lydia!  My ducks have been keeping me hopping!   Missed...

Quote: Originally Posted by Lovely Emily  Sure, I will tell you all I know. First, the two in the picture are actually very different (Duck ABC's, they are unrelated). The Drake is sorta the regular BO, a...

Quote: Originally Posted by knightie  Texas has it's own testing thing and I haven't found anything about getting NPIP in texas... I'm sure it's available but I don't know how or anything else about it. ( I do know...

Usually they can right themselves, BUT, I've heard of some of the Call ducklings(short, short legs, teeny wings and kinda pudgy bodies) dying because they can't flip themselves back over. Give ducky something it can get up against to...

Is it possible that he has a prolapse?  That can happen when their organ doesn't draw back up fully and a poo ball can form on the prolapsed part. I would swim him in some warmish water and give him some antibiotics.  If...