Friday Morning I received another order from Dunlap. Fourteen Ducklings dead, 1 almost dead and all of the 6 remaining were dead by 10:30 a.m. They say they will refund my money and offered to ship some more but 40 dead ducklings are enough for me. I will ordered from Metzer again.
After receiving a recommendation on this site for Dunlap Hatchery in Idaho, I checked them out. I normally order my ducks from Metzer in California but Dunlap listed the Cayugas as being ready 3 weeks before anyone else. The site lists that you can order online but when you try to, the buttons...
See, and there in lies my mistake I was using Wet bulb percentage for a regular Hygrometer. It's almost half the difference. Metzer Farms states the 78-90% but it's Wet Bulb not Hygrometer. I didn't realize there was so much difference.
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I have a Dickey Cabinet type incubator. I have great luck with chickens but I get my ducks all the way to pipping and then lose them. I know it's my humidity. I thought that I was supposed to keep my humidity high all thru the hatch ...74% it seems like. But then I read somewhere else that you...
Yes, I know the guy, I can't think of his name right now but I know how to get a hold of him. I had new birds hatch here last year, the Arucanas usually raise a few every season unvaccinated. Do ducks get Mareks? Everybody healthy except those particular birds all received at the same time...
Thanks for your answer. I notice you have a Keeshond. This is my first year without one in about 27 years.
I have had birds on this property for 14 years. We even rescued about 80 birds from a person who was neglecting them about 6 years ago, and the about half of what I have are from that...
I have 5 Barred Rocks, a few Australorps, 7 newly raised Rose Comb Leghorns, A couple of sex links and about 10 Arucanas. I have also raised about 20 new ducklings to adults hatched out on this property this season. The Reds are the only ones being affected. I think they were vaccinated by the...
Last year I started raising these Old Type Rhode Island Reds. For as hardy as these birds were supposed to be, it seemed like they shocked and died easier than any of my other breeds even at Juvenile age but I was able to raise 12 adults, 1 Rooster and a 11 hens. Since early Spring, I have...
Hey, does anyone know what a chicken who's comb has been stung by fire ants looks like?
I have 4 birds, their combs have grey warts on them. They are eating and drinking but not laying. Only about a year and a half so should be laying at least every other day. I know that there is a disease...