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We always raise our chicks, poults and ducks in this brooder until they're a couple weeks old, then move them to a grow out pen with a heat lamp. We live in Arizona, so it's already quite warm. It is literally only the welsummers that are dying. And it's always only the welsummers that die...

One arrived already dead. They were 2 days old when they arrived. One died the day after we got them. Then another the next day, then another the next day. And one yesterday. We have raised several large batches of chicks, poults, and ducklings in this brooder. Most of the time we hatch our own...

Yes, I put save-a-chick in the water. And temps are good. There's also a cool side and a hot side so they can choose which temp they prefer. Turkey poults are super dumb, which is why we always put them with chicks. The chicks teach them how to not die. And the poults are doing great, as well as...

The brooder is roughly about 4ft by 3ft. The symptoms are just they get lethargic then stop eating and drinking. Then they die.

I was wondering if anyone else has a hard time with Welsummer chicks? We've tried several years and several hatcheris and Welsummers just seem to not be as hardy. We never have this much mortality with any other breed, and we've had at least 30 or 40 different breeds through the years. From...

Anyone have any updates on their projects? Or have any new ones? I haven't gotten very far on mine. I had some unexpected results and had to start over.

I just received my first group of Muscovy. They were supposed to be unrelated, but as it turns out, they're all siblings. So I was planning on keeping all the females a getting an unrelated male to breed them with. I live in Mohave County, AZ. Anyone semi close to me??? Thank you

I know this is an old post, but does it matter if you're breeding a male chocolate to blue female or a blue male to a chocolate male? I have a whole clutch of chocolate ducklings and was planning on keeping the females and getting a blue male. Will this work?

What did you end up with? I'd love to see some pictures. If I had to guess, I'd say you got a white, 2 lavenders, and a chocolate...? I just got my first set of Muscovys and I'm trying to figure out what I have.

Can anyone tell me what these goslings are? They were given to us as a wedding gift and were said to come from a feed store, and we're told they're Embden. But they don't look like Embden to me. They are approximately 6 weeks old. TIA!

I have a Phoenix that likes to go broody as any time she sees a clutch of eggs. This year I decided I wanted her to hatch some out for me so I left a clutch of eggs in one of the nest boxes for a few days, and sure enough, she started to brood them. I thought, I wonder if anyone else will take...

The turkey poults, as promised.

The total count is 17 out of 25 chicks, 3 out of 6 poults, and 7 out of 10 ducks. For a total of 27 out of 41. Most that were removed were from infertility.

I will take a pic of everyone once they're all fluffed out and on their feet.

My guess is 4395