Recent content by TwilightHeart

Thanks, that does look about the same. I will most likely look into what food might be better for them and give it a try, maybe they're missing a vitamin or something, since none of the other causes seem like the reason.

I have been having a continuous problem with my duck eggs having blood in them, I get them fairly often. It is usually quite a bit of blood and some other material ranging from a long thing, like in the photo below, to a small roundish thing. While the eggs are probably fertile, they are not...

Unfortunately it didn't make it, I just checked on it again and it's no longer breathing. Thanks everyone that tried to help.

I read it in the past, but will give it a refresher read.

Okay, thanks so much!

How will I know when to assist? When the blood vessels have dried up on the membrane, or will I need to help it pip or anything sooner?

Thanks! I will give the moist rag a try, sounds like it would work best to allow it to stay moist but still get out when it's ready.

My chicken stepped on the eggs she was sitting on, and badly cracked this one, taking off the end with the air cell. Tomorrow would be day 21, and I imagine it would have hatched tomorrow, since some of them have already hatched today. It had not pipped internally though, and the membrane is...

I've been considering doing it myself, but not sure that I could handle it. I'm a bit odd in that I've been a vegetarian since I was old enough to know where meat came from, so I really do not like killing anything. But this spring I got a ton of laying chickens and ducks, so I would know my...

Hello everyone, I live in Leander, TX, which isn't far from Austin. I'm wondering if anyone knows somewhere I can take some excess ducks and roosters to be processed? I have about 15 drakes and 2 roosters that need to go. Thanks! I can't wait for the rain, we've been working on seeding the...