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    Sneezing ducklings

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    Sneezing ducklings

    I have two of three ducklings that are about a week and a half old that started sneezing yesterday. sneezing more today. I know there is something I can add to their water- but for some reason I can’t remember the name of it. Help jog my memory? I’m heading into town today (a two hour round...
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    Swollen chick

    I have a chick in the incubator that hatched about 12 hours ago. From the time it hatched it has had a severely swollen belly. And it seems to be getting hard. It is so swollen that the chick cannot sit upright but flips over onto its back. what is this all about and is there anything I can do...
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    Lost power on day 16!

    I’m absolutely devastated!!! Last night the power went out and my generator went tits up at the same time and there was no backup plan for my backup plan!! I covered the incubator with a mountain of blankets, but the power was out for 13 hours and my house got down to 54degrees. Is there any way...
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    Mass mortality day 18-20

    Thank you. I’m absolutely devastated! They were so close!!! I totally understand that natural losses happen, but for so many to fail I know I did something wrong.
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    Mass mortality day 18-20

    It’s unbranded. This is the second hatch I’ve done with this particular machine. I didn’t have any problems the first time 😭
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    Cuckoo Marans Eggs- duds or late bloomers?

    They did hatch. Without being picked at, shaken, or rolled thank you. My question was whether or not marans typically hatch later that other breeds. Which was answered for me in more ways than one. And if we were going to let nature take it’s course, would we be using incubators? Let a newbie...
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    Mass mortality day 18-20

    So I had a lovely mix of ameracauna, cuckoo marans, and jersey giants in my incubator. On day 18 I went into lockdown with 22 viable eggs. It’s day 22 for the incubator so normally I would have left them alone but I HAD A GUT FEELING that something wasn’t right. I hadn’t seen a pip or a hatch...
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    Cuckoo Marans Eggs- duds or late bloomers?

    This is exactly what happened! Three of them hatched last night (which would have been the middle of day 22 according to my incubator) one just hatched (a few hours into day 23) and two more are pipping. Again, it’s day 23. I’ve noticed in the past that my maran shells are a lot sturdier than...
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    Look at my babies!! LOOK AT THEM!!!

    I love them all but I kinda agree!
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    Look at my babies!! LOOK AT THEM!!!

    !!!*wildly excited screaming*!!! My first hatch!!! And they’re so PERFECT! My rooster is an English cuckoo lavender Orpington and my hens are black ameracaunas... what do you think of these babies though? I got three different colors! Two gray chicks, two black chicks, and a striped little buddy...
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    Cuckoo Marans Eggs- duds or late bloomers?

    I’m hoping somebody can talk to me about cuckoo marans eggs. My incubator went into lockdown with 7 cuckoo marans eggs and 5 black ameracauna eggs. The first BA egg hatched on day 20. It’s the end of day 21 and all 5 BA eggs have finally hatched. However, not a single cuckoo marans has hatched...
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    Lemon Cuckoo Neiderrheiner X Isabel Cuckoo Lavender Orpington

    I need somebody to school me on how specific coloring and color mutations pass down to offspring. Specifically, can somebody explain to me what color chicks I would hatch if I bred my Isabel Cuckoo lavender Orpington rooster with a Lemon Cuckoo Neiderrheiner hen? pictures of my rooster Macaroni...
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    Lemon cuckoo Neiderrheiner X Isabel cuckoo Orpington

    I’m not sure I’m posting in the right category to be honest. But I need somebody to school me on how specific coloring and color mutations pass down to offspring. Specifically, can somebody explain to me what color chicks I would hatch if I bred my Isabel Cuckoo lavender Orpington rooster with a...
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    Cuckoo Maran or Barred Rock?

    Ok!! Phew!! Been raising cattle my whole life and when somebody says “poor quality” they’re usually talking about body quality which would mean skinny and unhealthy. And I’m sitting here looking at my little girls thinking “you look great!” Thank you!
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