Recent content by BunBon

Thanks so much everyone. Wow what a shitty few days haha. Just one chick dying after the next. The last two remaining chicks are still totally healthy and active. I've given the cocci treatment following instructions. Their poops stayed healthy looking the whole time too. I think they're a...

Hi all, thanks for your responses. Yes, I'm in Australia & it is winter here. We have them in a warm bathroom. I got them from a pretty dodgy pet shop & was told the two breeds I got were Isa browns & Australorps. However I suspect the two active ones might actually be something else? Theor...

Thank you both. The treatment I got today is Sulfadimidine Sodium (70mg/ml). Does that work as well? It's all I was able to find

Hey there, I'm wondering if anyone can help with some info? I had 8 chickens yesterday. Now sadly I have 4. Another might also die soon. The first one died last night, the next 3 today. I purchased them about 5 days ago and I think they were under 1 week old. So they'd be max 2 weeks now. I...

Hey, thanks! :) It's been a few hours now and they're doing fine. The plant must've done it's job at deterring them enough after a small taste. Got my act together and fixed the gate so it doesn't happen again. Thanks for the info Isaac :) I'll invest in some activated charcoal to have on hand...

For four ducks? $$$ honestly not really due to the cost :( Thanks for the link. I'm a bit scared. They seem fine right now. Swimming around in the pond.

Hi! I just busted my ducks digging into our oleander bush. It looks like they at least tasted a few leaves as there's some fresh sap/leaves broken in half. Has anyone elses ducks done this? Will they die from just having a taste? :( FYI the oleander bush is in an area they normally can't get...

Ok just a quick update, I guess the humidity must be okay cos a duckling just hatched this morning (day 29). Woke up at 4.30am just in time to see it hatch. There are two others that have pipped but nothing else yet. On my way to work now. Probably a good thing so I don't sit around all day...

I was trying to get it to 85% because I read in a few places that's the right humidity for lockdown

Thanks so much for replying! Just to clarify, the humidity reader is only currently reading 66%. But are you agreeing that it simply looks too humid in there? No I don't have any other accurate thermometer/hydrometer. As an update, I can hear peeping coming from them. Does that mean they have...

Hey peeps :jumpy Just wanting some experienced opinions Do you reckon this incubator humidity reading is off? It's still only saying between 59-65% humidity. Temp is at 37.4C It looks really humid in there, I've filled both channels with water and also added a big tub of water. I don't see how...

Thanks peeps! It's at day 20-21 now, I think they won't hatch. I'm keeping them in overnight because one of them doesn't let any light shine through, so maybe it could hatch really really late? I guess it's good to be optimistic! In a few days I'll crack the unhatched eggs and see if anything...

Thanks everyone, The incubator came with an automatic egg turner, so they were turning every 2 hours 'til day 14. On day 14 I candled the remaining ones and some didn't have much light shining through (although it was really hard to candle them! due to their fiddlyness & mottled colours) Some...

Hi all, new here :) I've been incubating some quail eggs I bought from the shops (Saw a few of the Youtube videos saying this was possible!) Thought it would be a good experiment. This is my first time incubating quail eggs. I started out with 33 eggs, was candling a quite a few and couldn't...