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    urgent - Niacin overdose?

    So I called several vets in the area and was ultimately referred to the pet poison hotline. 800-213-6680 They ran the calculations and said that they don't expect any complications or issues. They said to look out for GI issues or lethargy. They created a case number that any that can call in to...
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    urgent - Niacin overdose?

    But their normal needs would be about 11 mg. They got about 30,000 mg each. That seems like tons to me, especially because they are already getting enough from their feed.
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    urgent - Niacin overdose?

    The goslings got a negligible amount. I'm not worried about them. I am worried about the chicks. I just refilled their water.
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    urgent - Niacin overdose?

    I have 6 3+ week old chicks. I hatched two goslings last night and was preparing to put the day old goslings in the brooder with the chicks. I got niacin powder supplement and completely misread the scoop size. I dosed my chicks with 180 GRAMS of niacin in their water. They drank almost most of...
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    Just hatched goslings- should I lower incubator temp?

    I lowered it to 93 degrees while the second one was drying, then lowered it to 90.5 overnight. They are doing great and have moved into the brooder in between being held. Fortunately it is blazing hot outside, so I've taken them outside a couple of time for cuddles and imprinting. I have an...
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    Just hatched goslings- should I lower incubator temp?

    First Toulouse hatched about 3 hours ago and is mostly dry. Second just hatched 10 minutes ago. I'm going to leave them in the incubator overnight. Should I lower the temp to 90 degrees since that is what their brooder temp will be? Or should I wait until the second one dries off, then lower it...
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    White stringy)goopy discharge from cloaca

    Yeah, that was my conclusion too. I gave her a bath to get all the gunk off and gave ger probiotics. I forgot to give her electroytes though. I will give her some tomorrow along with a calcium tablet. She stayed in the house after the bath and perked right back up. She wasn't interested in the...
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    White stringy)goopy discharge from cloaca

    Yeah, that was my conclusion too. I gave her a bath to get all the gunk off and gave ger probiotics. I forgot to give her electroytes though. I will give her some tomorrow. She stayed in the house after the bath and perked right back up. She wasn't interested in the scrambled egg at the time...
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    White stringy)goopy discharge from cloaca

    My 10 month old black australorp hen is lethargic and has thick, white slimy discharge coming from her cloaca. This is a sudden onset. She seemed fine yesterday. Edit: a few minutes after I made the post, this came out of her cloaca. It is firm. Is it possible this is a malformed egg? Or part...
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    Late feather on chicks

    Yours are WAY more feathered out. I will try to remember to post pics of mine tomorrow. How old are yours?
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    Late feather on chicks

    I had the SAME EXACT thing happen, but mine have even less feathers than yours. I ordered BA or BO eggs from Meyer's hatchery this summer. The BOs feathered as expected, but the BAs have been painstakingly slow and look just like yours. At first I thought they were males and that was the reason...
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    Yolk still outside of body. To tie off/cut or not to tie off/cut?

    It was day 21/22 (Not sure what hour I put them in the incubator and what hour I removed her). She was feet-over-head malpositioned, which can hamper yolk absorption. The thermometer I used was calibrated. But for the incubation, I used 3 calibrated thermometers. The last thermometer was just...
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    Yolk still outside of body. To tie off/cut or not to tie off/cut?

    Unfortunately, she died. It is terrble. I feel awful. Can anyone please advise what I could have done differently in case this happens again? She is the first chick (that's made it to internal pip) that I've lost in the 6 or so hatches I've done and I hope she is the last because this sucks so...
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    Yolk still outside of body. To tie off/cut or not to tie off/cut?

    In the new incubator, the independent thermometer I put in it said is was 95, but I felt her and she is cool to the touch and the air doesn't feel 95 at all. I cleaned out the original incubator and am heating it up. I have her under my shirt right now against my chest. She looks dead, except...
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    Yolk still outside of body. To tie off/cut or not to tie off/cut?

    I put a tiny safety hole in her egg because when candled she appeared malpositioned. I noticed that the incubator smelled horribly afterwards. Later I could see that she internally pipped. After a 30 hours with no attempt to external pip, I made an external pip where here beak was. After 24...
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