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    Incubator Above Humidity When set

    I have the same model, set eggs this Sunday midday, and was/am having the same issue. I got in contact with Brinsea and the retailer and long story short the 70mm tube that you turn around the capstan arrived too long. I replaced it and it stopped adding too many drops at once. Also the retailer...
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    Is Avi-Vital Safe for my Ducklings?

    All 7 were full hatch assist (including the 3 that already died and one that died in shell), I bought the fertile eggs from interstate as Cayuga ducks seem rare in Australia. They were overdue, then appeared shrink wrapped, despite having 2 hyrdometers and alot of lost sleep monitoring the...
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    Is Avi-Vital Safe for my Ducklings?

    I have had a very bad run with my poor Cayuga Ducklings, so I want to be sure before giving them anything I'm not certain will help or worse, hurt them. Being in Australia, its incredibly difficult to find any of the specific supplement brands often brought up here for Ducks. So I was hoping for...
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    Please Help! 1 Dead, 5 Ducklings with Grit Impacted Crops?

    All three ducklings seem to have cleared most if not all the oyster shell from their crops. This is after the past 3 days of treating them with supplements and very close monitoring. I've been staying in the lounge with them overnight and sleeping maybe an hour or two, monitoring and feeding...
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    Please Help! 1 Dead, 5 Ducklings with Grit Impacted Crops?

    Today the white crested one has gone downhill. We've had the week from hell, so last night as the electrican was checking our waterheater (We've been having cold showers) he turned off the power from the breakers. Their heat lamp blew and we switched it back to brooder plate while waiting for...
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    Please Help! 1 Dead, 5 Ducklings with Grit Impacted Crops?

    Thankyou I will. It still looks so bad/swollen as soon as they eat, especially the light-chested one. I feel so, so guilty and stupid for thinking I was doing the right thing by giving them a little "grit" (obviously now I know its not the same thing) on a plate. Their hatch was incredibly...
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    Please Help! 1 Dead, 5 Ducklings with Grit Impacted Crops?

    They've perked up since yesterday morning. They're back to their normal routine of sleeping under the heat lamp then eating and drinking every hour or two. I've been trying to check theyre all pooping reguarly each, but can't tell exactly the frequency from each one (hard to see from the angle...
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    Please Help! 1 Dead, 5 Ducklings with Grit Impacted Crops?

    Thankyou, I suspect you have hit the nail on the head. I'm down to the three smallest ones. They died in order of size and strength, so I'd make sense the biggest ones ate the most. We've relocated the three to a tub brooder in the lounge next to my desk (where I can be with them pretty much...
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    Please Help! 1 Dead, 5 Ducklings with Grit Impacted Crops?

    Thankyou, I will do!
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    Please Help! 1 Dead, 5 Ducklings with Grit Impacted Crops?

    The problem was here that is the only thing listed under/called "grit". Otherwise I wouldnt have bought it in the first place, especially if I knew what you're reffering to as Grit wasn't essential whilst they were on starter feed, until foraging their own. Everywhere I've looked in my state...
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    Please Help! 1 Dead, 5 Ducklings with Grit Impacted Crops?

    Thankyou, I definately have not given them grit since. They have water and feed. Poor things keep sculling water and vomiting grit up on and off. I'll be watching them all night.
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    Please Help! 1 Dead, 5 Ducklings with Grit Impacted Crops?

    I had 6 Ducklings, all hatched 2 weeks ago, this morning and found one suddenly dead this morning. I am currently very ill myself, so my partner has been looking after them the past few days. I'm in Australia and poultry supplies are very hard to find, Duck supplies are almost non-existant in my...
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    Dark ring around Duck egg day 28

    3 had splayed legs (seemingly from being in the egg too long) and one also had wry neck along with the splayed leg and was incredibly weak. Poor little thing was still attached to part of their shell for half a day before the membrane became dry enough for me to slowly assist them free from the...
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    Dark ring around Duck egg day 28

    Thankyou, 2 days with 4 hours sleep between them was completely worth it. I definitely will!
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    Dark ring around Duck egg day 28

    Update incase anyone has similar happen and searches the forums like I was throughout all of this. I ended up following the hatch assist guide for all 5 pipped eggs from day 29-30. Then realised by candling last night that an additional 2 had internally pipped and also assisted them. All 7...
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