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We used the one we made out of an old freezer and I ended up drilling a whole bunch of large holes in it to keep it from over heating again, we had a few ducklings and a few chicks hatch, but in the middle of everything, several fans which are in behind the boards where you cant get to...

very very interesting!!

The nearest feed mill that I am aware of is approximately a good 150-175 miles away.... So Percheron chick-- you in effect you are saying that you simply store hay like you would for a cow or horse and feed your geese hay and a bit of grain on the side??? our climate can be a bit rough at...

we live 47 miles "in the bush" from the nearest very small town, in Canada, and selection on many many items is very limited. That is why I am asking if geese can do okay on barley or maybe barley /oats combo

I do not have any geese, (although I am considering it) I am wondering if geese do okay on dry rolled barley, along with oyster shell . or maybe a combination of oats and rolled barley...We have long winters where grass and pasture would not be available, and being remote, fancy feed that is...

Howdy-- have been so busy hardly turned the computer on the last little while... One concern about the sportsman was the melamine coating, have wondered if there might be "off gassing" from the melamine ( which is toxic )when heated during incubation. I know the brinsea uses ionic silver in...

I was checking out some of the sportsman and they require a separate "hatcher" ( think the 1202 does not), so when put together -the incubator AND the hatcher, the price ends up being alot more than the brinsea which has a hatcher in the bottom... One problem that I have encountered is that here...

that has been a big issue with several different digital thermometers saying different things...

What model do you have? Do you have any problems with temperature spikes or lows? especially after you go in to help a "shrink wrapped chick"? Or any problems with temperature fluctuations when the humidifier pumps water inside? With the homemade incubator often have temp spikes or...

I am thinking about the possibility of investing in a cabinet incubator. There are a number of 'Sportsman" incubators around this area and people swear by them. However I was checking out the Brinsea cabinet incubator, and it has some features that I find very appealing, like a "cool down"...

The other day I was putting eggs into lockdown I dropped some eggs. Several broke and that was the end for them. several chipped or dented, and a couple the shell peeled back in a couple spots leaving the membrane over the duckling.. I felt terrible, but decided the ones with intact membrane...

"Ducky" is gone--was so fast.... I cleaned out the crate he was in, and other than one thick poop- which was not diarrhea at all, and a couple of moist spots in the hay, no sign of any violent diarrhea that I normally think of with things like coccidiosis...SO FAR--SO FAR-SO FAR--everyone else...

You think niacin deficiency? it was sooo sudden, nothing and "bam" I do not have brewers yeast, might have "B" complex pills would that work? or is there something else? They are picking bugs, greens etc...

Hello! I admit I am newer to ducks( I did have some years ago, but still do not have much experience) Anyways, we have a few duckings-- most were born on May 17th--welsh harlequin with some crossed with Buff.. Anyways, the babies and some of the adults are let out of the barn at least twice a...

thanks for the thoughts..