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    Support Group for Abused Duck Keepers

    I have not had experience with animals choking that I can remember, but the four cases of humans I'm intimately aware of, the one that died had immediate gentle medical attention by an emergency room nurse. The other three lived. One had the Heimlich maneuver done, (very rough) at a wedding...
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    We need Names for the news chicks

    Babette
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    What did you do in the garden today?

    I walked by thinking, "dang it's hot, I hope it rains today".
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    Sudden Death half grown chick

    I'm pretty sure it wasn't bullying, that's why I'm so curious what went wrong. No way there's going to be an autopsy. I've raised chickens for many years too, mostly without problems. This year has been the worst ever for predator attacks like I've never seen. Having a chicken die for no...
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    Sudden Death half grown chick

    My chick was doing fine the night before. She was fully feathered out with 3 other similar age chicks and one duckling. Her body was appropriately heavy for her size and nothing going on at the vent or head. Just laying dead on the floor. My other chicks and duckling are gentle natured. In...
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    Odd hatch dates

    I kinda felt like the eggs were partially incubated. The two chicks that hatched were vigorous immediately after hatching. I've had two days early hatches before but they had things like an egg sac outside of the body. Out of two batches, 15 eggs, separately incubated I only got two chicks...
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    Odd hatch dates

    Thanks, Debbie. I'm hatching Ameraucana's and no where near as many eggs as you hatch. Maybe 75 eggs this year. I don't know if I'm kidding myself, but a "fresh" egg seems to weigh more and have a less porous feeling shell than say a 30 day old egg the same size. I also hatch duck eggs and...
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    Odd hatch dates

    I'm pretty careful about writing down the hour and date incubation starts but am having very early hatches with shipped eggs from the same seller. My question is the seller selling eggs that have been partially incubated? I received 8 eggs with the first batch, one broken and one egg looked...
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    integrating two day Faverolle chicks with three week old Bielefelders chicks

    I'd wait until they are sturdier as well. One thing that works for me is to take the bigger chicks out of their coop for a day or two and put the smaller in, after the bigger chicks are thoroughly disoriented put them back in. Right now I have a giant sized turkey chick in with much smaller...
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    Oh, no, now what? Late hatchling.

    Make sure there's bedding where the chick can get a good grip and not slip. I use pine pellets. Some scute the first day but the legs are underneath them and the toes aren't curled.
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    Moving chicks outside (low temp)

    Feathers are pretty good at keeping birds snug. Look at the tiny birds flitting around mid winter with their bare legs hanging out!
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    Air sac determines sex.

    That makes total sense. Alligators are weird.
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    Air sac determines sex.

    I've had chicken hatches that were mostly all female or male, though more like a dozen at a time. I've often wondered if it could be something similar to a reptile's sex being determined by temperature. Warmer temperatures during incubation hatches more males, cooler more females. It's...
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    Too many brooder options

    Chicks grow so darn fast I think it makes more sense to skimp during the brooding process. I use clear plastic moving boxes of different sizes depending on the number of chicks. They are in the garage or laundry room so no predator worries. Temperature, water and food quality should be the...
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    11 weeks, not roosting

    Put mealworms on the ramp and upstairs during the day.
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