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baby chick with deformed beak
I didn't get a notification on this post and just remembered it so I checked.I haven't got a picture yet but I did do a search for scissor beak and that is what it looks like. It is eating and getting bigger but not as big as the other chicks. What we may do is to keep it with our ducks when it...- willy3486
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baby chick with deformed beak
I ordered some baby chicks from a hatchery. Its been a few weeks since I got them about 3 weeks ago. we have about 35 chicks and I had noticed something odd about one for a while. I don't pick them up unless I have to,mainly I check on them throughout the day and feed/water them. It looked like...- willy3486
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Introducing ducklings into flock.
I think the reason one hatched each day is another duck was laying on the nest area as well. She continued to lay. When the one duck left the nest there was probably 20 eggs there. I candled the eggs and only about 10 looked like they had a duckling. The other 10 were bad from rolling off the... -
Introducing ducklings into flock.
The ones outside are the oldest, they were born around the first of June while the ones in the container started breaking out of the eggs about 10 days ago. Then every day another was born for 7 days. -
Introducing ducklings into flock.
I have a duck that hatched four ducklings a few weeks ago. After the four were born she wasn't on the nest much. So to see if I could save the others I took the eggs and put them in a incubator. About a week later the eggs I had started to hatch. One would hatch a day until I had seven new... -
ducklings can't get out of egg
Latest update. The last one hatched a few days ago over the weekend. All together seven of them were able to hatch in the incubator. I had three left in it. two of them looked like they did not try to create a embryo. One had tried to create a duckling but it had been dead ,I suspect it died... -
ducklings can't get out of egg
Update on the ducklings. The first two are doing fine. The third one came out of its shell Tuesday night. We let it stay in the incubator overnight to keep warn then took it out Wednesday morning. By yesterday afternoon the third one was moving some and eating on its on. I checked one time and... -
ducklings can't get out of egg
Update, sorry I don't have pictures as I checked before I left this morning for work. The first one is doing great, it eats out of your hand. It seems to be showing the second one how to eat and watches over the second one. The second one last night was good. I did feed it some with a dropper... -
ducklings can't get out of egg
I don't have pictures yet. I am not at home. The eggs had a dimple in it where it had tried to make a hole. After between 12 and 24 hours both looked the same. Last night I peeled some of the eggs back to help them. This morning after checking more one passed while I was checking and the other... -
ducklings can't get out of egg
Will do. These are the first ones I have hatched using a incubator. The other duckings were hatched by the mother. I didn't expect to get any more from this batch so any I get is a bonus. But I would like as many as could to hatch. I will only make the pip bigger after 24 hours or more and not... -
ducklings can't get out of egg
From the best I could tell it was positioned like the others. As far as bleeding there was some, it seemed like it was from the veins in the lining of the shell. More blood than I would have liked. I will take a picture next time. It just seemed like it was too tired and exhausted to try to make... -
ducklings can't get out of egg
Background on this. I had a duck that was Brooding with quite a few eggs. After a while a second duck joined her. they probably had about 25 eggs between them. A week or so about 5 hatched and the main hen left the nest, the second one did as well. Since the eggs seemed to be still warm I took... -
two ducks hatching together
Sounds like a plan. I will check out the eggs in a few days when I am off from work. Hopefully that will give her a few more ducklings and I can get rid of the bad eggs. -
two ducks hatching together
I have had chickens for years but this is the first time I have had ducks. I have a couple of females and one went broody almost a month ago and the other has went broody in the last couple of weeks. They get along fine together and even are side by side in the nest. Some of the ducklings are... -
salvaging a pullet brooder
I have a question on making a brooder to keep young pullets in. Up until now I have been using a metal box that is huge. I would put it on 4x4 wood pieces o keep it off the floor and keep them warm with a heat lamp. I would put wood shavings for them to walk on. Here is what I would like to do...- willy3486
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