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  1. shelby528

    hmmm what is it??

    Cant figure out what this little he/she is?? I was told muscovy but i still have no clue! http://a6.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/536469_10150725414392877_516467876_9804844_663329095_n.jpg
  2. shelby528

    Is this a blood ring?!

    It shouldnt smell bad but usually I crack mine open in a plastic baggy thats sealed shut JUST IN CASE. I open 3 out of every hatch no matter if theres babies or not to check on growth and whatnot. :D its part of what I do.
  3. shelby528

    Hatching early???

    Oh yeah Ive had chicks hatch a week before there set due date..idk why it happens but it does. Too high of heat or whatever the case...enjoy the precious bundle when it hatches completely!
  4. shelby528

    Is this a blood ring?!

    I would leave it for another 3-4 and re check it. It looks like a blood ring..sorry if it is..I know how frustrating it is to find one. -.- :) good luck though..keep me posted!
  5. shelby528

    Splayed leg remmedy?

    Any ideas on splayed legs? I have a chick who is currently doing the splits and is only a couple hours old. :(
  6. shelby528

    32 dead Muscovy Ducklings

    Well set 32 duck eggs march 18 and 24 and then had yet to hatch by this evening..I took them out of the bator..cracked a couple open. All were dead fully formed chicks, my rouen eggs hatched beautifully and so did my geese! Any ideas?
  7. shelby528

    Needing some suggestion on my homemade incubator...How can I get steady humidity?What is a good gene

    Honestly, i start all my hatches at 50% except ducks and my chicks hatch at 60% the last 3 days i pump my bator full of water whichever ways i can to help them little ones get out of their shells. :)
  8. shelby528

    Day 39? still no peep

    no peeps no nothing. no egg wobbling. and ive hatched MANY ducks and chickens before but muscovys this is my first time and there not being easy on me.
  9. shelby528

    Day 39? still no peep

    Day 39 of my muscovy eggs I KNOW theress babies in there. last movement was seen 5 days ago and even then the ducklings were so big it was **** near immpossible to see them. Help??
  10. shelby528

    no eyes?

    It will have to wait until tomorrow as my bf has my camera. and I dont know how to post pictures on here yet. any help with that one?
  11. shelby528

    no eyes?

    Funny thing is I worked on a chicken farm for 2 years and I culled all the time..My own birds I try and save...weird isnt it? haha idk what to do with this little here fella.
  12. shelby528

    no eyes?

    Hey there, Im a long time incubator user..Been hatching almost all of my life (at the ripe old age of 21 :) ) and today i had a chick hatch with no eyes...this is a first..any ideas??
  13. shelby528

    chicks chicks chicks!

    good luck. keep me posted.
  14. shelby528

    Modifications Made On Homemade Fridgebator

    I feel your pain. I have 5 incubators..getting another one next week and I hatch 1000 at a time. :D Im...like my grandma says KIND OF obsessed!
  15. shelby528

    chicks chicks chicks!

    Happy to announce my fifth hatch is going off without a hitch minus one loss so far. Poor little guy sucked some water into its lungs..i did everything i could to save it.... :( <3 but the rest are doing amazing p.s cant figure out how to post pictures anymore -.-
  16. shelby528

    Dead Chicks!

    Yeah I know what you mean. Yeah I raise it the last 3 days for hatch. its beyond frustrating
  17. shelby528

    Dead Chicks!

    Oh btw the eggs come from hens and roosters fed layer crumb every day, fresh water supply and clean air to breathe in 12,000 in a barn with 4 barns in total. Parents are given medication such as electrolytes and immune boosters so to speak to help with the healthiest chick possible. The hatchery...
  18. shelby528

    Dead Chicks!

    See there not shrink wrapped. For the first like 15 days my humidiity is at 30%-40% then it is raise to 60-70% during hatch, And the crustiness is yellow and looks like puss..which is not and Im at a l loss. Had 2 more last night. It is mind boggling. I know where my eggs come from, I used to...
  19. shelby528

    Pipping...How long can this take

    Ive had 2 eggs that I swear were trying to go as slow as possible..just to cause me stress...and it took them a whole 3 days to get out!
  20. shelby528

    Dead Chicks!

    I keep opening my eggs to a wonderful drowned chick. :( or they are all crusted up! Ive hatched lots and cant seem to quit getting the 10-30 eggs that do this! ANY ADVICE?
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