An update on the baby chick. We lost the baby, our power went out and the baby didn't make it thru the night. Hope that everything goes better. Thanks, for all the info and advice on the baby chick.
I have a new chick that hatch yesturday about 2 pm. I keeped it in the incubator over night. And put it in its box with an heating lamp this morning. Its all sticky and it still has a blood bump on it. i would like to know is that okay and not to worry or what should i do to clean the chick...
our baby duck is up and running about and doing great. Thanks for all the info and insight very helpful thanks so much. our little guy doesn't stop squawking until i pick him up or is in sight if i walk away he get loud and don't shut up. lol. the kids get a kick out of it.
Thanks for the info. Update on the duckling, its doing well its standing up and doing some walking about but not much. The legs are inward some but still like to go outward and when it does do some walking the legs push out sideways i have been doing some therapy with it to bring the legs in...
do i have to do the niacin in the water or the yeast. what does the niain cost and for the yeast i won't be able to get any of that until the next time i go shopping. The baby duckling is doing well its legs are starting to straighten up some i have been holding the legs inward with one hand...
new up date on the baby duckling. Its now been 12 hours since hatching, The duckling is now standing up right some not completely yet but getting there. It still like to wobble and the one leg is now under but the other leg still likes to turn out ward. i have been letting it rest in my hand...
its been 7 hours since my duckling hatch out of the shell and still not standing up right completely it pushes up not and still not walking but trying to so that a good sign. But the toes like to cure under or the foot/feet like to turn sideways is that ok after they completely hatch and when...
I had one duckling hatch and i need to know how long after hatching will the duckling start standing or walking about? It been almost 4 hours and still the duckling hasn't stand or try to walk on its feet. Please let me know how long will it be before its starts to stand or walk about.
my eggs have been on lock down now for two days and there is one duck egg started to crack the shell since the first day of lock down and no more progress so how long will it be before the baby duck breaks completely thru the shell.
thank you for all the insight. Now i am lost in the hatching process. i just did the last candling of the eggs before i did lock down and some of the eggs the air sac formed on the small end and the mass is at the big end is that normal. and that most of the eggs are only have filled of mass...
i have done some candling on the eggs and took out any eggs that was clear and had no mass in the egss. But the others eggs that has some mass in them i don't know if there okay or not. Every photo i have seen that the candling of the egg they put the big in down to candle them. i have put...
i am using an still air incubator. thats all i know. I have had the eggs in there and here in about a week and a half it will be time to do lock down. I don't have a turner for it i just put the eggs in a cartoon with the large end up and keep it at the range of 99 to 101 temp. there is...
i have a 18 chicken eggs but it looks like 6 of them don't have development in them and 6 duck eggs. i have been keeping the temp. at 99-101 range. The question i have is when it is time to do the lock down is the humidity. I don't have a reader to tell me what it would be at so how would i...
I have a batch of eggs in the incubator right now 18 chicken eggs and 6 duck eggs. I have a thermometer and keeping it at about 99-101 range. it almost time for lock down and i would like to get some insight on how to make sure that my humidity is right or okay with out a reader to tell me...
thanks for the info. I already have the duck down the duck eggs haven't hatched yet but i do have some chicken peeps right now that are almost 3 weeks old and i am trying to figure out or find out which ones will be roasters or hens
What characteristics can i look for to tell if a peep is going to be a roaster or an hen? I have 6 peeps that are about 2 1/2 to 3 weeks old and they all have half to all there feathers in. I would like to get some tips on how to tell if they are a roaster or an hen. And how soon would you be...
thanks everyone on the info. But now i would like to find out if duck take turns laying eggs or something like that. The duck that was laying the green eggs stopped and the one that layed white eggs started its the other way around. Is there something i am missing or misunderstood. Can any...