My husband an I are wanting to build a duck enclosure what type of flooring would work best to keep smell and muddiness at a min? Im thinking a concrete floor that i jusr rinse off, any other ideas?
Any luck with this?? My dad showed me this an I thought he was making it move, so he gave me the pendulum, I was not making it move an sure enough it moved an moved different for some of the eggs, so now this experiment is on my to do list.
thanks, well see theyre due to hatch today or tomorrow. i just finished up with a batch of 3 ducks and 14 chickens! they're to cute. i moved them to the top shelf on brooder today. i'll try to remember to post a picture of my brooder for yall
Thanks for the suggestions. I just built this broader a couple of months ago. I did add some linoleum today after i cleaned it thoroughly in hopes to make it easier to clean, im raising my own for meat, so i can rotate hens if nessary my 1st covey i had 35 an lost two 2nd i had 30 an lost 5...
As far as the medicated feed I figured i try them on it for a day or two before I put them in the broader. I try to leave them in the incubator for an extra day to make sure they are healthy
Thanks for info. I will re seal it an see if that helps. My first hatch did great. But it's just getting worse. So maybe the sealant I used wire off. It's not sitting on the ground. But it was been raining a lot. I've had it tarped but I'm sure it was still damp.
I'm trying to research ways to Sanitize a pen (with a wood floor) I've had quail chick that have died from coccidiosis, each hatch I loose more and more chicks,I lost all the chicks from my last hatch it was only 15 but that was my whole hatch..I have saved most of the chicks (except the last...
I've never used them myself, but here's some links:
http://southernfarmhatchery.com/Egg-Shipping-Foam.php
http://www.jamesmariefarms.com/foam-egg-shippers-pricing.html
http://paradisepoultryandwaterfowl.com/foam-egg-shippers/
A Google search will give you even more results. Good luck...
i'll be sure to keep yall posted on my chicks when i set the eggs an they hatch:) i'm currently hatching coturnix quail. in my NEW incuview incubator! i love it! hoping to hatch out 12 NN, 6 Lavender oprtingtons, and 6 Mystery breeds( if I get them) i"m so excited to have babys in the house...
oh wow! what beautiful birds! I've got a couple naked neck hen with a RIR roo right now. two of the hens are black, one white, and one red. i'll be setting their eggs soon. I cant wait to see the colors!
HI there! Congratulation on your Naked Neck! I've been raising them for about a year and a half. occasionally I've had a rooster get too " carried away" and hurt the neck on the hen.but in most of my cases it healed with no problems, If you do get one that wont heal or other chickens pick on...
Right now I'm using bandaids. I can't tell if there is deformaties. I have noticed thier feet turning out so I got the card board an tape an made them "shoes". Im starting to think the one only jumping around on one leg had a slipped tendon. I could feel something slipping when I moved its leg...
so I've got two chicks that have spraddle leg. they have improved, but not all the way. one is hopping but not putting weight on the off leg. the other is getting stronger but has not figured out how to move much yet. He manages but it's very "floppy" i've got them hobbled and am fixing to try...