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    two of the six pekins have tufted heads???

    i tried to post a picture of the hatched ducklings but can't for some reason. i noticed today that two of them have tufted feathers on their heads. how did this happens?
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    another 100% hatch!!!!

    this is the second time using eggs from my pekin duck. the homemade igloo bator that i have built must be a finely tuned machine! it is drafty due to the lid being warped so i use a shirt over the top to hold in the heat and humidity. it has a frankenstein fan from walmart that is noisy as...
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    duck eggs just peeped this morning. need quick answer.

    i came home from work this morning to find that the six pekin eggs are peeped. they are barely cracked and i haven't seen any sign of movement for eight hours. the humidity was only 30% so i immediately sprayed down the eggs with mist and sprayed the inside of the bator and got the humidity up...
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    help! my brahmas have become egg eaters!

    i have noticed cracked eggs when i gather them. today, i didn't let them out of the coop til late afternoon and there was no evidence of eggs in the coop and there was dryed yoke on their faces! i have been letting them freerange every day and supplementing with scratch. maybe they need layer...
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    light brahmas and touloose geese? when should they start to lay?

    the brahmas are about six months old now. the geese are almost a year old now. how long before they start to lay?
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    starting week two on duck eggs/ question on double yoke

    i started with eight eggs. a fox killed my other female last year so i have only one female now. she wasn't quite producing an egg a day so i had to wait almost 12 days to get the 8 that i have. i candled today and had one clear which i removed. i have one that seems like it may be a double...
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    help- brahmas are dying

    i started with eight standard breed brahma pullets. they are about four months old now. they went from the brooder into the coop a month ago. all has been fine. they have about three inches of pine shavings inside the coop and have a feed dish and a gallon waterer in there. about a week...
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    treating angel wing(when is too old?)

    my geese are about 4 months old now. several have angel wing and i have been too busy with work and life to wrap their wings. i have the day off tommorrow and wondered if it is too late to treat them. thanks,
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    WTB: brahma chicken hatching eggs

    i have decided to raise brahmas due to their gentle nature around kids. i would like about a dozen or so eggs. i don't really care weither they are buffs or light, ect. if you have some you can respond to this post so i can check it via mobile internet(can't check pm's on mobile internet)...
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    all my geese have angel wing! what do i feed them then?

    all my two month old touloose geese have angel wing now. i fed them chick starter in the brooder and now that i have them in the pen with the ducks they are eating a 15% protein pellet mix. what should i give them then? i don't have fresh greens to give them.
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    all my duck eggs hatched(no postoffice involved)

    i posted earlier that i have a trio of pekin ducks. i set 15 eggs. 2 were clears at first candle. the rest had nice veining. they started peeping yesterday. this morning i had five hatched. when i got home from a long family outing, all had hatched but one the little guy was shrink wrapped...
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    oh no! i miscalculated. ducklings are peeping!

    sillly me. i miscalculated the hatchtime by a week. i thought that i had another week until lockdown. turns out that i am actually on day 26. i went in the turn the eggs and heard a peep. i thought i was hearing things until i saw that many of the eggs have started to peep. the humidity...
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    hatching on july 23rd. anyone wanna be my hatch buddy?

    got 13 pekin duck eggs in the bator. everything is going really well. i had 15 but when i candled them, two were clears. the others look really healthy. anyone want to be my wingman? monty
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    gosling picking at each others butts

    they are two weeks old. i noticed a few birds have the fuzz picked off their rumps. are they bored? not getting enough food? is there brooder too cramped up? any ideas?
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    duck eggs(day 12)

    candled the eggs tonight when i got home from work. still have 13 out of fifteen eggs that are developing. i can see the embryo's in the eggs moving around. they look like little shrimp curling up and wiggling around in there. can't wait! i'm going to keep a couple and sell the rest on...
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    i opened the lid

    to my bread maker!!! sorry i know this isn't the forum for it but i felt it was "bator" related. i made some peasant bread in the bread maker tonight. i just opened the lid for a second! now i have flat bread. my wife chewed me out because i can't even leave the lid on the bread maker alone...
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    candling/blood ring??

    i have 15 peking duck eggs in the bator from my trio. feels good to not have paid for eggs and knowing that the eggs didn't get scrambled by the post office. i candled them yesterday on day four. i have veining in all the eggs, but a few of them look like they may have a blood ring. can eggs...
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    sick gosling not gaining weight help please

    i have a week old gosling that is not thriving like the others. it has some problem that causes it to flip backwards when it drinks water. it is about the same size as when i got it. the others are fattening up and gaining weight as they should. i started to give it vitamins in the dropper...
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    disinfecting bator/still stinks

    i disinfected my bator with a rag and bleach. it smelled fine until i plugged it in to start getting the temp up to set some pekin eggs. when i opened the lid, it smelt like mucky goose eggs. is it not clean enough to set another clutch of eggs? there are some wood parts inside the bator. i...
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    yay! got a refund from paypal today

    paypal gave me a refund for the "omlete in a box" i got off ebay. the seller didn't even send me the quantity that i paid for and i think that was a determining factor in their decision. i also told them that the seller didn't properly wrap the eggs(wrapped in newpaper only and sent in a...
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