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  1. HeatherMarieR

    HELP PLEASE! Ducklings not absorbing veins.

    I have two call ducklings trying to hatch. They pipped internally at least 48 hours ago. Once I noticed they were internally pipped, I externally pipped for them since they usually can't do it on their own. I've been watching them closely since then, and I've even removed some of the shell...
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    Chick found dead with eyes still open

    What would cause a chick to suddenly die with its eyes still wide open? I left the house for a couple of hours earlier, and came home to find my slightly over a week old Serama chick dead. It was stiff as a board, so I'm guessing it had to have died not long after I left. When I left, it was...
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    Hovabator 1588 temperature plummeting during lockdown

    I have a Hovabaor 1588 that seemed to work great the first few times I used it. Now, during lockdown, my temperature drops to 94-97. Originally I figured it was from the recently added cool water, but then the temp never came up. I'm losing most of my chicks during lockdown, and they're Seramas...
  4. HeatherMarieR

    Blood on top of normal looking droppings

    I have 3 chickens that I keep separated from the rest of the flock at night. The last few days there have been dropping that look perfectly normal except for they're covered in blood. I'm treating them for Coccidiosis just in case, but they all act fine, and they don't have diarrhea. One of the...
  5. HeatherMarieR

    Incubator temp fluctuating some

    I just bought two Brinsea Spot Checks for my incubators, and they're showing that my temps are fluctuating within about .5 of a degree at the most. If I set my Hovabator at 99.5, it seems to sometimes reach 100. I've had a few relatively successful hatches with this incubator, even when it was...
  6. HeatherMarieR

    Call duck internally pipped

    I have a few Call duck eggs in lockdown right now. They're supposed to be pretty high quality Calls, so I'm guessing they'll have a hard time hatching with their little bills. I have one that is internally pipped at the moment. It hasn't been for long, so right now I'm not concerned, but at what...
  7. HeatherMarieR

    Respiratory disease spreading fast

    My flock has somehow been exposed to a respiratory disease, and it's spreading fast. I know I should probably cull the flock, but my fiancé is saying that I can't get anymore if I do. Is there any respiratory disease that doesn't stay with the chicken for life? They're sneezing with foamy eyes...
  8. HeatherMarieR

    2 month old chick with one leg longer than other

    I have a 2 month old chick that has one leg that is 1-2 (at least) inches longer. It's walking like it has a slipped achille (it doesn't) because of it. My birds free range, and I feel like that's going to be pretty hard for it. Should I wait and see if it evens out some as it grows, or cull it...
  9. HeatherMarieR

    Bumble foot

    I just spent over an hour trying (the key word is "trying") to perform surgery on one of my hens who has bumble foot. She has a huge knot on the top of her foot, but she also had what appeared to be a scab on the pad of her foot. I cut that scab off just to find absolutely nothing underneath...
  10. HeatherMarieR

    Any breeders or hatcheries that sell this time of year?

    I know it's really not the right season right now, but is there anyone that sells goslings this time of year? California Hatchery claims to have some, but I've ready bad reviews about them on here.
  11. HeatherMarieR

    Chickens getting trampled in coop at night

    A few months ago we lost several ducks to a fox so I started shutting our chickens and ducks up in our large detached garage that they always sleep in every night anyways. Well, I started losing even more birds this way because I guess in the mornings they'd start bickering and some of the...
  12. HeatherMarieR

    Sick rooster died

    I've posted a few times since yesterday about my rooster that started acting sick yesterday ( I know y'all are probably sick of hearing from me by now, I'm sorry). I came home from buying him some different things to try out from Tractor Supply, to find him dead. What could possibly cause him to...
  13. HeatherMarieR

    Should I vaccinate 2 week old chicks for Marek's

    I have 5 two week old chicks that I hatched out right now. They've been inside the entire time. I just ordered the Marek's vaccine today. I have a sick Cochin rooster right now, but I don't know if it's Marek's or not. Since the chicks probably haven't been exposed to Marek's should I go ahead...
  14. HeatherMarieR

    Rooster standing around with wings down and sluggish

    I have a Cochin Bantam rooster that is just standin around with his wings hanging down instead of held to his body. He's walking around, but not much, and he will eat. I picked him up to check him over, and the only thing I'm noticing is a toe missing on each foot, which I'm starting to think is...
  15. HeatherMarieR

    Silkie pullet appears to be broody

    I have a Silkie pullet who appears to be broody, yet she's never even laid before, as far as I know. She seems pretty determined to hatch an egg from my Call duck, which I'm 95% sure isn't fertile. Isn't it pretty unusual for a pullet to go broody when it's never even laid? Maybe she has laid...
  16. HeatherMarieR

    Chick drinks but won't eat

    I have a 5 day old chick that I originally thought was blind, but now I'm not so sure. It wouldn't eat or drink for the first few days after hatching, but it finally started drinking around day 3. I've tried everything I can think of to get it to eat. I put some yolk in a syringe, and it refused...
  17. HeatherMarieR

    2 day old chick may be blind

    I have a chick that I hatched Thursday, and it won't eat or drink. It was keeping its eyes closed, but I got it to open them. It stumbles around when it tries to walk. I've fed it some yolk with a dropper and some water with electrolytes in it. I don't know what else to do for it.
  18. HeatherMarieR

    Silkie just hatched with something attached to it

    One of my Silkies just hatched with what I'm going to guess is part of the ambilicall cord, but I'm not sure since I'm new to hatching. Anybody know?
  19. HeatherMarieR

    Big wad of gunk in shell (picture)

    Does anyone know what this is? It's in the shell of one of my Lavender Orpingtons that just hatched.
  20. HeatherMarieR

    Should I assist?

    Yesterday I came home around 2:00 (end of day 20), and one of my chicks had pipped. It hasn't made any progress since then, and it's been at least 17-18 hours since it pipped. Two of the others have already hatched and are running around the incubator. Should I go ahead and take the egg out and...
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