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  1. CorralitosSunflower

    Looking for a friend for my lone duck

    Forgot to say California :)
  2. CorralitosSunflower

    Looking for a friend for my lone duck

    Hi everyone, I am looking for a female duck to be a companion with my lone duck. She is currently with my chickens but I imagine she would enjoy the company of one of her own more. I'm located on the central coast in Santa Cruz and am willing to drive about an hour or so to pick-up. I would...
  3. CorralitosSunflower

    So just how must dust DO baby chicks create?

    It really depends on the brooder and what type of bedding you are using. I have used a terrarium with screened lid using wood chips which was pretty low dust, any open container with wood shavings will be awfully dusty! I now use straw which I can use in any brooder with no dust, also the chicks...
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    Should I take Mama Junebug off her chicks & eggs?

    My silkies seemed to know exactly what to do with their hatches immediately however the first time one of my marans became a mama she did the same thing as your hen. Two days after the hatch I finally pulled her off and all of a sudden she started eating ravenously and the chicks caught on fast...
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    when can the chicks go on to the grass ......... and climb a ramp ???

    Quote: I have brought babies out on really warm days at a couple days, however since there is no mommy you have to be mommy. You must limit the time they are away from warmth accordingly. Short stints only if it is cold. If you wanted to create an outside fenced pen for them where they would...
  6. CorralitosSunflower

    bedding for chicks

    I am the only one to suggest this one in so far but only very recently have found that I really like using hay for bedding above all else. I have raised lots of ducklings and chicks trying a multitude of methods from old towels to puppy pads to shavings to drawer liners. What do I like so much...
  7. CorralitosSunflower

    Euskal Oiloa ( Basque Thread)

    Hi Everyone! I am a lucky proud owner of three precious EO chicks thanks to ThatBloke (thanks again) . They are the absolute best. They have certainly canoodled their way into my families heart faster than any other chicks we have owned. Even my husband loves them and I can honestly say I was...
  8. CorralitosSunflower

    My duck keeps chasing me

    He is trying to dominate you, mine did that to me too but as soon as I turn around they pretend like they would never do any such thing! Lol. I started flipping them over onto their backs when I would catch them doing it and trying to keep face to face contact with them as much as possible. I...
  9. CorralitosSunflower

    What am I doing wrong here? Temp keeps fluctuating

    I don't know the answer to your question as I have never made a homemade incubator. I did have some issues with fluxuating temps. While it is not ideal in my experience as long as it doesn't go for more than a couple of hours I have still had some decent hatch rates with temps going from 98 and...
  10. CorralitosSunflower

    Why do people intentionally break the law?

    I disagree. Not neccesarily concerning chickens but in general. Why is following the law the "right" thing? Have there not been MANY laws in the past that we would now consider to be "wrong"? I am talking in regards to slavery ect... Many people have broken the law in the name of doing the right...
  11. CorralitosSunflower

    when is it okay to intervene with hatching?

    Argghh! I think I am losing my mind, for some reason my email started sending all my notifications to spam so I didn't know there was any otherresponses on this post. I am so sorry, yes, the sticky is in the incubating and hatching section I guess I forgot I was in the duck section I am glad he...
  12. CorralitosSunflower

    Worried!!!

    I would candle and find out which end has the aircell and help them hatch at this point. Perhaps they are to large or got stuck? I don't like to see movement and hear chirping and let the baby die in the shell. You can at least make a little hole so the baby can get oxygen so it has a chance...
  13. CorralitosSunflower

    Help I Don't Know Whats Happening !!!!!

    What type of bedding are you using? I would switch whatever it is ASAP just in case that is the problem. Sometimes woodchips/straw can be moldy or other types of paper can have toxic contaminants you don't know about. It is worth a try in addition to what everyone else is suggesting. I would...
  14. CorralitosSunflower

    when is it okay to intervene with hatching?

    If the bill is sticking out of the hole it is probably stuck and unable to zip- I would help it. Follow the intructions posted as a sticky at the top of this forum. Good luck!
  15. CorralitosSunflower

    Anyway to sex BCM chicks as day-olds other than vent sexing?

    I have my very first five BCM chicks that hatched this morning, still waiting on two more I don't know how to vent sex so I was wondering if there are any other tell-tale signs to look for with these little cuties?
  16. CorralitosSunflower

    Temperatures during hatching

    I am curious, after adding extra water (I can add without opening) during lockdown my incubators temp went down to 97.5 and for some reason is staying there much longer than I anticipated (several hours). Three eggs pipped and out of those three two have hatched, I am wondering if it is all...
  17. CorralitosSunflower

    Worried!!!

    If no more hatch it is probably not because you opened the bator. From what I have read and experienced that will only have an effect on the eggs that have pipped because they dry out to quickly and the chicks get stuck. I imagine it was something else due either to genetics or the incubation...
  18. CorralitosSunflower

    Air cells are small on day 17! Anything I can do?

    Thank you for the thoughtful post! It gives me some hope. I went into lockdown and have dried out one of the wells in the bottom to reduce humidity and am posed to raise it quickly (my bator has an attached water source so I don't have to open to add more) when I start seeing the eggs rock or...
  19. CorralitosSunflower

    FREE battery hens, pick-up only

    Way to far away, wish I could take some!
  20. CorralitosSunflower

    Air cells are small on day 17! Anything I can do?

    Thanks, I feel so "in the dark" with the BCM because I could not moniter their individual development along the way. I had humidity relatively high because I was needing to open the bator to hand turn 3x a day and wanted to counter-act it. I guess I counter-acted it to much. Should I be worried...
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