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I can hear one egg peeping so fingers crossed! Problem is I didn’t realize I had a broody hen until she had already started sitting. Then the other girls layed some eggs and are behind

Well mom has decided that 8 chicks is enough and left the eggs. Is there anyway to salvage them without a incubator? I’ve got one of the chick warmers they go under. Maybe I can put the eggs under that? Or will it just cook them?

Ohhhh lol ok, I thought you were saying male runner ducks:gig

Omg :gigLOL they r soooo CUTE, I'm afraid I need more.. like do I rush back out and get three more! Ts doesn't have runners often and I'm kindof afraid I picked three boys because I was trying to avoid grabbing pekins and the coloring on these was darker so I could tell they weren't those...

Thanks Bonnie!! Ummm would that m mean male?? Gosh darnit.. think all three r male?

Mixed ducklings got me today at TS and ideas about breed. I'm guessing runner by the way they r standing, but I'm not positive.

Im so sorry yes disappointing puts it mildly.. thank goodness I've had more good years than bad but introducing this nasty disease has definitely been a doozy. Now one of my old girls is sick and I've got to put her down. I've had her for almost 8 years... Definitely regret those chicks!

Im sorry to hear you have Marek's.. I ordered chicks from Chicken Scratch Poultry this spring and half of them have died. Fed up I just had one tested and just got my necropsy results back, yep Marek's. I of coarse don't know for sure they came infected (I didn't vaccinate) but after seeing...

The weird thing is it's only been affecting my birds in the barn. So I thought it was maybe something they were scratching up since it's a dirt floor(we just moved here and god only knows what the previous owners threw around. They left 29 cats here, goats, sick rabbits. The neighbors stepped in...

I think I'm dealing with this awful disease now. I'm getting the next one that croaks tested so I know for sure. With my track record it won't be long. Going from big plans of breeding to 50% loss has been a huge disappointment. On top of I can't seem to eat my eggs without getting sick even...

Thank you for the reply and advice!! I was thinking of starting with 3 and will probably get a few ducks as well. im starting a orchard so maybe rotating them between those two areas will work so I don't have to weed eat around the trees, I hate weed eating can ya tell :)

We have a small creek that runs through a grassy area in front of our house that is a PAIN in the butt to keep the grass down with a weed eater. So originally I was going to get a couple of goats to keep the area cleaned up but it's really mucky and wet, I have jumped across it and sunk up to...

Dang it, I was afraid of that... Thanks

Do I have another rooster? He/she is about 3 1/2 months old.

Thank you soo much for your reply!!! that helps so much Im thinking it is sour crop. Her crop felt more like it was full of fluid and has gone down now. I checked her vent and didnt feel any eggs, I only felt to my second knuckle is that far enough? I was afraid it would hurt her I fed her...

Polly is a 1 1/2 year old barrred rock. She started showing signs of not feeling well yesterday but was still moving around normally all be it slower so I figured Id keep an eye on her. Well today she is just standing around NOT her normal self! SO I brought her inside and gave her a...

What do you think this baby is? hatched 8-5-11 a little girl or boy? Its daddy is a japanese barred mix of somekind and the mamma is a buff cochin.

I can clost up the nest box so that is a option but I also have a smaller coop and run setup beside the big one that the new chicks just moved out of I could put them in there.. but what about when the baby starts to get out I dont want it eating the layer food before its ready?

while I thought i was collecting all the eggs everyday my broody silkie which has now turned into two broody silkies had a couple eggs hiding in the corner of the nest box, well surprise!! I now have a baby chick in my coop!! should I move the chick, the unhatched egg out and moms out. or will...