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  1. nyksducks

    My pal Hansel

    lovely pics and even better names!!! ive just lost my hansel, gretel is slowly getting over it, but is still calling for him. nykxx
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    really weak goose - update RIP hansel the goose xxx

    no his breathing laboured and he passed away. i am gutted. i floated him on his pond to give his legs some exercise and he was swimming round really happy. then i put him back in his shed to dry and have some food and when i checked on him half hour later his head was down and he looked even...
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    really weak goose - update RIP hansel the goose xxx

    RIP hansel the goose xxx
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    really weak goose - update RIP hansel the goose xxx

    hi all what can i feed my goose to build him up. he always seemed to be on the pond when i went to feed them at my stables. i just thought he loved the pond, but now it seems he may have just been too weak to get off it. i have bought them home now but he just sits there. he is eating and...
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    worming and other medicine... dont hatch those eggs?

    i dont think it matters if your hatching them. but dont eat any eggs from a recently medicated chicken!! nykxx
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    so what do you do with your ducklings?

    haha, thanks that just put a big smile on my face. im a first time duckie mum, as you probably worked out. ive had guinea pig babies, rabbit babies, pups, kittens and a foal but this is my first time with ducks!!! nykxx
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    so what do you do with your ducklings?

    i have two two week old ducklings and i want to make sure i am doing the best for them. i have 14 more in the incubator and 4 goose eggs so now would be a good time to find out if im doing right or wrong!! i have them in the brooder under the lamp which is a good temp. im raising it up every...
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    Building my Dream Incubator, finally! With 10 levels of turners! XD

    sounds good. just a thought thou, make sure you allow enough space for circulation of air and make sure you dont have your top tray to close to the heating element. and by way of my mistake, i would advise a lip from the roof to the top of the door. my door is full height and as soon as i...
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    wow!!! OMG What a surprise!!!

    or is there any chance you got an egg muddled from your other bator seeing as they hatched yesterday??? the early bird catches the worm!!! he is a cutie!!! nykxx
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    humidity??????????

    WOW!!! if i have now set my hygrometer correctly, my humidity was on nearly 80%!!!!! ok lay it on me, is there any chance of them surviving that? im testing again so what is better? guess a reasonable level or take out all the water and start again tomorrow after the deciding test? nykxx
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    garvo pro' food for animals???????

    anyone heard of it and do you know if its ok for ducklings to eat. its all i could get from the farm today and they cant get any duck starter til tuesday morning. the packaging is all in foreign it says alfa mix chicks, complete rearing food containing amphipods for chicks, but is it...
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    humidity??????????

    well i just checked the results of the salt water test and it was showing 60%!!!!! no wonder my humidity was low!!!! just had a fiddle with the screw on the back but by the time i worked out that it was the adjusting screw (and not just one holding it all together) the needle had dropped some...
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    humidity??????????

    funny you should say that, ive put the cup and meter inside an old pasta storage jar, which i think is air tight and then put it all inside the microwave just as a back up!!! nykxx
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    live hatching cam is up

    ahhhh it looks like a little brown chicky. the other one is pecking it already lol nykxx
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    live hatching cam is up

    i just saw that one rocking away, should i wait up to watch it? its 11.10pm here and im soooo tired!!! nykxx
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    humidity??????????

    ive got a flannel in there heaped up in the middle. i think you call them face cloths?? nykxx
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    humidity??????????

    ok i could have a go at that over night. can i use tap water and table salt or does it have to be exactly as it says? also can i put it in the microwave (not on just sitting in there) its the only thing i can think of that is air tight, as i dont have any zip loc bags? nykxx
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    humidity??????????

    ok thanks, i have a cat litter tray with a flannel in it and the lid of a cadburys roses tin and my humidity is only sitting at 30%!!!! does the depth of the water make any difference? what about the distance from the heat lights to the trays of water? nykxx
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    humidity??????????

    thanks for that. i am hatching duck and goose eggs, but i know the differences. ok so that is the what's and why's now what i need to know is the how's???? how do you raise humidity? how does it work? volume? area? aghhhhhh!!!!! nykxx
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    Did I fry them?

    im not clued up enough to help you with your question but i know the first question you will be asked is, what day are you on? nykxx
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