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We have a duckling that zipped cleanly on its own, but 8 hrs later still hadn't gotten out (and was mad!) so I easily pulled the top of the egg off and out he then came on his own. But right away I could see why he had trouble - his right leg was straight out behind him, with foot sort of...

I have a newly hatched Magpie duckling that can't get one of it's leg under it - it just sticks out behind him. He has good vigor and keeps trying. First to hatch. This duckling zipped on its own, but after 8 hours couldn't get out of the shell and seemed mad so I gently and easily pulled off...

We hatched ducklings, and by 4 weeks had them side by side in pens/housing with our 4 adults. A few weeks later we started removing barriers. Our drake was a little hard on the young ones, but thought it was going ok. This AM I go to let them all out of their house and one of the young ducks...

We just hatched 17 bantams and 1 of them isn't fluffing up right and her eyes are swollen (they can open, but not easily). She did have the top 1/2 of the shell stuck to her at one point - a bit sticky overall. I gently washed her off and she seems to be fluffing a little now. But still not...

This is my first time hatching duck eggs, and the first pipped last night and this AM when I got up she'd zipped all around the shell, but it has been 6 hours and she's only poked her beak outside the shell a bit. She gets to peeping a bit now and then, so definitely still alive. Today is day...

Has anyone used the Hova Bator 1602n Still Air incubator just for hatching/lock-down? I'm playing with staggered hatches, and the old incubator I'm using for lockdown/hatch mode is driving me nuts with all the near constant tweaking it needs to keep the temps steady day and night. I'm debating...

Yesterday I purchased 5 chicks that are about 5 days old and it appears one was injured in transport. It can't stand up... legs were splayed so I put a vetrap hobble on as suggested for spraddle leg. And it seemed to help a little at first... once I helped her balance she did stand on her...

3 days ago I was given 5 bantam eggs that had been under a broody hen for an unknown amount of time (could have been a day, or weeks). Before putting them in the incubator on Sunday I quickly candled them and they seemed developed to different stages. some more in the 12-14 day range and 2...

I was just given 5 partially incubated bantam eggs... the nice lady I got them from wasn't sure how long a hen had been sitting on them. I got them home as quick as I could, and quickly candled them before getting them in an incubator pronto to get them back to ideal temperature. One in...

One of the eggs/chicks was a wiggling/rocking back and forth so much it rolled itself over a bit on the mesh wire in the incubator. I know they're not supposed to rotate at all the last 3 days... do I put it back like it was of just leave it be? I should have put it on a towel or something...

We're hatching our first eggs ever with a broody bantam hen. I made the mistake of putting 3 eggs under her and then another four eggs 4 days later. So she hatched the first 3 eggs beautifully 3 days ago and has 3 lovely chicks. And she's been doing her best to stay on the remaining eggs but...

We've been happy with our chickens the last few years, and are now looking to get a few ducks. After some research, I think Ancona's are the breed I want to go with. Anyone know of a good local breeder of Anconas? I found a few on craiglist a couple hrs drive away, but would love to find...

Hi, I'm new to this forum. Just picked up 6 chicks (2 Golden Sex Links, 2 Americauna, 2 Buff Orpington) a few days ago and have them in a brooder (medium sized wooden box). I am totally new to the chicken world. All seems to be going well, except I noticed one of the Buff's has some sores...