We have the same issue, but I read somewhere that Corid and Sulmet are not safe for ducks because of their increased water consumption. We keep our ducks and chickens together, so what's our best option?
We now have 9 of 12 hatched out with another poking through. It's still only day 20. I don't understand the earliness, but I'm happy that I didn't fail.
I had horrid luck with hatching eggs that I ordered this spring despite my constant incubator temp, auto turner and regulated humidity. I was going to give up on my dreams of breeding. My sister felt bad and gave me a dozen eggs from her flock of mutts to prove I wasn't awful. Today I went down...
We just started raising chickens this year. I had really wanted Wheaten Marans, but had really bad luck with the eggs I bought. I ended up with just 3. Then, one mysteriously died and another was trampled in the brooder during a storm. My remaining one (I fear) is a rooster. Today, though, I...