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These guys were all supposed to be white Sebs, but as you can see, not so much. The two seb looking ones also have major leg issues. Their legs splay out at the hips making them look like ostriches. One also make a popping sound in her hips or leg joints when she walks. Doesn't seem to...

I received my duckling order from holderreads at the end of April. Our ducklings are about 4 weeks old now. We received 14 and lost 2 immediately. I would assume from the stress of shipping. 2 weeks ago we had one of the emory penciled runners start acting weak and having difficultly moving...

I'm very new to geese and got my first 3 goslings a little over a week ago. The babies were about 2 days old. They are supposed to be sebs but I am looking and thinking I got a mix. That is besides the point !! One of my babies has started walking funny. Almost reminds me of being bow...

I have a small staggered hatch in my incubator of a call and australian spotted eggs right now. I have 3 eggs that went into the incubator on Sunday January 9 and 2 that went in the following Sunday. The January 9 eggs will go into a separate incubator for lock down. Should I lock em' down...

I currently feed layer pellets mixed with scratch grain. Scratch grain is only used in the winter months to give extra calorie for warmth. I will begin separating some of our pairs into breeding pens in about a month or so and want to begin supplimenting feed for better breeding diets. What do...

We have had a big predator problem of late, so my ducks only get to be outside supervised for the time being. That being said I needed something to do for the hour and a half of fresh air they got today! They are so tough to photograph, they just don't hold still!

Looking for a recommend brand and model and also looking for something with a reasonable price tag. We are having such a problem with predators this year. I had an open top 30x 50 pen. We own(ed) 35 ducks and 12 chickens. We have lost 3 ducks to predator attack. I bought netting and coverd...

Decided to put the 600 gallon into effect for the winter and hopefully keep the birds happier and healthier looking. I purchased a 1500 watt heater for the pool and hooked it up to a time. (I mean its 1500 freakin' watts, right??? I want to be able to pay my electricity bill) We are getting...

I have been watching the multiple winter water, winter heating posts coming through. It has made me think about my set up this year. I ended up deciding to keep my 600 gallon stock tank open for the winter for the ducks to swim and drink in. My goal is to keep their coop dryer over the...

I have owned poultry for 5 years and yet to have a wild predator problem until now. (we have had issues in the past with our dog). Two weeks ago my daughter came home to find a hawk (or some sort of big bird) in our pen eating one of our call ducks. We kept the ducks and chickens in their...

My 10 year old daughter is in need of a new showmanship bird that is small and good disposition to work with. She currently has a bantom blue orpington but he has gotten too large for her to handle well. Thanks for any advice with this.

We have 16 8 week old ducklings that I put out into our coop 2 weeks ago at the age of 6 weeks. All just about fully feathered in other than their wing feathers that are still progressing. I have them penned separately with one of those portable metal dog yards. They are a bit cramped for...

We currently have about 20 ducklings. I noticed in the last 2 days that we have a khaki campbell that looks to be developing the early stages of angel wing. I will go to the feed store tomorrow and pick up wrap for her. I also have a silky duckling from holderreads that has slipped wings...

In my last batch of call hatchlings, we hatched just about all misfits! 2 with slight beak imperfections and one that is blind. We thought the cute spinning duckling was just something she would grow out of..... hmmm guess not. Now what to do with her. She is the favorite of everyone. We...

Latest call hatch,hatched last week. 11 eggs total in the incubator. 3 were quitters on the last candling before lock down leaving 8. Day 26, lots of wiggling. Kept my hands to myself and left the incubator alone. Day 28, no external pips, starting to get nervous! Candled, to check status...

I just hatched some call ducklings. One of my parent sets was a blue fawn set. I know their color production combinations. I had a snowy female and a white male bred together. Their ducklings are the ones stumping me. Their ducklings appear to be mostly black with yellow chests a yellow...

Today is day 26 for my calls in the incubator. I have them positioned in my suro king incubator so that when you shine the light in you can see the aircells. I can see the shadow on three of the eggs that beaks are through the membrane but no external pips yet. How long can they go inside...

I have call duck eggs in the incubator. Candled for the last time on Saturday and we have 7 that are looking good so far. I am using a king suro 20 incubator and when I first started these eggs I had them lying on their sides. After seeing pics of others people in incubators I saw people...

I am using my Rcom 20 for the second time. First for a lone call duck egg which developed until day 26 and then didnt pip. I have my second set of call duck eggs in now (day 6) Temp has been 99.5, I'm keeping humidity at 65% and also spraying the eggs once a day. I have two...

Just wanted an oppinion from those who have hatched calls before. This is my first hatch with calls. I have a new incubator and had 2 eggs from my new calls, so thought, what the heck! One was not fertile, the other has been developing normally. I went into lock down on Wednesday which was...