➡I accidentally bought Balut eggs: 2 live ducks! Now a Chat Thread!

[Kiki]

No. Should I?

HECK yea!

 

[Kiki]

@KikisGirls Did you see the video?

No.
I'm scrolling back up now.

 

[sdm111]

The lacy roundhead

 

[Kiki]

Poor thing.
If it was the feed then this one should be dead too right?
Wait..didn't you say this one hasn't been eating.
But you have been forcing food right?

 

[Cyprus]

Just another couple of thoughts.

Where are the chicks being brooded? Is it possible they are getting exposed to something in the environment -- cleaning fumes, cooking fumes, perfumes? I know that people who keep parrots in their house are advised to not even cook with teflon pans.

I'm not ruling out the feed, but if it wasn't moldy and didn't smell, I wouldn't be 100% sure of it being the culprit. Unless of course, it's botulism, which doesn't smell, and would explain the neurological effects.

If you still have the bag, I would send back a sample to the manufacturer, explain that you think it sickened your chicks, you fear something like botulism, and ask them to test it and send you the results. If it really is the feed, you could be saving the lives of untold numbers of chicks out there who are eating this feed.

Sorry you are having to deal with this all, and hope we aren't overwhelming you with too much advice.

Chicks are brooded in a dog crate indoors.
The feed was not moldy and did not smell. The chicks died with their legs stuck out behind them.
The bag is tied up in the trash BUT I still have a cup of it inside. It was Dumor feed.

 

[Kiki]

The lacy roundhead


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Is he dubbed?
I don't know.
Do you dub yourself?
There was someone looking for advice on how to dub a huge comb rooster of theirs recently.
I need to go look and see if she figured it out.

 

[sdm111]

Just another couple of thoughts.

Where are the chicks being brooded? Is it possible they are getting exposed to something in the environment -- cleaning fumes, cooking fumes, perfumes? I know that people who keep parrots in their house are advised to not even cook with teflon pans.

I'm not ruling out the feed, but if it wasn't moldy and didn't smell, I wouldn't be 100% sure of it being the culprit. Unless of course, it's botulism, which doesn't smell, and would explain the neurological effects.

If you still have the bag, I would send back a sample to the manufacturer, explain that you think it sickened your chicks, you fear something like botulism, and ask them to test it and send you the results. If it really is the feed, you could be saving the lives of untold numbers of chicks out there who are eating this feed.

Sorry you are having to deal with this all, and hope we aren't overwhelming you with too much advice.

X2

 

[Cyprus]

HECK yea!

Fiiiiine. I'll notify you when I do.

 

[Cyprus]

Poor thing.
If it was the feed then this one should be dead too right?
Wait..didn't you say this one hasn't been eating.
But you have been forcing food right?

This chick was getting mostly NutriDrench. Hardly got any chick feed and is now being fed ground feather fixer until I get a new bag.

 

[sdm111]

Is he dubbed?
I don't know.
Do you dub yourself?
There was someone looking for advice on how to dub a huge comb rooster of theirs recently.
I need to go look and see if she figured it out.

He is
I can but a friend does them he's better
Roundheads are peacomb so they are easier than straight comb