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

[Molpet]

I decided to abandon the body wrap. The chicks looked miserable and were on their sides when I went to check. These little 1 cup pyrex bowls seem to do the trick. One chick is already able to stand up (if shakily) and is trying to jump out. I lined them with paper towels for traction and absorption. I'll just run them through the dish washer on sanitize.
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Since I'm hatching so many, they kinda disappear into the rest of the flock after a while. The only chick I've helped that I can tell apart from the rest is Robinson. He'll probably end up being a main flock rooster if I don't use him for breeding (he'll get culled if he turns into a snot).

I don't breed those in case it's genitic and not an incubator issue
That's another reason I cull anymore... But mine aren't anything special.

 

[FortCluck]

I don't breed those in case it's genitic and not an incubator issue
That's another reason I cull anymore... But mine aren't anything special.

I wouldn’t breed them either. Only the best here make it to breeding. That’s even for dual purpose because I don’t want to deal with issues when they hatch or issues customers may get.

 

[Molpet]

My dog is gone and I tell ya, the cat does not do a good job of cleaning the plates

 

[Redhead Rae]

I don't breed those in case it's genitic and not an incubator issue
That's another reason I cull anymore... But mine aren't anything special.

Oh, I didn't know that sort of splay leg is genetic. I thought it was a slippage/incubator issue.

 

[Redhead Rae]

Oh, I didn't know that sort of splay leg is genetic. I thought it was a slippage/incubator issue.

I'll have to do a left foot toe punch to denote that they are culls.

 

[Molpet]

Oh, I didn't know that sort of splay leg is genetic. I thought it was a slippage/incubator issue.

It is, but the weak joints could be genetic and contribute

 

[Molpet]

It is, but the weak joints could be genetic and contribute

Could be a parent nutrition too


Or just the incubator

 

[R2elk]

As long as you don't name your dogs Soap and Water and substitute them for the real things.

Her name was Susie. I often referred to her as Susie the slut. At a party one time, a real Susie thought I was talking about her and received an explanation from a woman that knew what I was talking about. Everyone had a good laugh.

 

[R2elk]

And my cousin says the dog saliva makes the plate slimy, which is hard to get off.

After my beagle cleaned a plate, it was dry. There was no saliva left. There was no way a person could see or feel anything other than a clean plate.

 

[FortCluck]

My dog is gone and I tell ya, the cat does not do a good job of cleaning the plates

You’d love my cat. He eats anything the dogs do. This includes veggies, pizza crust, and he loves homegrown chicken! He thinks he’s a dog