Double Yolk Incubation Research Project

[sylviethecochin]

About the "birds in a cup"

Wouldn't work, at least, not he way you're hoping. The cup (assuming semi-permeable membrane) may help with getting oxygen to both birds, but it doesn't have the minerals that are vital in bone growth. Chicks and ducklings actually absorb the minerals from the eggshell as they grow so as to develop bones properly.

Those Japanese students may have hatched a live chick, but I'm certain that if it lived past pipping, it had bone problems within a week.

Now, if you can figure out how to solve that, I'm quite interested. A simple addition of powdered eggshell? Lining the bottom and top of the cup with powdered, baked shell?


You may find this interesting: People studying embryo growth (check out quail/chicken chimeras; I believe that there's a video on youtube) actually remove a small portion of the shell, peek inside, and then replace the shell and membrane.

 

[MarlyMonster]

No don’t use eggshells it is too high in calcium. Most chick feeds contain grit. You can wait to go to the feed store to buy special chick grit to offer on the side.

Don't confuse granite grit for digestion in the gizzard,
with oyster shell or egg shell for calcium needs.
http://www.jupefeeds-sa.com/documents/GraniteGrit.pdf.

Do ducks have gizzards?
I know their crops are a bit different from chickens.

Yes. All birds have gizzards.

Got a baggy of chick grit and finally got the nutritional yeast for the niacin supplement!

 

[MarlyMonster]

Tony seems to have a funny foot, it appears as if it’s a little scrunched or like not completely unfolded? About to go do some research but thought I’d share here too. He can walk on it fine though he doesn’t seem as fast as Ziva, who’s a real little Ferrari!

 

[Redhead Rae]

Make him a tape boot. Like this person did for their chick.

 

[Redhead Rae]

Oh, and don't worry about him being slightly older. It may take several 2-3 day boots to straighten out his foot. But he should come out right in the end.

 

[MarlyMonster]

Make him a tape boot. Like this person did for their chick.

Oh, and don't worry about him being slightly older. It may take several 2-3 day boots to straighten out his foot. But he should come out right in the end.

Thank you so much! I love this idea! Already made him one!

 

[Redhead Rae]

Thank you so much! I love this idea! Already made him one!

No problem, this problem also happened because of something that happened in incubation. Fortunately, it is an orthopedic problem that will resolve with minimal care and not cause any lasting damage. I had to do this for one of my Dark Cornish chicks I hatched last year. That chick turned out just fine.

 

[WVduckchick]

Gulliver has a friend!

Now that he’s no longer a lonely duckling stranded in unfamiliar territory I figured I should change his name!
I’m thinking Tony and Ziva because NCIS is my favorite show haha.

It’s cute, he’s definitely perked up now that he has a friend. She’s a lot more feisty than him but I think being stuck in that egg till I got to him probably made him a bit sluggish still. She races around while he mostly sits somewhere but he already started walking around more with his new friend and they are some of the mash my mom made together. Also made sure to show them where the water is and they both drank so that’s good!

I'm blown away! How CUUUUUUUTE!!

So Tony is the one you hatched, right? And you don't actually know genders, do you? Just hoping for a pair?

 

[MarlyMonster]

No problem, this problem also happened because of something that happened in incubation. Fortunately, it is an orthopedic problem that will resolve with minimal care and not cause any lasting damage. I had to do this for one of my Dark Cornish chicks I hatched last year. That chick turned out just fine.
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He’s so cuuuuuuuute!! Glad he turned out okay! I hope it still works even though he’s two days old. I’ll leave it on for 3 days and see how it goes! Did you change yours every day or leave one on? Cuz he’s already dunked his into the water dish...

 

[MarlyMonster]

I'm blown away! How CUUUUUUUTE!!

So Tony is the one you hatched, right? And you don't actually know genders, do you? Just hoping for a pair?

Yes Tony is the homegrown brat

No clue about genders haha. I’ve just kinda assigned them. Ultimately it doesn’t matter to me what they are as long as they’re healthy!