HELP! I assisted a duckling before internal pipping!

[Hamudazahabi]

He is still not responding until now. I wouldn't wait any longer. I plan on buying some today, so I will just go to the same shop I went to last time which only had muscovy, and I will buy muscovy, and any other breed if I find. Let's hope I find the best types for me.

I bought them. I found muscovy ducklings only. I bought 3 ducklings and and 5 chicks. As I said, the ducklings are all muscovy, the chickens however, 3 are Ayam Kampung, and 2, he called it "egg chicken", all the shops around had this type and they only call it egg chicken. I searched online and saw some malaysians talking about it online, and one of them said it is Lohman something I forgot the other word, maybe brown. Another person said it is not, but he is not sure what it is. I guess I will find out from its characteristics I can notice later. Their sounds are so cute! The ducklings has been busy eating and drinking, while the chicks are eating but keeps making loud noise. The ducklings are 3 weeks old, while the chicks seems to be 1 week old or maybe a bit more. I forgot to take a photo of the chicks but I will soon. I took photos of the ducklings though. I took the picture quickly then I also added a water can that gives more when more is used, specifically for pets (with an upside down jar looking container.) I also noticed that the bedding (I didn't find pine shavings but I found rice husk) was good for the chicks but bad for the ducklings. The chicks treated it like bedding, but the ducklings are eating them. I searched about it and it seems safe for them. There is perlite also with it but it looks like they're mostly eating rice husk only. Perlite was supposed to be to decrease humidity so that bacteria and fungi can't live.

 

[Hamudazahabi]

Hopefully, you'll hear something from him soon. I know it can be frustrating.

I got 3 muscovy ducklings, 3 Ayam Kampong chicks, and 2 "egg chicken chick" which may or may not be Lohman Browns. I attached their pictures.

 

[Hamudazahabi]

I got 3 muscovy ducklings, 3 Ayam Kampong chicks, and 2 "egg chicken chick" which may or may not be Lohman Browns. I attached their pictures.

I got my white cornish chicken, which is the friendliest chicken I have, and it always sits down the whole time, and put it in the box with the small chicks. They all hide around it to warm themselves, and it remained sitting, not caring much.

 

[Miss Lydia]

They are all adorable and look very healthy.

 

[NatJ]

I got 3 muscovy ducklings, 3 Ayam Kampong chicks, and 2 "egg chicken chick" which may or may not be Lohman Browns. I attached their pictures.

The chicks with red fluff on their heads and backs, and white feathers in their wings, are the right color to be Lohman Browns.

The ducklings are 3 weeks old, while the chicks seems to be 1 week old or maybe a bit more.

I agree about the probable age of the chicks.

I'm not a duck expert, but I think those ducklings look a lot younger than 3 weeks. I would guess 3 days up to maybe 1 week. @Miss Lydia do you have an opinion on the age of those ducklings?

I see you've already got ducklings, but for future: if you want to hatch eggs with your homemade incubator, you could test it with eggs that do not have to be shipped (like local chicken eggs). If all goes well, then you could order eggs if you want other kinds (like specific kinds of ducks.) Shipped eggs still might not hatch, but at least you would know the incubator was not at fault.

 

[Miss Lydia]

The chicks with red fluff on their heads and backs, and white feathers in their wings, are the right color to be Lohman Browns.


I agree about the probable age of the chicks.

I'm not a duck expert, but I think those ducklings look a lot younger than 3 weeks. I would guess 3 days up to maybe 1 week. @Miss Lydia do you have an opinion on the age of those ducklings?

I see you've already got ducklings, but for future: if you want to hatch eggs with your homemade incubator, you could test it with eggs that do not have to be shipped (like local chicken eggs). If all goes well, then you could order eggs if you want other kinds (like specific kinds of ducks.) Shipped eggs still might not hatch, but at least you would know the incubator was not at fault.

they look like maybe a little over a week.

 

[Hamudazahabi]

The chicks with red fluff on their heads and backs, and white feathers in their wings, are the right color to be Lohman Browns.


I agree about the probable age of the chicks.

I'm not a duck expert, but I think those ducklings look a lot younger than 3 weeks. I would guess 3 days up to maybe 1 week. @Miss Lydia do you have an opinion on the age of those ducklings?

I see you've already got ducklings, but for future: if you want to hatch eggs with your homemade incubator, you could test it with eggs that do not have to be shipped (like local chicken eggs). If all goes well, then you could order eggs if you want other kinds (like specific kinds of ducks.) Shipped eggs still might not hatch, but at least you would know the incubator was not at fault.

The problem is all the eggs I get from my chickens are infertile so I cannot test it. The seller said he had these ducklings for 3 weeks, but I don't know if he is truthful or not.

 

[NatJ]

The problem is all the eggs I get from my chickens are infertile so I cannot test it.

Once your new chicks and ducklings grow up, hopefully you will have fertile eggs Otherwise, you could consider buying fertile eggs locally to test your incubator. If they are not a kind of chicken you want to raise, you could plan on butchering the chicks for meat, or selling them to someone else, after you know the incubator works.

The seller said he had these ducklings for 3 weeks, but I don't know if he is truthful or not.

So they could be growing unusually slowly (not good), or he could be mixed up or mis-remembering, or he could be deliberately telling a lie. Most of the time, I think an honest mixup is more common than a deliberate lie, but of course not always. (Maybe he did get ducklings 3 weeks ago but then sold them and bought more and forgot that part, or maybe he bought them the same week that something else memorable happened but then he mixed up which week that was, or something of the sort.)

 

[Hamudazahabi]

they look like maybe a little over a week.

Today when I woke up, all the ducklings were healthy and all, but the chicks, 3 of them were dead and squished by the chicken I put with them. The chicken though didn't allow me to touch the remaining two chicks and everytime I touch them it raises its wings and hides them. I took it and put it outside again, and removed the dead ducklings, changed the beddings, put food and water again, and put the remaining two chicks, both are Ayam Kampong. They're currently happy. I am sad for these chicks, but I will try my best to protect the remaining two as much as possible. Hopefully they all grow up healthy. The ducklings are very active. I put them outside in the garden in a place where they're alone and no chickens has access there, and also put the two chicks and sit there with them and watch them. They all started whistling and playing around and running following each others, and also I saw one eat a worm from the ground. I also put a container with water in it and let them try getting in. They swam for like 30 seconds and drank water then left it. I let them move around the garden while watching them for around half an hour, and now I returned them back to their boxes. I replaced the water of the ducklings with water that contains niacin.

 

[Hamudazahabi]

Once your new chicks and ducklings grow up, hopefully you will have fertile eggs Otherwise, you could consider buying fertile eggs locally to test your incubator. If they are not a kind of chicken you want to raise, you could plan on butchering the chicks for meat, or selling them to someone else, after you know the incubator works.


So they could be growing unusually slowly (not good), or he could be mixed up or mis-remembering, or he could be deliberately telling a lie. Most of the time, I think an honest mixup is more common than a deliberate lie, but of course not always. (Maybe he did get ducklings 3 weeks ago but then sold them and bought more and forgot that part, or maybe he bought them the same week that something else memorable happened but then he mixed up which week that was, or something of the sort.)

By the way how do we quote? I press the quote button it just said quote +1 but I don't know what to do next to choose a specific sentence.

The chicks that remained are all Ayam Kampong as the lohman browns died. I think I might buy more later, but this one was much more expensive than the rest so I will have to buy the other later I guess. For now I will take care of the ayam Kampong chicks and the ducklings. The ayam Kampong apparently lays 100 eggs a year maximum because it almost always gets broody. I got two chickens that are ayam Kampong from a shop that slaughters them and asked for them alive. One is a rooster and one is a chicken. The rooster still makes the sound of small chicks even though it is big, but I think it only looks big but is still quite young. The chicken is totally black, including its feathers, legs, and beak, although its tongue, comb, and wattles are not black, and it has a few blue feathers. I think it's a crossbreed of Ayam Cemani and Ayam Kampong, because the seller said it is Ayam Kampong, and Ayam Cemani is fully black including its comb and wattles and tongue, and even its meat and inner organs.