INCUBATING w/FRIENDS! w/Sally Sunshine Shipped Eggs No problem!

[BullChick]

Coop has chicken wire and plywood but those little buggers get through the tiniest of spots. The garden area is not varmit proofed as much as any coop can be so its not the best of choices.

Well, you can still give it a shot. You know your predator pattern best.

 

[LittleLakePhil]

Good morning Crew

 

[Pensmaster]

Good morning Crew

Good morning Phil. Hope day is going well. Just started here.

 

[campingshaws]

This baby came from a green egg. Looks like my hona roo is breeding the EEs. Anyone want to mentor me in the genetics of getting a fibro bird that lays a green eggs?

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Finally finished our front door....now for the rest of the house....

Husband did the wood, kids made the iron work, and I, the glass.





Peahen checking out that guy in the window

That is awesome. I love it.
I have 3 similar doors to make, without the stained glass. 1 is on a wine cellar that I want to make like a hobbit hole door. I can't do round because there isn't enough room between the stone walls so I'll have to do oval.
The other 2 are double doors on a carriage house. The opening is about 9' high by 11' wide.
I really like the hinges. Something similar is what I'm doing on the CH doors. More ornate on the hobbit door.

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Whoa! How did she take care of them all?!

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Only in pictures, and that didn't really say anything.

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She just spread herself out and the smallest went under her, the older ones just crowded around taking turns.
There were plenty of them to keep each other warm.

You should go to a big poultry show. There are whole rows of seramas.
Kiri Kiri are really tiny. I'm supposed to be getting some eggs from Puerto Rico over the next year.

Does anyone recommend a certain type of grower feed for ducks? I have been feeding mine Poulin Grain turkey/gamebird grower finisher b/c that's what my local feed store carries, but I believe my ducks need more niacin. Should I just add niacin to their water and feed them the same thing? The chart and the label on the feed I use don't quite match up, though, so I think I should switch ....
I know alot of people use purina flock raiser, but I was reading today about how you shouldn't use feed that is made for lots of types of poultry. Is that right?
Thank you very much Kathy for the chart and info.!

Add some brewer's yeast at a ratio of about 1:10 with the feed. Not only does it supply all the B vitamins except B12, it has a good array of amino acids as well as trace minerals like chromium and selenium.

I would go with plain niacin rather than timed release (good work-around for now, what you are doing, though), or there's B complex or brewer's yeast. Here is a writeup I did from what I have read and seen here.

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I would go with brewer's yeast. Forgive me for using capital letters, but for anyone else who may casually look over this thread, NOT baking yeast, NOT winemaking yeast. Brewer's yeast is a nutritional supplement and it provides niacin and a few other vitamins.

Generally, folks who supplement with brewer’s yeast use a tablespoon per cup of food.

Ducklings need about three times the niacin chicks do. And some ducklings get leg problems or seizures if they don't have enough niacin.

If you cannot find the brewer's yeast, or if you happen to have (here come the capital letters again, please forgive me) PLAIN niacin - NOT no-flush, NOT timed release, then dissolve 150 mg niacin per gallon of water for the duckling’s drinking water.

Another approach is to use B Complex capsules, and use the B3 - niacin - levels as a guide. Again, 150 mg B3 per gallon of drinking water.


Keep the little one on the supplements for about 8 weeks.

Sometimes it only takes a few days to see improvement.

You can also see how it went for Qwackers and Bentley from these threads.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/857143/treating-wry-neck-in-crested-duckling-edited-title

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/761308/peking-duckling-with-crooked-neck-help

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Darn. I scared everyone off again. I'm getting to good at this. If y'all don't want me on here just tell me lol.

I do the same thing. I don't ask for people to tell me to shut up. I just shut up for a while till everyone comes back.

Hello all, and good night all. I just locked down 3 eggs I felt confident in of gotro17's eggs, 3 of my eggs I thought looked good, but the 14 BCM's did not look good. Just 1 looked like it had gone full term.

Let's hope some hatch!

Good luck.
I've hatched out 9 chicks in the last week. One died. 2 are the wrong color. That makes 6 good ones.
I hatched 9 a month or so ago but 7 are cockerels.
There are 41 eggs in the incubator. 21 were set yesterday. 8 of the ones in there are due the 15th.

I have been dreaming of horrific deaths. I have been awake for about 20 minutes, and I still can see the blood and the gore. Hear the screams ...

Spending your Sundays watching the Walking Dead like me?
Season 2 is on AMC all day today.

The silence is deafening! I see three members.
Talk!

Good Morning.

 

[kwhites634]

Quote: Most likely.
Taking a coffee break...2nd cup, wondering about the intelligence of trying to put up a building of this size all by my lonesome. walking back & forth constantly to read the level, trying to get it all squared up; etc.; just gangs & gangs of fun, but's it's got to get done. It's amazing what a guy can come up with to compensate for the lack of another warm body when he has no other option.

 

[BantyChooks]

The chickens have worms again...... I can't win.




I'm going back to bed.

 

[Pensmaster]

Most likely.
Taking a coffee break...2nd cup, wondering about the intelligence of trying to put up a building  of this size all by my lonesome. walking back & forth constantly to read the level, trying to get it all squared up; etc.; just gangs & gangs of fun, but's it's got to get done. It's amazing what a guy can come up with to compensate for the lack of another warm body when he has no other option.

X2. Enjoy the coffee going after my second cup now

 

[BullChick]

Spending your Sundays watching the Walking Dead like me?
Season 2 is on AMC all day today.


Good Morning.

Good morning. I have not watched anything but a baby show and "Reba" lately. The dreams ... Gosh, I have no idea where they came from.

Most likely.
Taking a coffee break...2nd cup, wondering about the intelligence of trying to put up a building of this size all by my lonesome. walking back & forth constantly to read the level, trying to get it all squared up; etc.; just gangs & gangs of fun, but's it's got to get done. It's amazing what a guy can come up with to compensate for the lack of another warm body when he has no other option.

I understand. You know that though.

The chickens have worms again...... I can't win.




I'm going back to bed.

Banti is back to being a boy. I caught him in the run, and when I went to put him in a smaller pen (he is supposed to be leaving today) he ran out the door.

All that time catching him to begin with, and he escaped. I sure hope he can be caught later!

 

[Pensmaster]

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