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

[casportpony]

Hello everyone, I'm new here. I have a conundrum I'm hoping y'all can help me solve. I'm hatching some eggs from my ducks and I'm on day 17. I was told that ducks take 28 days but I've recently learned that muscovies take about 35 days.
Here's the problem...
I have no idea how long to expect these eggs to take to hatch.

I think my ducks are a mix of half muscovy and half something else. They don't quack, but they don't have any growth on their faces either. This pic has 2 males and 2 females.
Can anyone help with an id? Mine looked exactly like muscovies when they were ducklings. Any other breeds look that way?

If they are 1/2 Muscovy they won't hatch. Have you candled them?

-Kathy

 

[hippiestink]

So husband and I figured out that if we can level the coop out with a car jack and some bricks we can actually just repair and paint and the coop will be fine for a while longer. I'm not sure if I want the cost of repairing though, it seems like it might be cheaper to just build a new one and then paint that and demolish the old one. The design sucks, and I've wasted tons of manhours on it already.

 

[Chaos18]

awwwwww you too!!
HOW Many VENT HOLES do I NEED? post #24735

Thanks I knew you were good for something

 

[Sally Sunshine]

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Morning everyone I am sorry I have not been on but to share bad news I just worked 65 hours M-F and am dealing with dying chicks. The death count is up to 15 with another Welsummer pullet looking bad. I have them on Purina medicated starter, I had save a chick in the water and a bit of sugar. Last night I added ACV to the other two things in the water and in the water I made this morning I added corrid. Her is the splayed out chick that looks next. I dipped her beam and she drank. Then I set her down and she drank a bit more before sprawling wings out again under the light. Any suggestions?? Yes I know the food is all over. She is right beside it, and I just cleaned it all up and changed the towels last night before I went to bed messy buggers.
@Sally Sunshine @casportpony
Some good news. Two EE have hatched and we have pips on the Rees ccl eggs. Maybe they will hatch for my birthday and not die like my chickies.

Dax so sorry!!

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These just had me dying. So funny!


MC you need to post in the funny random contest

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Great news!! When I picked my Silkie roo up today, and did the usual check... He didn't gurgle! Before he sounded rather congested, ya know what I mean? Now he sounds normal.

-Banti

good news!

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If they started dying right away I would be very suspicious of stress from shipping and/or dehydration, not coccidiosis.

-Kathy

@casportpony

https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/bitstream/handle/2142/30555/1057701_opt.pdf?sequence=2
BACILLARY WHITE DIARRHEA OFCHICKS


Bacterial diseases
Colibacillosis (Coliform infections) http://msucares.com/poultry/diseases/diseases.html


also cocci is everywhere cant rule out the number one killer HOWEVER Between 2-8 weeks old is the most common age for chicks to suffer from an overload of cocci.



Kat what is that disease turkeys/chickens get that most vaccinate for showing birds, Trach something or other? what are those symptoms?

 

[kwhites634]

Thanks I knew you were good for something

Don't give her a big head; ain't that much room in that hooded thing she's wearing.

 

[LittleLakePhil]

This is what my wife picked out for her birthday....this chair and a matching dual recliner sofa......they will be ready for pick up in 6 weeks. She really liked the leather and the cedar facing. It'll be the first time all our furniture will match.....and wasn't hand me downs. Also quill match out rustic log end tables and antler lamps.

 

[Chaos18]

Don't give her a big head; ain't that much room in that hooded thing she's wearing.

I'll keep that in mind for next time.

 

[flocktastic]

Hova bator 1588 is running (no eggs set in it yet) & it says temp of 100 degrees (sometimes 99.9) & I did add some water because humidity was on registering at 14% without it. Now with some water added, temp is same & humidity has now been 44% for awhile.

My question is, I've got a secondary thermometer/hygrometer with a probe IN the incubator and the temp keeps saying 101.8 or 102. I thought I'd calibrated the new separate thermometer/hygrometer but now I'm not sure.
Anyone specifically have experience with this bator?
I don't want it too hot but also not sure that the meter with probe is currently accurate...:-/

 

[LocalYokel]

What do you think this is Texas?

Florida
Castle Doctrine

 

[kwhites634]

Hova bator 1588 is running (no eggs set in it yet) & it says temp of 100 degrees (sometimes 99.9) & I did add some water because humidity was on registering at 14% without it. Now with some water added, temp is same & humidity has now been 44% for awhile.

My question is, I've got a secondary thermometer/hygrometer with a probe IN the incubator and the temp keeps saying 101.8 or 102. I thought I'd calibrated the new separate thermometer/hygrometer but now I'm not sure.
Anyone specifically have experience with this bator?
I don't want it too hot but also not sure that the meter with probe is currently accurate...:-/

I'd re-calibrate the one you've got, probably buy a 2nd one & calibrate it, & forget the one that came with the 'bator even exists