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

[BantyChooks]

growing fast!!

Too fast!!! Weren't they just lil babies a bit ago??

 

[Sally Sunshine]

wasnt long was it!

 

[DuckGirl77]

Ok, so quick question, does anyone know anything about botulism? Someone said that may have been the cause of Quacker's death.

 

[BantyChooks]

wasnt long was it!

5/29.... Not long at all. And Jazzy and Topaz are almost fully feathered!! It seems like yesterday they were hatched....

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Mike already showed the icelandic babies from his flock, but those are what hatched yesterday.





















spoiled, gooserz and ducks, nope cant eat them nope nope nope lol

 

[BullChick]

Topaz, EE x silkie Jazzy, EE x Sultan. Sally, here's the babies from you. I LOVE them. [COLOR=B42000] [/COLOR] Abi Enya Here's Sunshine, the start of my EE x sultan line Duckburds RSL pullet Pingu

Wow! Some of the chicks from Sally look tasty!

LOL hey MC dig out the iron

I have done that.

Ok, so quick question, does anyone know anything about botulism? Someone said that may have been the cause of Quacker's death.

Not much.

 

[BantyChooks]

Mike already showed the icelandic babies from his flock, but those are what hatched yesterday. spoiled, gooserz and ducks, nope cant eat them nope nope nope lol

Oh I LOVE your Burds!! MAJOR SQUEEEEEEEE!!! You're gonna make me get mor ducks, aintcha.... I'm very tempted, considering duck eggs go for $2+ more than chicken eggs at markets and stuff!! I'm so glad you can't eat them. That way I get to look at adorable pictures.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Botulism Type C spores exist in lake and pond bottoms and thrive when air temperatures rise and water and oxygen levels drop. A hot dry summer increases the probability of outbreaks. As water levels drop, the bacteria are exposed. The ducks will ingest the bacteria when they feed. They also contract botulism by feeding on invertebrate carcasses that harbor the toxin. The toxin also exists in the live maggots that feed on carcasses. By consuming these maggots, the toxin in turn, poisons the ducks.

Ok, so quick question, does anyone know anything about botulism? Someone said that may have been the cause of Quacker's death.

What is your location and do they have access to a pond? or do you have a baby pool that you refresh? I think its more common in wild birds than like I have, also more in the west than the east

 

[BantyChooks]

Wow! Some of the chicks from Sally look tasty!

WHAAAAATT never!!

My babies, get your greedy gaze offa them.

 

[Sally Sunshine]

Merck Manual Overview of Botulism in Poultry

(Limberneck, Western duck sickness)

http://www.merckvetmanual.com/mvm/poultry/botulism/overview_of_botulism_in_poultry.html