Need Help Troubleshooting Late Deaths

[Crazy Duck Lover]

I have been trying to find the same answer for awhile now on exact nutrients with no luck. I saw on a vet's website that they recommended the month before hatching boosting overall nutrient cosumption. I'm planning on this spring the month before I collect eggs for hatching to start all of my breeders on Rooster Booster to see if there is any difference in hatch rate. I'm the nerd who likes to document everything so I already have my abstract write up, previous findings, theories and format for documenting the spring hatch to compare with prior hatches

Me too! I have tons of documents and spread sheets comparing hatches, writing theories.. all of it! I’ll have to check out that product. Which RB product are you using?

 

[Magnolia Ducks]

As a fellow south Texas person. I almost but not quite dry hatch. Ambient humidity here is high. Until I swtched, I had 50% hatch rates. Now I have 80 to 90 percent unless I mess up. I did last hatch with temp too low, but I dry hatched, it took 35 days but I got 100% hatch and one club foot. I had bacteria in my second hatch and only hatched 4 of 7. The temp was correct but humidity higher. TX is just different in my experience. This is my 9th hatch so I think I'm medium experienced.

 

[HollowOfWisps]

Me too! I have tons of documents and spread sheets comparing hatches, writing theories.. all of it! I’ll have to check out that product. Which RB product are you using?

I was going to use their "Poultry cell" for the first 3 weeks and then switch to their "Vitamins & Electrolytes Lacto Bacillus Poultry Supplement" for the last week. I am a huge fan of poultry cell, but I was reading up on how even slight dehydration in breeders can cause hatching issues and since electrolytes can't be used for too long I was going to try the combo of the two.

 

[Crazy Duck Lover]

I was going to use their "Poultry cell" for the first 3 weeks and then switch to their "Vitamins & Electrolytes Lacto Bacillus Poultry Supplement" for the last week. I am a huge fan of poultry cell, but I was reading up on how even slight dehydration in breeders can cause hatching issues and since electrolytes can't be used for too long I was going to try the combo of the two.

I’ll try it too!