Thread formerly known as Hatch day is today

[Marty1876]

Your dream duck?

LOL!

OK, I need to know. What all does every one have? (birds, breeds, ect?) How many do you have? What are you incubating right now???

I have Khaki Cambell and Peking ducks, chocolate turkeys,quail, a few chicks (6 actually-black sex link pullets, a barred rock bantem, a mille fleur, and a mystery chick. I'm incubating a few dead eggs (sigh) that were supposed to be old english game, geese (sebs and toulouse), muscovie ducks, silkies, midget white and chocolate turkey eggs.

What are you up to?

 

[Kevin565]

Hi Marty!

 

[Marty1876]

Hiya Kevin! Hows all the "other" family members at your place?

Hi Marty!

 

[JulieNKC]

OK, I need to know. What all does every one have? (birds, breeds, ect?) How many do you have? What are you incubating right now???

I have sizzles/silkies, EE's, mutts, midget white turkey, roman tufted geese, 2 mixed ducks, 5 calls, and tibetan coturmix. I have in the incubator blue slate/royal palm turkeys, call ducks, and a woodcock.

This is a good link about angel wing and the effects of high protein fed in unlimited quantity. Have not heard about it being caused by a vitamin deficiency. My birds get daily greens (romaine, kale and/or peas) as well.

http://www.metzerfarms.com/AngelWing.cfm?CustID=40751

I fed my first ducklings game bird starter only. It has 32% protein I believe. The only duck I've ever had develop angelwing came from someone who fed their ducks chick starter, so I think niacin plays a big part in it.

 

[Kevin565]

There doing okay for now

Hiya Kevin! Hows all the "other" family members at your place?

 

[Eyeheartquail]

This is a good link about angel wing and the effects of high protein fed in unlimited quantity. Have not heard about it being caused by a vitamin deficiency. My birds get daily greens (romaine, kale and/or peas) as well.

http://www.metzerfarms.com/AngelWing.cfm?CustID=40751

Good info.

I searched BYC and found some threads that MsLydia had posted in about niacin causing it. It was just light banter back and forth so no references or anything.

OK, I need to know. What all does every one have? (birds, breeds, ect?) How many do you have? What are you incubating right now???

9 Coturnix quail adults and 30 more eggs in my bator (rainbow of colors). Ancona's and Ancona eggs coming soon. That's it. I am a city dweller, unfortunately.

 

[DUCKGIRL89]

How many of each breed Marty?? I'm just sitting here, thinking about ducks. Waiting for external pips on my last two eggs (huff)

 

[Iain Utah]

DG, I've got 2 africans and 3 grey utility toulouse going into lockdown in the morning. In my other bator, I have 4 buff/grey utility toulouse, 3 buff dewlap toulouse, 5 cayugas, and just set 12 saxony and 10 silver apples this morning.

Hey Marty, I took pics for you of early back shadowing and posted on goose thread. They have made some progress since then. I will get updated pics for you later.

 

[Iain Utah]

Eyeheart, I believe symptoms of niacin deficiency are mostly leg issues. Then there is vit b (thiamine) deficiency which causes wry neck and star gazing (which I have also dealt with when my cayuga duck was a week old and fixed with polyvisol).

Ducklings are extremely fragile. Fortunately, they are resilient little things.

 

[Marty1876]

DG, I've got 2 africans and 3 grey utility toulouse going into lockdown in the morning. In my other bator, I have 4 buff/grey utility toulouse, 3 buff dewlap toulouse, 5 cayugas, and just set 12 saxony and 10 silver apples this morning.

Hey Marty, I took pics for you of early back shadowing and posted on goose thread. They have made some progress since then. I will get updated pics for you later.

Awsome Ian, thats great.

Somebody also e-mailed me a "movie" thats only 2-3 minutes long of shadowing. Its very cool, and once my guru explains too me how to do this exact magic trick, I'll try to share it. I will ask her where she prefers and if I can say whos it is first; gotta be polite ya know.

Can you do a pic comparing a quite there yet egg, maybe the same age, next to one that is doing it, so I can really see what I'm looking at? All this is way more complicated than I'm used to.

OH...... Guess what I have coming next week????