Thread formerly known as Hatch day is today

[Amykins]

I hatched two. One died on the third day (internal issues). The other escaped the run and ran right into the dog kennel.

Now this just sounds like a little bit of bad luck... but this is out of over 40 eggs! Silkie ducks are so hard to hatch!

...I need a drink........

 

[Marty1876]

Margaritas from the kids slushy machine are very helpful at moments like this....just saying. LMAO

 

[Kevin565]

 

[Marty1876]

Hanging in there ms. Amy?

 

[Amykins]

Margaritas from the kids slushy machine are very helpful at moments like this....just saying. LMAO

Well I'm sipping a glass of wine, but I'm still freaking out over this one egg and feeling horrified about the prospects that it might be dead. Ugh. "Let's hatch our duck" I said. "It'll bond with us more strongly" I said. "It'll be fun!" I said...

It's a good thing I don't have kids. If I had to feel this anxiety for an overdue CHILD I'd probably have had a mental breakdown by now. XD

 

[Marty1876]

It'll be OK. Little oddities during incubation can lead to last minute death, but they can also seem very still and dead at the end, as the egg is so full. I'm not up to date fully, whats going on?

 

[Amykins]

It'll be OK. Little oddities during incubation can lead to last minute death, but they can also seem very still and dead at the end, as the egg is so full. I'm not up to date fully, whats going on?

Well, it went into lockdown late Wednesday evening, and that's about it. Last candling was done Wednesday morning and it was wiggling around, and there's still one last day until I REALLY need to start worrying. But since it's my only surviving egg, I'm just freaking out tenfold over it and wondering if it's dead. You know..the usual late-hatch psychosis. ><;;

 

[Goin Quackrrs]

Hiya GQ!

Marty!!!

...I need a drink........

Hang in there. It gets easier.

Margaritas from the kids slushy machine are very helpful at moments like this....just saying. LMAO

 

[hokankai]

What a sweet duckie! You must be buying from Del's. I usually do the first three weeks on Flock Raiser and then switch to a lower protein.
It's probably best to worm them all. I don't know much about eprinex though, I've had my birds on a regimen of DE in their feed for a week quarterly as a preventative.
All feeds have some niacin in it. The percentage is the issue. Keep that All Purpose for when they're a bit older and feed either Chick Starter or Flock Raiser. The FR has a better amount of niacin, so you'll probably do better if you go that way.

Ok so I just did a little research on the feed (Beaver Brand) and it has the same % protein as their chick starter. There is no "flock raiser" formula, but they labeled this "all purpose poultry" as being used from hatch through lay. Both have 18% protein but the All Purpose Poultry has niacin in it.

 

[Goin Quackrrs]

Ok so I just did a little research on the feed (Beaver Brand) and it has the same % protein as their chick starter. There is no "flock raiser" formula, but they labeled this "all purpose poultry" as being used from hatch through lay. Both have 18% protein but the All Purpose Poultry has niacin in it.

Who are you buying from?

Flock Raiser is a Purina product.