Thread formerly known as Hatch day is today

[Marty1876]

Any infant vitamins will do in a pinch. You definatley need to offer then water based vitamins once a week.

 

[Wulfandwyn]

Hi everyone! Anything new in the hatching/poultry world? I am going to have to take some pics today of my muscovy Garek. He has totally changed colors!

 

[Miss Lydia]

Well, I can't for the life of me find any poly vi sol so in the meantime I picked up Vitamin E drops and have started giving her those. I saw her spin a few times last night so it's definitely wry neck

AND on top of that, I caught my silkie trying to develop it tonight. I let the other chicks out and she didn't come out and was just screeching and screeching so I went to look and she was standing at the entrance to the brooder with her head twisted all the way to one side, unable to jump the lip. So I gave her drops too and she perked up immediately and her neck straightened mostly back out in minutes. It was quite the transformation. I think I caught her early.
The kicker is, they aren't even eating the same food so I can't blame the problem on a nutritional deficiency with the feed, either. Too weird. Anyway, I'm going to TSC for poultry nutri drench tomorrow and we'll see how that works out.

I've never had wry neck to deal with yet, but i use poultry nutri drench alot of other issue like molt and it is great stuff.

 

[ChristineR]

Well, I can't for the life of me find any poly vi sol so in the meantime I picked up Vitamin E drops and have started giving her those. I saw her spin a few times last night so it's definitely wry neck

AND on top of that, I caught my silkie trying to develop it tonight. I let the other chicks out and she didn't come out and was just screeching and screeching so I went to look and she was standing at the entrance to the brooder with her head twisted all the way to one side, unable to jump the lip. So I gave her drops too and she perked up immediately and her neck straightened mostly back out in minutes. It was quite the transformation. I think I caught her early.
The kicker is, they aren't even eating the same food so I can't blame the problem on a nutritional deficiency with the feed, either. Too weird. Anyway, I'm going to TSC for poultry nutri drench tomorrow and we'll see how that works out.

Did you look in the grocery store baby aisle? They should have liquid baby vitamins there. Just get any kind WITHOUT iron.

 

[JulieNKC]

This is my little crew of misfits.

The magpie call duckling hatched out blind, you can see the little cataract/cloudy part in her eye in the pic, her other eye is the same. She's finding food and water easy enough, and perfectly happy and healthy so I think I'm going to keep her as a pet. Haven't vent sexed her yet but QJ found an interesting study which said all ducklings with congenital blindness are female, so I'm going with that lol. The bibbed duckling was just pokey, and took an extra 3 days to decide to hatch.
The little EE was really odd. The eggs were under my broody. She only hatched 1 of 5. I candled them, listened to them the day after the other hatched and figured they quit. I let her stay on them a few extra days, then when she got up I gave up. I tossed the other eggs, then when I was cleaning the nest box noticed I'd missed this one since it was buried in the straw. I went to toss it too, figured the others were dead so it was too. Put it to my ear for a second first, and thought I heard something. So I brought it inside, and opened it a little bit (this was 4 days after the last hatched). The chick was still under the membrane, not even internal pipped but it started peeping? I figured it had no chance, no chick I've ever helped has lived and this one hadn't even internal pipped that I could tell. I saw it's beak against the membrane, and pushed the membrane down over it to pip it. It wasn't moving, but breathing and peeping a little so I kept going. There was no fluid in the egg at all, yolk was absorbed and everything. Chick looked awful, all stiff and not really moving so I set it in the incubator to let it die in peace. Next morning this little fluffball was running around the incubator, and came right up and bit me.

It "hatched" monday, and is thriving today so I think it's going to be ok.

 

[Miss Lydia]

This is my little crew of misfits.

The magpie call duckling hatched out blind, you can see the little cataract/cloudy part in her eye in the pic, her other eye is the same. She's finding food and water easy enough, and perfectly happy and healthy so I think I'm going to keep her as a pet. Haven't vent sexed her yet but QJ found an interesting study which said all ducklings with congenital blindness are female, so I'm going with that lol. The bibbed duckling was just pokey, and took an extra 3 days to decide to hatch.
The little EE was really odd. The eggs were under my broody. She only hatched 1 of 5. I candled them, listened to them the day after the other hatched and figured they quit. I let her stay on them a few extra days, then when she got up I gave up. I tossed the other eggs, then when I was cleaning the nest box noticed I'd missed this one since it was buried in the straw. I went to toss it too, figured the others were dead so it was too. Put it to my ear for a second first, and thought I heard something. So I brought it inside, and opened it a little bit (this was 4 days after the last hatched). The chick was still under the membrane, not even internal pipped but it started peeping? I figured it had no chance, no chick I've ever helped has lived and this one hadn't even internal pipped that I could tell. I saw it's beak against the membrane, and pushed the membrane down over it to pip it. It wasn't moving, but breathing and peeping a little so I kept going. There was no fluid in the egg at all, yolk was absorbed and everything. Chick looked awful, all stiff and not really moving so I set it in the incubator to let it die in peace. Next morning this little fluffball was running around the incubator, and came right up and bit me.

It "hatched" monday, and is thriving today so I think it's going to be ok.

They are precious. and great news about your lil chick.

 

[Wulfandwyn]

today is lockdowm for my 2nd batch of SFH eggs! This batch had an egg explode early on but i am still hopeful

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[Miss Lydia]

today is lockdowm for my 2nd batch of SFH eggs! This batch had an egg explode early on but i am still hopeful

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[Triplell]

I have a question, Does anyone feed Purina to thier breeders for hatching eggs? If so which one do you feed? My local feed store no longer carries Gamebird Breeder ration until spring. Help please!!

 

[ChristineR]

I have a question, Does anyone feed Purina to thier breeders for hatching eggs? If so which one do you feed? My local feed store no longer carries Gamebird Breeder ration until spring. Help please!!

For ducks, right? I feed and recommend Mazuri Waterfowl Breeder pellets during breeding season.

Mazuri is owned by Purina, so if your feed store carries Purina, they should be able to order the Mazuri if they don't stock it.