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RoboDuck said:
You haven't come off as trying to sound like a know it all. GAM does all of our hatching so I don't know either but I have seen humidities all over the charts. Some folks are successful...some are not. I think it depends on the type of incubator. I know she says she runs much lower humidity than some people but we have a big cabinet and hatch chickens, ducks, turkeys and geese all at the same time.

I say if it works for you and your hatches are successful...Just do it.
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Hey,
If you have some Turkey eggs and duck eggs when we come down I'd like to get just a few, not too many, I have heard when a duck hatches it looks like butter coming out of the shell, so I'm just curious and I have never hatched these before. So maybe just 3 of each and can you put them in the bator at the same time?
 
Silver Hill said:
I have three hygrometers and they are calibrated. I've read 60% for the first 19 days and up to 80% during lockdown and depending where you read there is lots of different data on that subject. I am new to hatching so all I really have to go by is the success rate for my first hatch and the one happening now but I'm building a data sheet of my own. It is not my intent to put up any bad information as I've declared myself a newby and I hope I never sound as if I'm an expert and folks realize I'm just sharing my experience.



Info here on how to make a wet bulb thermometer for measuring humidity.

https://pubs.ext.vt.edu/2902/2902-1090/2902-1090_pdf.pdf
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RoboDuck said:
You haven't come off as trying to sound like a know it all. GAM does all of our hatching so I don't know either but I have seen humidities all over the charts. Some folks are successful...some are not. I think it depends on the type of incubator. I know she says she runs much lower humidity than some people but we have a big cabinet and hatch chickens, ducks, turkeys and geese all at the same time.

I say if it works for you and your hatches are successful...Just do it.
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totally agree with Robo, you weren't at all.

I wasn't trying to sound like one either, your hatch rate was definitely better than mine for sure! Just trying to share what I learned from here about testing the hygrometer and what I've read about humidity levels. Seems ours is always pretty high here at home, and I do believe that my hatching bator and it's varying temps are what caused my poor hatch rate.

anyway, hope I didn't come off that way either, just responding to what I saw as something that looked off to me. I do believe it was GAM who posted that about water fowl vs chicks for humidity percentages
 
Anyone have any suggestions for helping a chicken with a blocked crop? She's stretching her neck and gagging. I've massaged it and given her some warm water with olive oil mixed in... She's walking around but isn't pooping cause her vent looks dirty.
I'm in Dallas.
 
katsdar said:
Hey,
If you have some Turkey eggs and duck eggs when we come down I'd like to get just a few, not too many, I have heard when a duck hatches it looks like butter coming out of the shell, so I'm just curious and I have never hatched these before. So maybe just 3 of each and can you put them in the bator at the same time?
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We will certainly have ducks. Turkey would be a maybe.

They are supposed to have different hatch conditions but I do well with them in the cabinet together. In a styrofoam I wouldn't combine them.

xiang said:
South Atlanta here! Looking to rehome some quail hens if anyone is interested.
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What kind? How many? How much?
 
lalaqueen said:
Anyone have any suggestions for helping a chicken with a blocked crop? She's stretching her neck and gagging. I've massaged it and given her some warm water with olive oil mixed in... She's walking around but isn't pooping cause her vent looks dirty.
I'm in Dallas.
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get a warm wash cloth and clean her vent. Trim some feathers if you have to, but get her opened back up! I had to do this to one of my australorps. I went down after dark and they'd been on the roost for an hour or so, so they were calmed down pretty good. She looked at me like she was grateful, she didn't even squawk when I pulled a feather or two that was stuck in the poo, she was just happy to be cleaned up again.

of course she remembers none of that now......
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I'd say do that, keep massaging and work more olive oil into her as you can
 
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Well have a chicken and trying to determine what may be the cause, and if any treatment, seems that she has not been able to poop, have watched her on several occasion in what seems like she is trying to poop, but nothing, she does squirt a little runny green poo that manages to just stick to her vent area, then after a while just looks black. Have continually tried to keep her clean and have tried basically everything I can think off, also have clipped the feathers around her vent, and the entire area seems very red. This has continued for better then 6 weeks, have her in isolation and now trying to consider options Thanks for any help or input. Use to be sunnysidechick, but changed my username..
 
PapaChaz said:
get a warm wash cloth and clean her vent. Trim some feathers if you have to, but get her opened back up! I had to do this to one of  my australorps. I went down after dark and they'd been on the roost for an hour or so, so they were calmed down pretty good. She looked at me like she was grateful, she didn't even squawk when I pulled a feather or two that was stuck in the poo, she was just happy to be cleaned up again.
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Thank you ...
I cleaned her and she wasn't really dirty with dried poop but more soft and new.... It was like she was pushing out every time she was doing the gagging thing...
 

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