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Sometimes hen will pick the feathers near the head of other hens. Not sure if that is the case with your hen. Some kinds of feather...

Just wanted to make sure that if someone has a pen similar to the one from Amazon they need to add some type of skirting or something to...

The most recent hatch. The 3 mothers set about the same time in the same corner. They are co-parenting. No fighting between mothers...

The first pic is of the second youngest chick next to the duck eggs. The one in the food dish is one of the first hatches of the season...

If you're not up to the transport idea, your single hen will be fine for a couple weeks. I know with chicks a mirror helps. I wonder...

The 3 Silkies who shared a nest were joined by a 4th. They successfully hatched 4 chicks (out of 6) this weekend. One yellow with...

Place the chicks where she can see them, but not touch. If she seems calm create a hole where chicks can go in and out but the hen...

If you were able to see and now it's dark without an air cell then unfortunately that sounds like a bad egg.

One possibility is that the eggs are not loosing enough moisture during incubation. This would cause the air sacks to not be large...

What is your humidity the first 21 days? Where are the eggs from? What type of ducks?

The weights are affected by the amount of moisture each egg is loosing. No veins is an indicator that the developing chick died. At...

I think you probably understand that any duckling with Cayuga and Buff is mixed breed. They are definitely colorful ducklings. The...

If the starter you are using is typically used for chicks it likely needs more niacin. Look over comments from Miss Lydia.

Starter is fine to feed to all chickens. I don't know about organic feeds, but here it is easier nonmedicated food than medicated.

I have not had any problems due to chicks eating layer. The Problem would be a build up overtime, so I personally don't worry about...