Recent content by NimsHouseGarden

I know I am a year late, and I hope you had a good success! I ended up having 4 out of 6 hatch. Who knows what would have happened had I reset the turner, but it is still a decent hatch rate. All of them ended up being hens, which is even better luck!

I hatched 4 Indian runner ducklings yesterday. The last one hatched a little puny. It had a hard time balancing upright in the incubator so I left it overnight so we could have a little more time by itself. This morning it was still having a hard time with its balance in mobility. I read another...

Thank you for your help

With two birds affected, what would be the underlying cause?

Sorry replied to the wrong comment! No crop issues that I can tell. What should I be feeling for?

No crop issues that I can tell.

They are on a starter/grower food by nutrena. I treat them with soldier fly grubs from Eaton pet and pasture and add some hemp seeds to their food.

I am assuming this is vent gleet. I noticed it this afternoon on two of my silkies.. We have had a ton of rain the past few days so I'm not sure how long it's been going on. I'm wondering because it's happening to two hens if it's a bacterial infection spread by my rooster. He's a new rooster...

Thank you for your thorough response! I did not consider things that may impact viability. I have someone close by that I will donate eggs to for a test batch before selling! Hopefully I will have some good results. I did not know about self fertilization! That is wild!

Hi! This is my first time checking for fertilization in duck eggs, my runner ducks have recently started laying again and I'm considering selling hatching eggs. I've witnessed my drake performing his "fertilization ritual", but this is his first year, so he may need some more practice. I...

That's good advice! Chicken nutrition seems pretty precise. Thank you so much! Unfortunately the Internet has not provided the simple solution I have sought. Feed x or do x for chickens suffering from Marek's. I will play around. At this point I feel like if they will die without being...

Thank you so much! Very helpful.

I'm asking for veteran chicken keepers, and hopefully someone who has gone through a similar situation, to help me determine if I'm doing the right things. I'm not actively looking to switch foods, but if my flock would be better served with a food that has higher protein, more fats or some...

Yes, I did have a necropsy. Two presented with the paralytic version about 3 weeks apart. At first, it seemed like a bad leg injury and progressed significantly within 24 hours. The first vet I took my first hen to suspected a spinal injury, but after the second hen had essentially the same...