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I really like what @DylansMom is doing with giving weekly vitamins. One of the issues with amprolium (the medication in Corid and in most -- but not all -- medicated feeds) is that it interferes with vitamins that coccidia need to survive. So sometimes you read that giving vitamins and...

Yes! Peas are smart as adults, but sometimes eat things that aren't good for them as chicks -- I've seen them go after shavings, and I don't use them for new chicks anymore. I would also be cautious with paper towels, as they can be too slippery for good footing, and can result in splayed...

@Pyxis , congrats on getting the first eggs to hatch -- lots of folks don't get that far with their first pea eggs. Sorry about the losses. It seems pretty unlikely to me that the chicks would die from lack of protein if the lowest percentage component was 18%. They may not grow as fast --...

Can it blink? Does it have vision on that side?

I really like the EnteDerm -- I am going to ask the vet to send me another couple of tubes so I can keep it on hand for the birds. It was from a script for the dog after surgery, and it worked really well. I've used the leftovers on two different peachicks so far, and it seems to work really...

That's just weird. Have you been playing with your x-ray machine and gamma ray guns again? Oh yeah, and try the EnteDerm plus multi-antibiotic therapy on the funky belly baby -- see if it changes anything? Hmmm, huge bulging eye -- did you cross to a goldfish?

Apparently one of my two "late-quitters" wasn't quite as far gone as I thought... The other one hasn't experienced this result. We'll see in a day or two if this one makes it Edited to add -- the staining on the egg is from getting rained on and spending the night in the mud & puddles...

A substantial part of the problem you are experiencing (aside from perhaps the lack of a good macro lens) is that when cameras went digital, autofocus took over the world. In the "old days" of manual focusing, we might not always get it right, but the decisions as to where precisely to have...

@copperduck hatching pea eggs is hard, especially starting out. Lots of folks sell chicks, and some folks will ship chicks or adult birds. By the time you buy more eggs and maybe hatch some - or maybe not - you can easily exceed the cost of buying a few birds. So it's something to think about...

I mostly use tap water, sometimes remember to have bottled water for it, but not consistently. I haven't tested to verify that there are bacteria present in the water in the tray, but I am convinced that the water tray is a significant source of contamination in the incubator. I do think that...

Okay, let me try again. A fertilized peafowl egg will not have a red spot or red fleck from fertilization. Lack of a red spot does not mean the egg was not fertilized. Instead, if you crack one open, expect to find (if you look very carefully -- can be very hard to see -- a white fleck with a...

Hmmm, did she say anything about fertility? Or whether she had incubated any? Most folks (at least the responsible ones) will check for fertility before selling eggs, although that is still no guarantee. But if earlier eggs are fertile, the later ones from the same hen (barring changes) are...

In peafowl, it will look white, with a ring around it, not red like a chicken's egg. @Birdrain92 , don't you have some nice photos? @copperduck , if you can learn how to candle eggs (a small LED flashlight works well), it will help a lot in future hatchings. You should know for sure by 10...