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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...

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...

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...

This is my first year raising chickens. I hatched 10 Silkies and bought 3 more from a local breeder. I have been feeding them Naturewise Starter feed (linked) since I have a rooster in my flock. I recently discovered that I have a Marek's disease infection and lost 3 hens in about 3 weeks. My...

I am finishing up construction on my chicken run this week. For cost reasons, I chose to only cover part of the run area, I have been hoping to use sand in that area, but have read that sand is not good to use in areas that get wet, I am not sure why... Does anyone have any alternatives? I have...

I have six 3 week old runner ducks and they are quickly outgrowing their brooder. I'm considering moving them to their pen, but I don't have an outlet for a heat plate. I'm in North Carolina and we are seeing temperatures in the '90s during the day and 70s during the night. Would they be okay?

I have an approximately 4 month old silkie that has gone lame. She was fine yesterday morning, But when I will let everyone out to free-range yesterday afternoon I noticed she was limping. I checked for cuts or bumblefoot and did not see anything. I left her with the flock and rechecked her a...

I have 8 Indian runner eggs in my incubator on day 18. We had a power outage today while I was at work that left my my incubator without power for about 7 hrs. It's around 72 degrees inside. Will they hatch? Any risk of deformity? I hatched a cross beak chick once so I'm paranoid.

I went to my local feed store and the employee recommended Bartlett Game Bird Starter Crumbles for my ducklings. But I have been reading that the protein is too high. My ducklings are about 5 weeks old. It has a 28% protein. Any thoughts?

Hi everyone! This is my first year raising chickens. I started by ordering some Silkie eggs that hatched on March 1st. I added three guaranteed females to my flock and have another six eggs in the incubator. I'm really excited about the process and will no doubt have lots of questions.

I always reset my incubator before I put it away. (Using nutureright 360). I put in some new eggs Saturday afternoon without checking the countdown and just realized the automatic egg turner wasn't on, it's Tuesday morning. I had been hand turning them once a day because I am rotating the eggs...