Recent content by BelovedBirds

Its probably the draw down for hatch which is normal. Whay breed of duck is it? are you using a calibrated thermometer?

I love pigeons. Beautiful birds

so true! I remember years ago, standing in my kitchen with my mum, eating a bar of chocolate. And I said "I will _never_ go vegan. Vegetarian maybe. Not vegan" Well after I ate that chocolate, a few years later I ate my words...! I didnt get the dairy industry back then, now I realise how much...

I think plant based meat substitutes or alternatives can be a good supplement to any diet, reducing the amount of animal products people use means less animals farmed and more care is taken with them- If you think about factory farming etc, its all about quantity not quality or welfare, they...

I'm sure you're already recieving great advice, just a note that I can think of- Where in the brooder is she located? Being in a small sort of chamber by herself, she wont be able to properly adjust her temperature by leaving the heat or going closer to warm up- Is there any chance you could...

hopefully!! If you have nothing by end of day 18, I'd give the remaining eggs a quick candle to see how many you're waiting on. Are you brooding the chicks the same room as youre incubating the eggs? I ask because, sometimes it helps for the unhatched chicks to hear the chirps, it can encourage...

I can bring my ducks? :idunno🤣 I'm still experimenting with my recipes but gosh! I feel so much better with healthy food! Yesterday I made these fried potato bites, which werent as healthy but still homemade from potatoes. They were so good! I'll probably make more soon and share the recipe/photos!

If keeping them as a feeder colony, I'd use a storage tub with a mesh lid, do the drainage layer, springtails and substrate, then just fill with either cardboard egg cartons or wooden branches, it would be easier to find nymphs that way! Bioactives keep themselves clean, which is why I like them

Its a pretty simple one! I got a little glass aquarium and put drainage (lava rocks I think they're called) at the bottom, then a mesh layer, then coconut fibre and activated charcaol with a springtail culture in. More coconut fibre, and then orchid bark and leaf little. I put some cork bark in...

how did you wash them, and what day are they on?

if there is a smell coming from the egg, and or bubbles coming from it, its gone sadly

Im sorry about the egg. I know you said your aunt gave you this egg, as you wanted a duck- but just a word of caution- ducks are an enormous commitment, they can live over 10 years and are incredibly messy and expensive animals. Most are pretty timid too and need other ducks to live happily...

what temp is the brooder and is he able to escape the heat? Are his nostrils looking normal? He wont poop too much yet until he is eating and drinking normally, as long as butt looks normal, I'd be more worried about the panting. Its normal at just hours old to be sleepy, his toes should uncurl...

what makes you think so?

Looking closely at this photo, can you check down by its vent area? Make sure everything looks normal? I've only hatched ducklings, but if the chick is very young, the curled up toes and sleepiness should be pretty normal- give it a bit longer, keeping it warm, and it should hopefully wake up a...