No you dont need the heat lamp any more. My ducks were born in late april and are now outside in their pen with no heat. However, if you have them in a garage with no lights on all day, I would replace the heat lamp with a small 25 watt light or something so they're not in the dark. They dont...
My ducks are in with my chickens. I guess my ducks are spoiled, because they DO sleep inside the coop every night, summer or winter. But on those frigid winter days when my chickens wont step foot outside the coop, the ducks are out in the snow. I never would even consider a heat lamp in my...