Duckling Brooder

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halfwildacres

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Feb 25, 2016
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We are moving to a new property and I am lucky enough to be able to design and build my new chicken coop and duck houses. I have a brooder room in my chicken coop to make introducing new flock members easier. Would it be wise to do the same thing for the ducks? I haven't had enough ducks for it to be an issue in the past, but I have 29 babies brooding in my garage and I was wondering if it would be better for them to brood separate but in sight of the adults? Thanks everyone!
 
halfwildacres said:
We are moving to a new property and I am lucky enough to be able to design and build my new chicken coop and duck houses. I have a brooder room in my chicken coop to make introducing new flock members easier. Would it be wise to do the same thing for the ducks? I haven't had enough ducks for it to be an issue in the past, but I have 29 babies brooding in my garage and I was wondering if it would be better for them to brood separate but in sight of the adults? Thanks everyone!
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If you can keep the ducklings warm enough, it would be a good idea to brood them where the adults can see/hear them, but not have access. I've read that this will help everyone be comfortable when it comes to the physical introductions later.

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and welcome to BYC!
 
Thanks! The duck house is going to have electric just in case, so it shouldn't be a problem to have a heat lamp or two. In theory, my muscovies will hatch and brood ducklings....but I want to be prepared.

Here is a pic of some of my adults back in October as teenagers:
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And here are the new kids:
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Yes, I've had khakis for 2 years and the scovies last fall. I am finally going to have room for lots more, so I jumped into runners and Rouens too lol.
 
I'm not sure. I said I was only going to get 5 more this year, lol. I anticipate having some really big problems with predators at our new place for a while because no one has been living there for two years. I am going to wait and see what happens before we get any more though. :)
 

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