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post #1 of 7
5/4/12 at 11:15am
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I have searched the forum and most say 8 weeks. Mine are 2 weeks old, 3 runners.  My daytime temps are 80-90 with night time temps in the upper 60s-70s. The duck house is almost totally enclosed, no drafts, with the front open. There will be a heat lamp.  I feel that they will be ok, but it is my first time with ducks and am at a loss and would like you all experts to weigh in.

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James

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post #2 of 7
5/4/12 at 11:25am

Keep those messy buggers in my house until 8 weeks? gig.gif

 

My ducks are usually evicted out about 3 weeks when they go into their own outside coop. Then I introduce them to the others about 12 weeks 

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 Crested Ducks                     Common Chicken Practices          Learn more about Avian Influenza

 

 

 
“We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.”
— Maya Angelou

 

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post #3 of 7
5/4/12 at 11:49am
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good, i was ready for them to go out. i had no idea the mess of ducks, am not sure that they are worth it. i got runners for garden pest control, eggs and antics.
 

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post #4 of 7
5/4/12 at 1:12pm
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good, i was ready for them to go out. i had no idea the mess of ducks, am not sure that they are worth it. i got runners for garden pest control, eggs and antics.
 

I know just how you feel, but don't question their worth! They eat every insect imaginable! (One of my three swallowed a dragon fly this morning!) They are worth their weight in gold, especially if you have layers! Their eggs are second to none in baking!

Enjoy them!!!

3 buff orpingtons: 1 drake 2 ducks, 4 redstar chickens, 1 sassy poodle, 1 parakeet, 1 beta fish, 3 siblings, 2 parents, and 1 Savior I accredit it all to<3

 

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3 buff orpingtons: 1 drake 2 ducks, 4 redstar chickens, 1 sassy poodle, 1 parakeet, 1 beta fish, 3 siblings, 2 parents, and 1 Savior I accredit it all to<3

 

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post #5 of 7
5/4/12 at 1:32pm
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Thanks, I am going to give it a try and hope that I have some broody chickens this fall or next spring so that I don't have to keep them inside again.  I am also going to have to try guineas this year as the ticks are horendous, my wife has already had a bout with lymes disease and taking medicine now.  don't know how that will work out but have to try things to see.

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post #6 of 7
5/4/12 at 1:40pm

It gets 50-60 outside here but I kicked mine out at 3 weeks. Too many of them and too big (plus we had a second batch of babies come that needed the space in the house). Their house is closed and draft free. I have a heat lamp on at night. They have been out there almost 2 weeks now and have been doing fantastic!

Amy Beth. Zoo Mom to Cats, Dog, Lizards, Ducks, Chickens and Geese. Ducks: Pekins, FW runners, WH, Buffs, Black Runner, Golden 300s and Silver Appleyards. | Chickens: Buff Orps,  French Black Copper Marans, Bantam Blue Laced Red Wyandottes, TJs Leghorns, Naked Necks and EEs. | Geese: Brown African | 

 

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Amy Beth. Zoo Mom to Cats, Dog, Lizards, Ducks, Chickens and Geese. Ducks: Pekins, FW runners, WH, Buffs, Black Runner, Golden 300s and Silver Appleyards. | Chickens: Buff Orps,  French Black Copper Marans, Bantam Blue Laced Red Wyandottes, TJs Leghorns, Naked Necks and EEs. | Geese: Brown African | 

 

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post #7 of 7
5/4/12 at 7:13pm
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Just finished the duck house today
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