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  1. shelleyd2008

    baby ducks are not growing/feathering right?

    I might try that, letting it swim with one or two others. Though I'm not sure I can tell which one it is? They all look the same! They do not have a heat light at all. The only heat they have is from themselves, and the room temp. I have the vent closed in that room so it doesn't wreak havoc...
  2. shelleyd2008

    baby ducks are not growing/feathering right?

    My ducklings needed no extra heat at all from about 2 weeks at the most. A lot of times, when I go in to feed them or something, they are laying in their brooder, with no other heat source than the temperature of the room, and they are panting. It is maybe 75 degrees in there tops, but they are...
  3. shelleyd2008

    baby ducks are not growing/feathering right?

    So how much heat would they need at this age? They are 3 and 4 weeks old. I was thinking of putting them outside with a light, but I don't want them getting cold
  4. shelleyd2008

    baby ducks are not growing/feathering right?

    Mojo Chick'n : http://www.albc-usa.org/cpl/waterfowl/rouen.html article on rouens (says they are slow to mature) http://www.albc-usa.org/cpl/waterfowl/cayuga.html one on cayugas - doesn't say anything about maturation length Yeah, I have heard that about the rouens, and the cayugas are...
  5. shelleyd2008

    baby ducks are not growing/feathering right?

    Quote: Yeah, other than after swimming, it can walk just fine the rest of the time. Maybe I'm not giving them enough brewer's yeast? What exactly does brewer's yeast do for them?
  6. shelleyd2008

    baby ducks are not growing/feathering right?

    So what about the one that can't swim? It just sits there and cries. Then when it gets out, it can't walk right for a while. My pekins were swimming daily by this age, and these guys only get to every 2-3 days, because of this one.
  7. shelleyd2008

    baby ducks are not growing/feathering right?

    They are in the house still, but they don't have any heat light. Just what they get from the 'furnace', and the vent is closed in that room, cause it makes my bators go nuts.
  8. shelleyd2008

    baby ducks are not growing/feathering right?

    I have 4 cayugas and 3 rouens. The cayugas are almost 4 weeks old. The rouens are about 3. None of them really have any feathers yet, from what I can tell? They are also a lot smaller than my pekins were at the same age. So what gives? Do they cayuga and rouens grow that much slower than pekins...
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