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The ducks we lost started looking sluggish and seemed to be having trouble walking. The next time we saw them, they were already gone. I culled one of them myself since it seemed to already be on its way out. Regarding the heat lamps, they are not placed in a way that they would injure...

We lost about three older ducks. None of the adults. Still no hatchlings and it has been over 35 days at least from when we started counting. Could the cold weather make a difference? Again there is a heat lamp inside and we have had it on during colder days/nights. Our other hen has been laying...

Yes, they have a shelter and heat lamps. They don't all seem to be bright enough to go in as needed. We had some trouble with mixing the different age groups when we had three different clutches at the same time.

Thank you. We have been brooding them previously as the drake was a bit rough with them and the other hen seemed to be after them as well. Update: We had another casualty today. I think it is the cold and I think some of them found some water to stand in along with the cold. The temperatures...

@Amiga Thank you for the advice! We will weigh out our options on how to proceed. It is cold so we were not sure if it was just too much for this one or if it was injured somehow. They do have heat lamps. We started the clock on the eggs that are being sat on and will see how that goes unless...

Two things: Winter hatching and what to do with a dead duck found today. We have two hens and a drake who have helped provide us with over 30 ducks since May 2014. We thought they were done until the spring, but one of the hens started laying again two weeks ago. We are in north Texas near...