Greetings!
I know many people are getting started with ducklings. I am getting restarted
The runners are four weeks and a couple of days old. The tallest is about 18 inches now, and the smaller ricotta tubs were being disassembled and their contents strewn about the brooder. sigh. The tubs were no longer deep enough for them to dip their heads in, so their heads would go in at an angle, and POP off came the lid.
I still love them dearly.
I have posted pics of the ricotta tub face washers for little ducklings. Now, here is the next step up, for the taller ducklings who need to be able to wash their faces (eyes and nostrils) to avoid infections but cannot get into the tub or pool or pond every day.
Here are the components: A large yogurt container, its lid with a head-sized hole cut out of it, a custard cup, and a pie plate to hold splash.
I fill the yogurt container about 3/4 full of cold water, then place the custard cup firmly level inside. It goes less than halfway down, but this is deep enough for the ducklings at this time.
The container is then filled to the top and the lid snapped on. The bucket is placed on the pie plate and into the brooder.
So far, so good. I wanted something heavy enough that it would be difficult to overturn, and tall enough that they could use it standing up, as well as deep enough for their heads and bills.
I know many people are getting started with ducklings. I am getting restarted
The runners are four weeks and a couple of days old. The tallest is about 18 inches now, and the smaller ricotta tubs were being disassembled and their contents strewn about the brooder. sigh. The tubs were no longer deep enough for them to dip their heads in, so their heads would go in at an angle, and POP off came the lid.
I still love them dearly.
I have posted pics of the ricotta tub face washers for little ducklings. Now, here is the next step up, for the taller ducklings who need to be able to wash their faces (eyes and nostrils) to avoid infections but cannot get into the tub or pool or pond every day.
Here are the components: A large yogurt container, its lid with a head-sized hole cut out of it, a custard cup, and a pie plate to hold splash.
I fill the yogurt container about 3/4 full of cold water, then place the custard cup firmly level inside. It goes less than halfway down, but this is deep enough for the ducklings at this time.
The container is then filled to the top and the lid snapped on. The bucket is placed on the pie plate and into the brooder.
So far, so good. I wanted something heavy enough that it would be difficult to overturn, and tall enough that they could use it standing up, as well as deep enough for their heads and bills.
