duck swimming

I recently got 2 ducklings! They are really young... Like just under 3 days old! So they obviously do not have their adult feathers or the oil that they need in order to not sink immediately. I was not planning on letting them swim yet, but for future reference... when is it ok to let baby ducks...

After reading the article, on this sight, about chicks who when raised in a brooder where they could see out the sides, became much less scared and friendlier chickens, I decided to build a brooder with a view for my ducklings. I cut/melted a large rectangle out of the side of a large plastic...

This is our first year with our 16 ladies and my husband has installed a 8' stock stank (almost ground level) for swimming. You know they love it better then the kiddy pools because they can dive under the water too. Of course, with 16 ducks there is a lot of duck muck. :) Right now we have...