2019 Spring Ducklings are here!

[SA Farm]

I just spent a very lazy afternoon reading this entire thread
All the pics and videos helped with my impatience for my own ducklings to hatch for a while, then made it so much worse
Looking forward to more updates about them as well as about Daisy

 

[Miss Lydia]

Yes what about Daisy haven’t heard an update since she got some friends from @WVduckchick

 

[WVduckchick]

Yes what about Daisy haven’t heard an update since she got some friends from @WVduckchick

She said Daisy wants NOTHING to do with the little ones.

 

[DuckyDonna]

Our ducklings had their first 2°C (35F) night outside and they are doing fine. Ok, they have a heat-pad and an infrared lamp but this morning they were waiting outside of their cave for me to bring their water. Your weather should be much warmer than ours here, you're on the sea-side of the Appalachians. I'm a bit worried about next week, the forecast says -10°C (14F) for Wednesday night - i may wrap some movers blankets around the duckling house.

I know, we're due for below freezing here too next week and it's been close to 70° here the past few days. Hard to believe the temps can swing that much! Your's will probably be ok cause there are so many of them and they will all cuddle up together to keep warm. I think the blankets will be a good idea.

 

[DuckyDonna]

She said Daisy wants NOTHING to do with the little ones.
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So is "forest, amelia, Daisy" doing ok with her little leg? I might have missed something but what little ones is she not liking?

 

[WVduckchick]

So is "forest, amelia, Daisy" doing ok with her little leg? I might have missed something but what little ones is she not liking?

She said she uses the leg some, and gets around ok, but will probably never be “normal”. The little ones are 3 call ducks that I hatched a few weeks ago. She had hoped to integrate them, but Daisy doesn’t like them yet. she is spoiled.

 

[Magnolia Ducks]

I like that Daisy is spoiled.

 

[Magnolia Ducks]

I need you guys to weigh in. I have two coops, a hormonal drake, an adult duck, 5 four week old ducklings and 2 four week old goslings. I was thinking about the following housing. Put the drake in with the goslings and the ducklings in with the duck. She needs a break from the drake. I could halve the two coops with some netting. Does this sound like a good plan?

 

[Miss Lydia]

I wouldn’t put any babies in with a hormonal drakes make him a small area by himself for drake jail or put duck and all babies together if she will be nice and drake in one side.

 

[Magnolia Ducks]

Also, they just finished 50 lbs of flock raiser and I have 10 pounds of duck and 16 pounds of geese. Pretty good conversion ratio.