4 Day Old Duckling Behavior Question

My adults get some kind of greens every morning floated in their water bucket. They love Bok Choy of all things, but also like nappa cabbage, spinach, lettuce, etc. I just give them the tips, stems, or wilted parts of whatever we eat. I also have given them thawed out frozen french cut green beans. A bag got freezer burned and I figured I would try to see if they liked it rather than just pitching them. They gobbled them up.

The also LOVE cat food. I have my cats on a low carb/high protein feed. I give them a handful in the morning and another in the afternoon. We also have an ancient cat that gets wet food, but she only licks the outside and tends to leave the rest to dry out and refuses to eat it. The ducks get that too.
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So far the only things they really don't like are alfalfa sprouts, cauliflower and celery tops.
 
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it's addorible when my chicks start playing and chasing one other back and forth across the brooder room, and the ducklings get in on the action.
 
I just got an Indian Runner duckling and a Khaki Campbell duckling and the the little Indian Runner is a riot. He / She is always yelling until we come in there and then goes crazy all over the cage and then jsut collapsed and looks at us like that was hard work.

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I am so glad I got a couple of ducklings.....that is just to funny about the little indian runner
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I can't wait til I can take them outside, but it is to cold here yet. How long do they need to be under lights? I haven't gotten my duck book yet.
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I found this...

"Brooding temperatures

The behavior of the young birds is a better guide than a thermometer. When brooder temperature is too hot, the birds will crowd away from the heat. High temperatures may result in a slower rate of feathering and growth.

When the temperature is uncomfortably cold, goslings tend to huddle together under the brooder or crowd in corners. Keeping a light on the birds at night will discourage such crowding. An infrared brooder provides enough light for this purpose. When the brooding temperature is right, the goslings will be well distributed over the floor. At night, the birds should form a circle around the hover.

A starting temperature near 90 degrees at the edge of the hover is about right. This temperature should be reduced about 5 to 10 degrees per week until 70 degrees is reached. When using infrared brooders, air temperature is not so important. Heat usually is not required after the fifth or sixth week, and in good weather, the young birds can be taken out to pasture. "
 
Thanks for the info Wifezilla! They do seem to be comfy but being there are only 2 the brroder is rather small. So they tend to stay away from the heat area. They enjoy hanging by their waterer & drinking a ton!
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we went down to the giant pet store in a neighboring state, and picked up 24 earthworms. Brought them home and tossed a few to our 6 month old ducks. One of them ate ALL of them, just zipped around and gobbled them up. Then they all did a crazy head bobbing, glurp/quacking noise, and acted like idiots. Hilarious!!!
 
Oh HECK YEAH!

Lana, my buff duck, ate almost all 12 of them. I think Jack, my drake, MAYBE got 2. Chrissy was too afraid of something different being in their pool. Lana figured it looked like some sort of fast food and dived right in after them
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Wild ducks dive for fish.
 

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