- Jun 25, 2008
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Hi my ducklings are roughly fourteen days old, haven't started getting feathers, still all cute and yellow and fluffy! Not for long though! I called them Missy and Angel.
Anyway, I'm new to ducks, have raised chicks and keep hens but new to ducks.
Accomadation
Ok so at the moment, I am keeping them inside until they get a little bigger. I'm keeping them in my sittingroom in a big pet carrier. I will move them to a shed in a bigger bow when older and then outside to free range and locked in at night. I also don't have a heat lamp but they seemed snug and warm without one last night.
Water
I have a thing for their water that is attached on to the cage so they can duck their heads in but not knock it over and its not deep enough for them to drown. I wash it out 2-3 times a day as they muck it up.
Bedding
I have hay as there bedding which I have been cleaning out everyday (got them yesterday) as they get it wet from messing in the water.
Food
I heard you can raise them on rolled oats so that is what I am doing. I researched that it is good to give them different fruits and vegetables. So far I have just given them watermelon which they loved. I read that you should experiment with vegetables to see what they will eat. Not to feed them medicated chick starter as they can overdose and mouldy food can be fatal.
Swimming
Introduced them to swimming today. Filled up a baby bath with water and their was a little place that they can go up on so they won't tire and drown.
So thats it! Anything I am doing wrong, anything I should add and any tips thanks!
Anyway, I'm new to ducks, have raised chicks and keep hens but new to ducks.
Accomadation
Ok so at the moment, I am keeping them inside until they get a little bigger. I'm keeping them in my sittingroom in a big pet carrier. I will move them to a shed in a bigger bow when older and then outside to free range and locked in at night. I also don't have a heat lamp but they seemed snug and warm without one last night.
Water
I have a thing for their water that is attached on to the cage so they can duck their heads in but not knock it over and its not deep enough for them to drown. I wash it out 2-3 times a day as they muck it up.
Bedding
I have hay as there bedding which I have been cleaning out everyday (got them yesterday) as they get it wet from messing in the water.
Food
I heard you can raise them on rolled oats so that is what I am doing. I researched that it is good to give them different fruits and vegetables. So far I have just given them watermelon which they loved. I read that you should experiment with vegetables to see what they will eat. Not to feed them medicated chick starter as they can overdose and mouldy food can be fatal.
Swimming
Introduced them to swimming today. Filled up a baby bath with water and their was a little place that they can go up on so they won't tire and drown.
So thats it! Anything I am doing wrong, anything I should add and any tips thanks!
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