CAYUGA ducks information please :-D

[ARTic]

????..."Do I take the hatched Cayuga ducklings inside and pop them in a warm light box or do I take the other 2 lots of eggs out from the chickens and put them in the incubation box that I made last night???...?"
It Winter here in Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand. It's not a very cold Winter but there is rain sometimes.
Will the chickens be able to raise the ducklings in Winter? there is no snow here

 

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Today's weather is 12.5 c

 

[21hens-incharge]

Congratulations on having good mama hens! I would not try and let chickens raise ducklings myself as I have no experience with doing so. I would bring them in and keep them inside under a brooder lamp in a brooder box. Not sure about hoping a mama hen will keep them warm and dry enough.

That is me though ...... caution and all that.

 

[ARTic]

This week's weather is meant to be 12.5c-15c
Humidity today is 80%

 

[21hens-incharge]

That is not a bad temp for the little ones if mama is doing the mama thing and keeping them warm when they need it.
What is the overnight low supposed to be?

 

[ARTic]

5 ducklings have hatched so far. The first of the 8 died :-(

 

[ARTic]

They turned the roof of there bedroom into a hamic. There so so cute my little Cayuga ducklings. 3 days old

 

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[21hens-incharge]

That is fantastic! I am glad most of them made it. Losing one happens from time to time. The ducklings look to be doing quite well!