I KNOW. Y'all warned me, but heavens! I look at them in the morning, and by the evening, I can see a change.
I love ducks... we used to rescue baby ducks and raise them till adults... then release them in the pond next to our home and they would always come back and hang out on our front porch
My little Figgy is a Runner. She already has such a pretty little face!If I could have proper space for ducks...I would want a Runner duck!
Have you not searched on BYC? - It is some kind of common knowledge/experience here that exposing the ducklings to water accelerates their development even further. The preening gland develops faster and the feathers grow in a bit faster.
I can't imagine doing that experiment. How could you deny a duckling exposure to water? I was always a pushover when my ducklings would cheep cheep demanding their swim
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Having had many different breeds of ducks, they all have lovable personalities, be it the addition to treats in my White Layers who would do anything for food, over the screechy voices of my Black Swedish to the stubbornness of Misty, one of my mixed ducks who never runs inside the house on a straight line, they are all lovable!If I could have proper space for ducks...I would want a Runner duck!
I had to convince the last ones to go into the new big tub full of water, but once the first is in… 25 days old, during the "axe-murderer" stage:I can't imagine doing that experiment. How could you deny a duckling exposure to water? I was always a pushover when my ducklings would cheep cheep demanding their swim
Sweet Clementine 
