So most of you know that we let one of our chickens hatch out our duck eggs with only 1 hatching out of 6. Lil Quack was supposed to be raised by that hen but unfortunately she ended up rejecting her an hour after hatching so the very next day, my dad bought 2 female Welsh Harlequins from a breeder that he found even though he had no knowledge of the breed and that bill color right after hatching can tell you girl or boy.
Anyway, since Day 1, Lil Quack went outside everyday and Pinto & Banshee went outside everyday after coming home. A week later, I started allowing them to be out in the brooder coop all day and then I would bring them indoors for bed time.
I already know that usually being raised outdoors makes a bird more hardy but I was just wondering if it still counted with them being out all day in semi-warm weather. I moved them outside completely 2 weeks ago once they turned 4 weeks old. They were living with our 2 female ducks in a separate coop up until recently and then I moved everyone in with the chickens as the ducklings were big enough to not be bullied by the chickens even though I was worried at all since our hens are baby bird-friendly.
For those wondering about our drake, he was still living with our chickens and got to free range with them. Now that I keep both chickens and female ducks locked up in their yard, Colonel gets to free range by himself all day with our dogs watching him whenever they get let out every 15 mins.
My question, and I only want that answered.
Are our ducklings considered hardy??
All other replies to the post will be ignored if it's not answering my question.
Anyway, since Day 1, Lil Quack went outside everyday and Pinto & Banshee went outside everyday after coming home. A week later, I started allowing them to be out in the brooder coop all day and then I would bring them indoors for bed time.
I already know that usually being raised outdoors makes a bird more hardy but I was just wondering if it still counted with them being out all day in semi-warm weather. I moved them outside completely 2 weeks ago once they turned 4 weeks old. They were living with our 2 female ducks in a separate coop up until recently and then I moved everyone in with the chickens as the ducklings were big enough to not be bullied by the chickens even though I was worried at all since our hens are baby bird-friendly.
For those wondering about our drake, he was still living with our chickens and got to free range with them. Now that I keep both chickens and female ducks locked up in their yard, Colonel gets to free range by himself all day with our dogs watching him whenever they get let out every 15 mins.
My question, and I only want that answered.
Are our ducklings considered hardy??
All other replies to the post will be ignored if it's not answering my question.
