Ducks in Coop

[holsdad]

Is it normal for 10-week-old ducks to prefer their coop to being outside, they come out at 9 am and want go back in at 4 pm?

 

[sourland]

Be thankful. Generally they start thinking they should sleep outside at night.

 

[Canadian Wind]

Do you leave something interesting in the coop? Is it closed off after they go out? Or perhaps they're just trying to get out of the afternoon heat?

 

[holsdad]

Be thankful. Generally they start thinking they should sleep outside at night.

May they start getting noisy at night, if so what age

 

[Canadian Wind]

Be thankful. Generally they start thinking they should sleep outside at night.

I'm tempted to play either Flight of the Valkyrie or the Benny Hill Theme, depending on the day, as I herd my bunch in!

 

[HeatherKellyB]

Do they have shade outside? Maybe a predator is worrying them?

 

[holsdad]

Do you leave something interesting in the coop? Is it closed off after they go out? Or perhaps they're just trying to get out of the afternoon heat?

Treats are put in when they start honking and in they go, around 8pm I top things up and give them another few treats.

 

[holsdad]

Do they have shade outside? Maybe a predator is worrying them?

enclosed with netting, it may be the treats but they stay in and are quiet

 

[Canadian Wind]

Treats are put in when they start honking and in they go, around 8pm I top things up and give them another few treats.

Looks to me like they have YOU trained,

 

[sourland]

Treats are put in when they start honking and in they go, around 8pm I top things up and give them another few treats.

Excellent training. Sleeping outside leaves them vulnerable to predation.