Ducks okay to stay outside?

[HenniePennie]

I know, it's a crazy questions especially since 'wild' ducks don't build duck houses!! This is the first year I have had ducks. I have a pair of white crested. They hang with my pair of bb-bronze turkeys and the four of them stay outside all the time. Their pool had some ice in it but they were swimming away in it. I don't have to worry about their feet freezing?
Someone please put my mind at eas !!

I love my poultry!!

 

[pardygwyn]

No need to worry about them as long as they can get out easily.

Ducks are actually better off in winter if they can get to some sort of bathing water; it stimulates their oil glands. Ours always got bedraggled during the Alaskan winters from the pool icing over, so we'd let them into the bathtub for a quick bath and an afternoon of preening and pooping inside after the tub was drained. LOL

 

[HenniePennie]

pardygwyn, thank you for the info. Today I purchased a heat thing to keep their kiddie pool from freezing. I didn't get back til late and it was already 17 degrees without figuring in the wind chill factor. My pipes underground froze so I have no water so they'll have to wait til tomorrow!!