Heat Question

[TiaNicole]

Hi all,

so I live in Naples Florida! I have four Pekin ducklings that are almost 5 weeks old. They’re getting big and quick! Their outside duck coop isn’t finished yet. We still have them in their brooder which I kept on our back lanai. Since the ducklings are getting so big do they still need their heat pad? It’s usually 90 degrees during the day and at night around 70 degrees. I don’t see them using it anymore and in the morning they always have it tipped over. Just curious if I can take it out so they have more room in the brooder until their coop is done!

 

[EverythingDucks]

Definitely hot enough here. At about this age people remove their heat lamps or pads.

 

[U_Stormcrow]

Naples, I'm in the FL Panhandle. My eldest ducks are 9 weeks, also Pekins. I was able to move them outside almost four weeks ago, no heating pad. My youngest ducks are 5 weeks, yesterday, and have now joined their elders outside, no pad.

I anticipate you will have no issues at all removing the pad, particularly if they remain sheltered.

I have a rather large hen house - my ducks tend to collect underneath it in inclement weather, to sleep at night, and to hide from the blazing sun mid day.