How do ducks fair in the winter???

[Amiga]

Appreciate the rambling, Haunted55, one never knows what part of one's experience will prove extremely helpful to someone else.

A balmy -4F this morning here.

 

[Miss Lydia]

I have 9 ducks (2 are muscovies). They are doing pretty well in our extreme temperatures (average overnight -10F). They sleep in a coop with wood floor off ground and shavings for bedding. They do not stray far from coop in the day, but do like to go outside. They do not like to be on the snow, so will run from coop to their daytime hang out area which is nice and dry. My Muscovy girls do not hang with my other ducks and they have a spot in our shop garage where they spend almost all their time, even though the garage door is propped so they can come and go as they please. Here's a pic of my group taken a few days ago and a close up of my favorite Cayuga girl.

Gorgeous girl J, I'm sure they all will be happy to see spring.

 

[Haunted55]

-8 here and chores were a joy, well as much as they can be, today. I will never go through another winter without having these water storage systems set up in every house! No hoses freezing, no kinks to have to chase down, no frost bitten fingers. Oh yeah, this works well.

 

[Amiga]

-8 here and chores were a joy, well as much as they can be, today. I will never go through another winter without having these water storage systems set up in every house! No hoses freezing, no kinks to have to chase down, no frost bitten fingers. Oh yeah, this works well.

 

[Iain Utah]

Thanks, Lydia!!

A small snowstorm is hitting us today and we are shockingly in the upper 30s with rain at my place this morning. Gotta love the surprise heat wave!

 

[Miss Lydia]

Thanks, Lydia!!

A small snowstorm is hitting us today and we are shockingly in the upper 30s with rain at my place this morning. Gotta love the surprise heat wave!

Good for you!! upper 30's is surely a heat wave. we're holding steady at 30.

 

[Marwan]

In the uk its been hitting -8C at night and my ducks dont feel it at all. I mean they ran about in the snow for three hours and swam about in a frozen lake that someone has broken and were soaked bet and walking about in the snow yet when i touched them they were warm. Duck are made for the cold. Obviously there is a limit and you should never let them struggle to keep warm. whether like me you add extra bedding or get some heating near them isnt a problem but some effort should be made when tempretures drop really low that would cause them to have to struggle to keep warm. This video of my duckies was filmed about 20 mins after there swim in the frozen lake and they were all fluffy and playing in the snow. Hope i helped

 

[nancyg]

I HAVE TO PET DUCKS AND THAY ARE SPOILED ROTTEN CENT IT COLD THAY WANT IN THERE BOX IN THE GRARAGE AT NIGHT . I NEVER HAD DUCK EVERY ONE SAYING I HAVE THEM TO SPOILED WIN IT COLD THYE THINK THAY NEED IN GRGARAGE FRIND SAYING I GOING TO KILL... THIM OR MAKE THEM SICK . HELP THAY OUT BY TEN PYAYING UP AT 8 BUT WIN SNOW FLYING I DO NOT NO WHAT TO DO I HAVE A BIG DOG CAGE AND DOG HOUSE AND MADE THEM A PLAY YARD TOWITH A BIG POOL I WAS TOLD TO TAKE IT AWAYI AT END OF OCT SO CAN SOME ONE HELP THANKS

 

[LittleChefMarcy]

Thank you so much for that post! I have always wondered how much those heat lamps cost to run vs more feed. Thank you for doing that research for me!

 

[LittleChefMarcy]

Hi! I was just reading some posts about ducks and geese during the winter. I saw your post and I'm pretty sure it's old. I'm not very experienced with posts in forums LOL! You mentioned you are using a water storage system in each coop. Can you describe that to me? The worst winter chore I have is lugging water from inside my house out to all the animals in the winter. This winter I will be recovering from knee surgery, so I am trying to plan ahead and get a new system that will make it easier for me. Can you describe your system for me please?