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- Jan 6, 2024
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*edited to add photo references*
(Including a photo of her “condo” as I like to call it…)
She is a singleton khaki campbell duck born in March of last year. Her companion unfortunately died of a fox attack this past summer.
She has about 6 inches of pine shavings inside of a cardboard Costco box with a standard infrared heat lamp (same one typically included in hatchling/duckling starter kits sold at Tractor Supple) that’s hanging about 3-4 feet above that and her water supply.
It’s -6 with snow on the ground here tonight. There’s a lot of gusting snow, but as you can see, we rigged up some tarps for a wind break. Will she be too cold without any other ducks to cuddle her out there? How quickly would a duck die if they freeze to death??
I can try to check on her regularly throughout the night, but waking up to all those alarms sounds brutal to me lol. Or I also have a large indoor cage on wheels in basement that I could put her in for the night if need be?
Which would you recommend and/or what would you do if it were your own pet duck?
Thanks!
(Including a photo of her “condo” as I like to call it…)
She is a singleton khaki campbell duck born in March of last year. Her companion unfortunately died of a fox attack this past summer.
She has about 6 inches of pine shavings inside of a cardboard Costco box with a standard infrared heat lamp (same one typically included in hatchling/duckling starter kits sold at Tractor Supple) that’s hanging about 3-4 feet above that and her water supply.
It’s -6 with snow on the ground here tonight. There’s a lot of gusting snow, but as you can see, we rigged up some tarps for a wind break. Will she be too cold without any other ducks to cuddle her out there? How quickly would a duck die if they freeze to death??
I can try to check on her regularly throughout the night, but waking up to all those alarms sounds brutal to me lol. Or I also have a large indoor cage on wheels in basement that I could put her in for the night if need be?
Which would you recommend and/or what would you do if it were your own pet duck?
Thanks!
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