Hello,
I am new to having pet ducks, I bought 4 ducklings in April of this year, I feed them one large scoop of crack corn a day, and they live in the 40 foot diameter pond directly behind my house.
The problem is winter is coming and I have rigged up a thermostat and heat lamp in their hutch and moved the hutch down to the pond, but the ducks don't go into it to roost for the night, I am worried about the cold winter wind and the like.
Can anyone tell me please if there is something that I can do to get them to start to roost in the hutch? I am hoping that when it gets colder that they will discover the warmth in the hutch and figure it out. I also have a 26 gallon short plastic tub with a bird bath water heater so they have more than enough water to drink and dunk their heads in the winter when there is snow on the ground.
If anyone has any answers or suggestions I will try them for sure.
Thanks,
Rick, M.
1 NOV 14
I am new to having pet ducks, I bought 4 ducklings in April of this year, I feed them one large scoop of crack corn a day, and they live in the 40 foot diameter pond directly behind my house.
The problem is winter is coming and I have rigged up a thermostat and heat lamp in their hutch and moved the hutch down to the pond, but the ducks don't go into it to roost for the night, I am worried about the cold winter wind and the like.
Can anyone tell me please if there is something that I can do to get them to start to roost in the hutch? I am hoping that when it gets colder that they will discover the warmth in the hutch and figure it out. I also have a 26 gallon short plastic tub with a bird bath water heater so they have more than enough water to drink and dunk their heads in the winter when there is snow on the ground.
If anyone has any answers or suggestions I will try them for sure.
Thanks,
Rick, M.
1 NOV 14