Indoor ducks-part time?

[Miss Ducky]

I'm not quite sure what to do about my ducks when winter rolls around. We live in Michigan, so it gets pretty cold. Our pond freezes over, and we go ice-skating on it-cold. I already have plans on ordering diapers for my ducks when they get full grown, and they already come inside for an hour or so every day, so I was thinking, maybe keep them indoors during the winter? (They're pets) Dad suggested that we put a regular light bulb in their house, would that work as well? And during the winter, when the pond is frozen over, should I still somehow get them swim time?

 

[maggiemmm]

We have had ducks outside all the time. We live in Northern MI near TC. If you have a 60 watt bulb in their house they will be fine. I got a waterer that when it gets to 32º it turns on so the water does not freeze. I usually change their water a couple times a day . Now I have Muskovies and they do not seem to need as much water as the Indian runners or Pekins or even the Rouens I have had. I am planning on doing the same thing. I also put a bale of straw around each side of their house for insulation. It has worked for me.Aren't ducks fun?