January Hatch Buddies?

[daze333]

What kind of ducks do you have? I have indian runners. Hey I just noticed there are no duckie smilies! ={

 

[gofasterstripe]

I have Pekin, Runners (that are 18 weeks old) and Pekin Swede mix and my drakes are a Runner and a white Magpie. So you could say im going to have mutt..mixed ducks.

 

[daze333]

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Mutts are just as lovable!

 

[SundownWaterfowl]

So far, my plan is to start setting the weekend of 15th or the 22nd.

 

[gofasterstripe]

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Mutts are just as lovable!

They sure are. This is my 1st ever hatch so I am going to grow these babies out to see what i have and keep the females and sell the drakes. So fingers crossed for at least a few of each

 

[daze333]

Just wanted to share a method of brooding ducklings that worked really well for me. I put my newly shipped ducklings into the bathtub until about 2-3 wks old. I put an old towel at the high end and a small puddle of water at the low. I picked up the towel and food and rinsed the tub 3 times a day. Then put a clean towel back, depending on the need. They got so friendly because we were around them so much every day! They are great pets now! Personally I think whatever you do to them in the first 2-3 weeks of life forms their personalities/friendliness toward humans.

Good luck!

 

[gofasterstripe]

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I got 6 babies from Metzers back in August, I kept them in a big tote down in the spare bedroom and would put them in a smaller tote to take them to the bath for their daily swim. I loved raising the babies, but good lord they are smessy and smelly but I loved it.

 

[daze333]

Mine were from Metzer too! I love that they sex them! They threw in 1 extra and of course it is a drake! ha ha
Mine are about 10 wks old now and I am just about ready to join them with my adult flock, but I need to get rid of some extra drakes in there first or it will be too crowded.
How many ducks do you have?

 

[gofasterstripe]

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I looked thru your ducks posts and saw your runners, they are beautiful, I wish mine had been multi coored like yours. I have 15 ducks..its on the bottom of my post thingy here...lists all the animals I have.

 

[daze333]

The ones you probably saw pics of are not from metzer. The others I hatched from Ebay. I noticed that metzers are not multi-colored too. Oh well now I have a nice mix.