My ducks are coming tomorrow!

[PirateGirl]

Yay! They look to be a bit younger than the 4 weeks you mentioned, so be sure they are warm enough. They are going to love drilling in that dirt!

 

[Miss Lydia]

All different sizes too. How pretty they are. Probably getting them outside where they can have space from each other the pecking will stop just watch the older ones with the smallest ones.

 

[Miss Lydia]

What are your temps daytime and night don’t want those little ones to get cold

 

[PATOS]

What are your temps daytime and night don’t want those little one to get cold

Villarrica Chile is mild we are in Summer highs are 60 to 80 lows are 44f...
I plan to use a heat plate for another 2 weeks...I will put them in the house in 3 DAYS (lol)...stay tuned for pics of inside the casa de patos

 

[Miss Lydia]

You’ll put them in the house in 3 years

 

[PATOS]

edit..... 3 days-

.....each is a different ..... until Monday night they will stay in my living room until morning when they will eat and drink in their run...they ate their food mixed with water and i gave them lettuce mixed with oregano from the garden and then a few raspberries each!!!

You’ll put them in the house in 3 years

 

[Miss Lydia]

Make sure they get grit since your feeding them other food besides feed.

 

[Miss Lydia]

They’ll probably pick some up outside too but grit is important.

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

One of them was pecking all the others - a small female but after I let them outside she stopped- some have bare skin on their necks...
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Aawww! Littke cuties!
Is it possible that there is a little Hookbill in their ancestry?

 

[Miss Lydia]

Most defiently.