My new baby ducklings are to cold!

[DucksAreCool134]

My baby ducklings came in a little while ago and I was reading that whenever ducklings are huddled or chirping loud that means they are cold, and they were but I have no heat lamp and only to heaters that provide heat but not to much heat and they need a lot of heat so my setup was to put to heaters on another and that’s weird, I know also I added a lamp maybe that will work I also saw that ducks are fine unless it is under 20 degrees and it won’t tonight so that’s good but please give me advice I have no heat lamp

 

[Artichoke Lover]

Young ducklings need a temperature of around 90F do you have a thermometer you can put in there?

 

[Artichoke Lover]

If you can get to a pet store or maybe a Walmart they should sell reptile heat lamps and bulbs. What type of heater are you using right now?

 

[fatty and friends]

under 20 is for adult ducks, yours need to have a lamp at above 80 or they’ll die

 

[Ratchnick]

That heat plate is way to tall, it needs to be right over them when sitting.

 

[Mellowmalt]

2 plates on top of each other will increase their efficiency but I agree the chicks need to be closer to the top plate.
I would move the plates other way round, have the big one at the bottom with a step if it can't be lowered and have the small one on top of that. Lower the top plate if they carry on crying and huddling

 

[DucksAreCool134]

under 20 is for adult ducks, yours need to have a lamp at above 80 or they’ll die

Uh oh is that true?

 

[Artichoke Lover]

Uh oh is that true?

Yes. Adult ducks have feathers that keep them warmer. Ducklings don’t have those yet so they need to be kept much warmer.

 

[KaleIAm]

How can they get back up there after eating and drinking? Maybe I'm not understanding your set up very well.

Heat lamps aren't expensive. Perhaps you could purchase one?

 

[Run Amock DucksNChickens]

Be careful if you're thinking of using a heat mat. We discovered that it heats up considerably when water is spilt on it. The chicks enjoy it though.