My runners are growing up!! -pic heavy-

[DuckFanatic]

It seems like just yesterday when they looked like this!
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/751046/my-runner-ducklings-arrived-today-lots-of-pics

And yet they look like this today!! *faint*

 

[scratch'n'peck]

Aw Runner Ducks are so cute!

 

[Davlyn]

Hi~~ I am thinking about getting some runner ducks. I have been doing some resding. what is your set up for them ? Do you have a small tub for them to splash when they want / need to ? what type of feed do you start them off on ? I was planning on getting chicks with them. From Ideal or Agway, but chick order & ducks are not coming in at the same time.
Also can they go up low steps ? I have a small coop for babies & I have some low wood blocks as a step up.
Your babies are so cute

Thank you.
Linda

 

[Going Quackers]

Adorable! you have a great collection of colours too.

 

[jonhpdx]

Your pics are great! Our ducks are almost exactly the same age--I got mine on the morning of the 5th. I don't have runners, but I have Cayuga, Pekin, Welsh Harlequin and Black Swedish ducklings!

 

[DuckFanatic]

Thanks everyone!!

Hi~~ I am thinking about getting some runner ducks. I have been doing some resding. what is your set up for them ? Do you have a small tub for them to splash when they want / need to ? what type of feed do you start them off on ? I was planning on getting chicks with them. From Ideal or Agway, but chick order & ducks are not coming in at the same time.
Also can they go up low steps ? I have a small coop for babies & I have some low wood blocks as a step up.
Your babies are so cute

Thank you.
Linda

They're in a 10x10 dog kennel (like this: http://cdnmedia.endeavorsuite.com/i...f-4dec-967e-c08ac5c544d3/10X10 DOG KENNEL.jpg) that I have covered with a sort of sun shade tarp. They share the space with 7 chicks that are a few weeks older than them (although still smaller than the ducks!).
They started out in the bottom of an XL Pet Taxi crate (a bit like this: https://www.google.com/search?q=xl+...ets-accessories%2Fcrate%3FCatId%3D115;200;170) under a heat lamp, and then after a few weeks (don't remember exactly how long- just when they started getting ridiculously messy) went outside and into a large dog crate
(like so: http://www.forhappydogs.com/images/...ate_icrate_dog_crate_kennel_cage_i_crates.jpg) for another week or so- still under a light at night.
Yes- I have a little black tub that I dump out and clean everything other day or so -it gets super gross and smelly pretty fast (http://www.noblemro.com/media/catal...f78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/2/6/263011.jpg). I've fed them and the chicks Nature Wise chick starter from day one. Haven't had any problems regarding niacin deficiencies or anything of that sort. I got these four from Metzer hatchery and am quite pleased with their quality, but of course Metzer doesn't sell chicks.
I don't think that they should have a problem going up small steps My best advice is to be prepared that although they are much cuter than chicks, they are also MUCH messier!

I hope I answered all of your questions and apologies that the links are so long!

Your pics are great! Our ducks are almost exactly the same age--I got mine on the morning of the 5th. I don't have runners, but I have Cayuga, Pekin, Welsh Harlequin and Black Swedish ducklings!

Super cute! Do you know their sexes?

 

[jonhpdx]

Super cute! Do you know their sexes?

Supposedly all females (I ordered females specifically from the breeder), however I suspect at least one of them is a male for various reasons, but maybe I'm just crazy.