Need simple duck info

[domromer]

I'm getting 10 Golden 300s on Thursday and I'm looking for a simple breakdown of how to raise them in the next 6 weeks, brooder temps, what type of food to feed, bedding, ect..I've seen lots of pages like this for baby chickens but nothing like this for ducks. I'm hoping for some help from some fellow duck wranglers.

I've got all my equipment from raising baby chicks so i think I'm good in terms of brooder lamp/bulb, feeders and waters. Is their anything duck specific I might need that i wouldn't have had from the chicks?

 

[goosedragon]

yes they will make a mess with it but they really need a water source that allows them to dip their whole head. Unlike chicks feed has a habit of building up in their bills and they have to be able to clean them out or chock. The reason I said whole head is that they often have eye problems if not allowed to clean them out too.

 

[domromer]

Like a tupperwear?

 

[goosedragon]

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Yep that could do it, just try to keep it small enough so they don't go swimming in it.

 

[headred]

Go to beginning of my website. My ducks are 3 months old now, but I've kept a website since I got them. Maybe it would help (click on duck tab). Good luck! Big tip.....I kept my waterer up on a brick. No mess!