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CRAZYDUCKLADY72

CRAZYDUCKLADY72

In the Brooder
May 1, 2015
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Western Mass
We bought some baby ducks 4 weeks ago. We were told the were born on April 1st 2015. They almost seem pretty big for 4 weeks old. We purchased 6 of them and lost one
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Today we bought 3 female ducks because we found out that out of our original 5 ducks only 1 of them was female (do to the coloring of them) We didn't think it was fair for 4 males to gang up on one female! So now we have 8 ducks. We put the original 5 and the new 3 in the pen together. They really don't like each other. LOL. The 4 week old ducks kind of rule the roost!!!

We usually bring the ducks in at night but now with the 3 new ones we can't, so we are leaving them out all night in the duck pen/house. The pen is closed in on the sides & top. There is a duck house in there too. It took us forever to get them in the house. I can laugh about it now! But I sure wasn't laughing then!! I just hope that they can get along all night. It is only in the 40's tonight so hope they will cuddle together.



Our Duck Pen




Our 3 new Ducks, and our 4 week old Pekin in the back










 
Welcome to Backyard chickens - I don't know much about ducks but you can find duck threads at "Other Backyard Poultry," forum above. The duck folks would be able to give you much better information than I ever could. Seems like you have a nice set up and they seem to be doing well.
 
Welcome to BYC!
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I've never had ducks but there sure are cute when they are babies. Hope you are enjoying them!

Nice to have you join us.
 

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