New duckling! Help?

[DuckMochi]

@ViolinPlayer123 i have yet to see her shiver, only pant. And yes she does have a stuffed animal in there with her

 

[MagpieDucks]

@ViolinPlayer123 i have yet to see her shiver, only pant. And yes she does have a stuffed animal in there with her

Is the heat lamp on or off?

 

[DuckMochi]

@ViolinPlayer123 its off now. We turned it off last night because I was concerned about her panting all the time. I haven’t seen her pant since

 

[MagpieDucks]

@ViolinPlayer123 its off now. We turned it off last night because I was concerned about her panting all the time. I haven’t seen her pant since

She should be fine for now then. If you see her shiver then turn it on very low heat.

 

[DuckMochi]

@ViolinPlayer123 its a one temperature heat lamp but that’s why I wanted to ask. We live in Arizona... and despite it being fall it still gets around 90 degrees outside. We never put our AC on below 78. When our chickens were little as well as Billy and Mochi it was February and very cold outside so they always had the heat lamp on. But with it so hot out and not cold in here I didn’t think she’d need it? She’s not a tiny baby either

 

[MagpieDucks]

@ViolinPlayer123 its a one temperature heat lamp but that’s why I wanted to ask. We live in Arizona... and despite it being fall it still gets around 90 degrees outside. We never put our AC on below 78. When our chickens were little as well as Billy and Mochi it was February and very cold outside so they always had the heat lamp on. But with it so hot out and not cold in here I didn’t think she’d need it? She’s not a tiny baby either

Just raise the heat lamp higher to make it cooler. She should be in about 80-85 degree weather right now.

 

[DuckMochi]

@ViolinPlayer123 will see what I can do!

 

[Miss Lydia]

At a month old she can be at 78 as long as there isn't a draft.

First week 85 5*cooler each week there after. Some say 90 but I have never had ducklings at 90 I start them out at 85* they do fine.

 

[DuckMochi]

@Miss Lydia I think for now I’ll just keep an eye on her and see how she does? Like I said I have yet to see her shiver or anything and every time we put the heat lamp on she pants and get really really hot

 

[Sara Ranch]

As my baby duckies grew, I kept putting in larger pans... eventually, the largest roasting pan I had became their water dish when they were inside. And their indoor shower and tub and pool. My duckies loved being in the water! (They still do - now they have their own pool.)