- Apr 16, 2014
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I'm a pretty laid back duck owner. I have my ducks on newspaper and pine shavings and clean it when it looks too yucky (by the time they are 3 or 4 weeks old, it gets changed daily--they move outside at 4 weeks unless it's really cold). I just rinse the water dish and refill it. When I get ducklings, it's too cold to have running water outside, so the dishes just get rinsed with a gallon jug of water. Also, mine are Pekins and they are about 2 1/2 weeks old. Their box is at 55 to 70 degrees. They have a heat lamp. I have 5 and had five last year and they were just fine at those temperatures. I know some people bleach the dishes, etc, but since my ducks end up free ranging, I guess I never go to that level.