Pekin Duck Club!

[quakingtons]

@Amiga that's is so extremely helpful! I inly have two so I feel like maybe it doesn't need to be that huge. I was wondering when I am supposed to start moving them outside.
Also I need to make a better, bigger home for them while they are inside because they're box is not going to be big enough haha
Another irrelevant question. How do you change your profile pic and do all those funny emojis hahaha

 

[Amiga]

@Amiga that's is so extremely helpful! I inly have two so I feel like maybe it doesn't need to be that huge. I was wondering when I am supposed to start moving them outside.
Also I need to make a better, bigger home for them while they are inside because they're box is not going to be big enough haha
Another irrelevant question. How do you change your profile pic and do all those funny emojis hahaha

emojis - look at the icons above the Reply box



See the smiley face ^^^^

For the avatar, look at the upper right corner of this entire page, you will see your user name. I click and hold over my name and a menu comes up and one of the choices is Avatar.

 

[Cassie Collins]

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@Amiga its not your fault, we all have lives haha Hello everyone. I am a new pekin ducklings owner and I have done a lot of research on my babies before to be prepared, I was wondering if anyone could help me with a timeline on when to switch foods, move to a bigger home and when can I leave them outside to live in my backyard? I would also like some pointers on how to build a nice, comfortable, safe house for them in the back. I need pointers on these things because even though they're a week old they are growing so fast and I want to be ready. Thanks!

I bought a rabbit hutch & pen on sale @ TSC & altered it: added hardware cloth, locks & plywood so the raccoons & other predators can't get my duckies!! I'll post a pic when I'm done. It's a good temporary that w/ help I can move. I want 2 build them something larger later, but right now I'm currently renting. Mine are 6 wks old, a little more than 1/2 feathered & still live in the 45 gallon lg tub w/ chicken wire over the top in my room . I'm gonna miss their voices & ducky language when they go to their outside pen this weekend.

 

[quakingtons]

@Amiga ohhh mine looks so different because I'm doing it from my phone haha
@Cassie Collins that is a great idea. Everybody keeps talking about tsc...I'm going to google it lol

 

[quakingtons]

@Amiga @Cassie Collins thank you both for your help. I'm going to miss mine too....:'(

 

[quakingtons]

@Amiga@Cassie Collins if I just bought a chicken coop that fits 4 wouod that be good for my 2 ducks? Make sure to post pics!

 

[Amiga]

@Amiga @Cassie Collins if I just bought a chicken coop that fits 4 wouod that be good for my 2 ducks? Make sure to post pics!

I think so. Think about extreme weather events, too. I oversized mine a little bit and I am glad I did, for all the times we must wait out extreme weather.

 

[quakingtons]

Would these work as a ducky home? @Amiga

 

[Cassie Collins]

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I bought a rabbit hutch & pen on sale @ TSC & altered it: added hardware cloth, locks & plywood so the raccoons & other predators can't get my duckies!! I'll post a pic when I'm done. It's a good temporary that w/ help I can move. I want 2 build them something larger later, but right now I'm currently renting. Mine are 6 wks old, a little more than 1/2 feathered & still live in the 45 gallon lg tub w/ chicken wire over the top in my room . I'm gonna miss their voices & ducky language when they go to their outside pen this weekend.

Would these work as a ducky home? @Amiga

I looked @ the last 1, bc I cld put a container for them to swim it. The other 1's ramp is too high in my opinion. Great comment about extreme weather Amiga!

 

[Amiga]

quakingtons, each of those are really good looking and have one major drawback. Ducks and ramps don't go well together, not nearly as well as chickens and ramps.

If the mobile tractor on the left were lower, or the setup on the right were not a two-story, it would work better.

What worked for me was looking at designs for dog houses, then putting a door - a slider and a Dutch door - on the house.