This makes me SO happy. I've been thinking about these little babies a lot lately. I'm glad I could help. Have fun with your darling babies! Ducklings are very messy, but they definitely make up for it. Enjoy them while they're small!
Usually they should have feed and water 24-7 until 5 weeks. Just be very careful they don't over-eat in the morning or anything. Good luck on their house!
Maybe I will just give the, food and water all night. They always have water, but I wanted to try to get them into a routine so they get fed in the morning and don’t want food all the time when I can’t give it to them.
Thare great! I'd love to see a pic of two of it if you have any. They can start to take little field trips outside at about a week old with you. They can spend the day outside in a pen or coop or something at about 3 weeks (once they have some feathers) but I would have a lamp in there in case they want it. They can be out full time with a lamp at probably 5 weeks, as long as your lows are in the 40s. This is just off my personal experience, but it works fine for me. Are they all doing well?
! We actually made the house out of an old plastic playhouse that we had sitting around.
That's so cute! They'll love it. It's good you screened the windows up.
I feed Purina Flockraiser. I feed that from hatch to the end. Hens get free choice oyster shells. I've also heard really good things about Purina duck pellet, so if you have that I would use it. I would buy a bag of one of the feeds I recommended and mix them. Too high of protein and they can get angel wing. You can use rolled oats mixed in the feed to cut the protein of the feed you have. It should be fine for the first week or two though.They are all doing great! Super messy, but it’s ok. I used to just spot clean twice a day, but now I have to do a full on cleaning every morning
And while I’m posting, I have a quick question.
I bought Manna Pro Duckling and Gosling Starter/Grower. It is 22% protein. The package says it can be fed to like 10 weeks old or something like that, but from my research, it says you should lower the protein. So when do I start giving them less protein, and how do I do it? Do I just have to buy different food, or can I mix something in with their food to reduce protein, if that’s even possible?
