quarantine a duckling?

[phoenix912]

We had 4 duck eggs. Only one hatched. The duck will be 3 weeks old Monday. It thinks its a chicken cause its been with chicks scence it was hatched. We have found someone selling ducklings the same age. Should we quarantine a 3 week old duckling? How long do we quarantine? I can get more hatching eggs but he would be almost 2 months old by the time they hatch. Would it be better to get one his age or make him wait for more to hatch. It is a pekin duck. We have chicken's and guinea's that I have to worry about getting sick.

 

[duckyfromoz]

Even if you get eggs today- thats a seven week age difference- so they will have to both grow up totally apart and be introduced later- so finding a baby his age would be a better idea for a companion for now. Is this " someone" a person who incubates the eggs rather than letting the ducks do it- and had then raised the ducklings inside away from adult ducks ? This will have reduced the risk of them having anything that can be passed on to your duckling.