Hi Friends,
you likely remember that i gave away six of my duck's fertile eggs a while ago to my neighbors whose broody hen hatched six cute ducklings. They are about six weeks old now, the surviving five are too much of a burden for their owners and they asked me if i would take them back…
On one hand, who could refuse five little duckies like those:
On the other hand i like to yell "duck you!" at them - why did you not think this through before hatching them! And i do feel a bit responsible for those younglings as they are my Duckies offspring…
I have no room to set up a brooder in the garage or anywhere else and they would have to stay with the rest of the flock immediately as i don't have a second duck house ready. - The vacation house might be an option, but it is much colder in there than in the other house and no run-area around that house is fenced in.
Has anybody made experiences with »just throwing newbies into an existing flock«?
you likely remember that i gave away six of my duck's fertile eggs a while ago to my neighbors whose broody hen hatched six cute ducklings. They are about six weeks old now, the surviving five are too much of a burden for their owners and they asked me if i would take them back…
On one hand, who could refuse five little duckies like those:
On the other hand i like to yell "duck you!" at them - why did you not think this through before hatching them! And i do feel a bit responsible for those younglings as they are my Duckies offspring…
I have no room to set up a brooder in the garage or anywhere else and they would have to stay with the rest of the flock immediately as i don't have a second duck house ready. - The vacation house might be an option, but it is much colder in there than in the other house and no run-area around that house is fenced in.
Has anybody made experiences with »just throwing newbies into an existing flock«?