shipping baby ducks

[tjreno2]

how many one week old baby ducks can you ship together in one shipping box? having some shipped but dont know how many can be shipped together. want to buy as many as i can but dont want to have to pay for 5 different shipping boxes for 20 babies if you know what i mean. any help? thanks

 

[TLWR]

I don't think I'd ship one week old ducklings - they eat and drink like pigs at that stage.
Where are you getting them from? Can't they tell you how many they can ship comfortably?

 

[tjreno2]

mainly trying to get info from others that may have shipped ducklings at this age. waiting for them to call me back and let me know but in the mean time thought i would get the opinions of some of these great people on this site. im new to all of this. what do you think would be the best way to ship them?

 

[Miss Lydia]

I am with TLWR I don't even know if gro gel would sustain them at 1 week.

 

[CelticOaksFarm]

They travel fine at 1 weeks old. Grow gel is a must as are peas and finely chopped greens for the trip.

They can NoT ship in one of the new chick shipping boxes. They have to travel in the red/white bio secure shipping boxes. These boxes come in many sizes so you could buy a swan box and ship 30+ ducklings of a fairly small size at 1 week of age. Omni boxes could could a good number of ducklings too.

 

[Oregon Blues]

As day olds it looks like you can fit as many as 25 into a chick box. But they can't be any older than 1 day old in order to qualify for the chick box.

 

[tjreno2]

thanks guys for the info. never had anything but eggs shipped to me.
oregon blues what part of oregon are you from. i live in east texas and my brother which i havent seen in over 10 yrs just came down from bend and stayed with me for a week. were heading that way this sept. for vacation. just thought i would ask. thanks guys

 

[Oregon Blues]

I'm in Central Oregon. It takes me about 45 minutes to drive to Bend.