The khaki-Campbell duck Thread !!!!!!!!

[cheezenkwackers]

Hmmm, I call those duck kisses. Mine will run to me and if I don't have a snack for them they will do a quick nibble and run away. I always thought they were saying hi and were trying to straighten my feathers. I say this because they will nibble at the seams of my jeans like they are trying to fix them.
Your foraging makes more sense though. I am a food source and that is how they get food from the mud. My version made it seem a sweeter thing.

 

[Silkie2]

When can ducklings swim? I was thinking of letting them swim in the sink (supervised of course) but since their not fully feathered would it just soak them through?

 

[Ducks4us]

When can ducklings swim? I was thinking of letting them swim in the sink (supervised of course) but since their not fully feathered would it just soak them through?

I have let all mine swim at a couple days old... always supervised. Yes after a few times of diving and dipping they will start to soak up water so thats when i take them out once they are all wet.
I usually use luke warm water so they dont get too chilled.. but in my experinece they never like the water too warm.
I would be careful with the sink since its raised up high.. sometimes they dart accross real fast or dive real fast and when i have used a tub or bowl on the ground they have shot right out of the bowl when they are having too much fun lol.
I usually use the bathtub and fill it so little deeper on deep end and a towl on the shallow so they can get out of the water if they decided
And have fun its far too cute watching ducklings swim

 

[Silkie2]

I have let all mine swim at a couple days old... always supervised. Yes after a few times of diving and dipping they will start to soak up water so thats when i take them out once they are all wet.
I usually use luke warm water so they dont get too chilled.. but in my experinece they never like the water too warm.
I would be careful with the sink since its raised up high.. sometimes they dart accross real fast or dive real fast and when i have used a tub or bowl on the ground they have shot right out of the bowl when they are having too much fun lol.
I usually use the bathtub and fill it so little deeper on deep end and a towl on the shallow so they can get out of the water if they decided
And have fun its far too cute watching ducklings swim

I'll try the bath tub later today

 

[Amiga]

I'll try the bath tub later today

My experience is similar to Ducks4us, ducklings can jump remarkably high! I used to have the tub water the same temperature as the brooder.

 

[Ducks4us]

I'll try the bath tub later today

 

[Ducks4us]

They turned 4 weeks old monday. And they are really getting in the feathers now . Looking like i have 2 boys and one girl at least i got one girl tho. She is a loud quacker and the other two seem to have lost their voices the oast few days. So ..

 

[Ducks4us]

One of the boys

 

[Silkie2]

@Amiga ah I see

Aww

They turned 4 weeks old monday. And they are really getting in the feathers now . Looking like i have 2 boys and one girl at least i got one girl tho. She is a loud quacker and the other two seem to have lost their voices the oast few days. So ..

aww. Do you already have some adult girls?

 

[Ducks4us]

@Amiga ah I see
Aww

aww. Do you already have some adult girls?

No adult girls but 10 female runner ducks i ordered from metzers... they are a week younger