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Get a cheap heat-pad from sunbeam. The inner pad is watertight and can be switched in three level to keep the bebes warm and healthy even in really cold weather. I used those even in the duck house for the Fall Dumped Ducklings of 2020. No fire risk compared to any heat lamp. And ducklings loooooove warmth from below.
The only heating pads I've found around here have had a 3 hour timer on them before they automagically turn off. REALLY annoying.

I'll keep it in mind though, if I find anything and can actually run power down to the coops. I think they'll be fine, but we shall see. Weather has been crazy everywhere.
 
I don't know what i will do with the Incubator Gang if their actions from this evening have a negative impact on Ducky! - They were on the patio and all 12 were pecking at my legs while i was preparing the supper-bowls for them and the grown-ups. The door to the kitchen was pried open just enough so that ducky could see me and wouldn't start peeping for me.
Not sure if ducky jumped out or if one of the dirty dozen grabbed it and dragged it out, but all of the sudden they were all chasing the little one, biting it really hard and shaking it in their bills. I grabbed ducky as fast as i could, but even in my hand they were attacking. Kicked (literally!) them all into their bed and closed the yoga-mattress behind them.
Scary stuff!
So far ducky seems to be okay, it is eating and drinking and chirping happily on the duckling buffet, but only meal-worm soup and white rice:

I am anxiously listening to its breathing, hoping not to hear that clicking sound indicating an injury to the respiratory system… 😱

No clue what went into them as during this afternoon i took ducky up into the jungle, aka berry-garden, to rip out the grass around the berry-shrubs. They all managed to hop the wabbit-fence and dug tunnels through the grass to hunt for insects. Later they stood in the middle of the tomato/squash patch, too scared to eat another tomato or everything would come back out… Finally they all waddled back down to the house, either ignoring or even peeping friendly to the little one.
 
The only heating pads I've found around here have had a 3 hour timer on them before they automagically turn off. REALLY annoying.

I'll keep it in mind though, if I find anything and can actually run power down to the coops. I think they'll be fine, but we shall see. Weather has been crazy everywhere.
That's why i recommended sunbeam! Their pads don't have timers.
 
Thought you guys would like to see what walking pinecones look like, they have been hanging out with the fowl.
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And his lady friend
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Like cayugas, the whiter they are, generally the older they are.
 
I don't know what i will do with the Incubator Gang if their actions from this evening have a negative impact on Ducky! - They were on the patio and all 12 were pecking at my legs while i was preparing the supper-bowls for them and the grown-ups. The door to the kitchen was pried open just enough so that ducky could see me and wouldn't start peeping for me.
Not sure if ducky jumped out or if one of the dirty dozen grabbed it and dragged it out, but all of the sudden they were all chasing the little one, biting it really hard and shaking it in their bills. I grabbed ducky as fast as i could, but even in my hand they were attacking. Kicked (literally!) them all into their bed and closed the yoga-mattress behind them.
Scary stuff!
So far ducky seems to be okay, it is eating and drinking and chirping happily on the duckling buffet, but only meal-worm soup and white rice:

I am anxiously listening to its breathing, hoping not to hear that clicking sound indicating an injury to the respiratory system… 😱

No clue what went into them as during this afternoon i took ducky up into the jungle, aka berry-garden, to rip out the grass around the berry-shrubs. They all managed to hop the wabbit-fence and dug tunnels through the grass to hunt for insects. Later they stood in the middle of the tomato/squash patch, too scared to eat another tomato or everything would come back out… Finally they all waddled back down to the house, either ignoring or even peeping friendly to the little one.
They can be so unpredictable at times. I pray that Ducky is alright. I would wait until he is much bigger before I would let him around them again.
 

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