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I don't want to minimize contact with the ducklings!! It was something I was told which I thought okay, with my baby reptiles getting used to my hand moving around their cages was a big part of being able to handle them as they grew. Finding a credible website for my reptiles was a priority when I had them. Looked for the same in a bunny website when I found myself rescuing an adorable baby rabbit from neglectful owners. When I discovered I was going to have two ducklings I started searching for a website where I could learn, ask questions no matter how stupid they may sound, and get sound advice when needed.
Thanks for the book titles, got the Storey's Guide on order.
I have started trying to at least touch the ducklings and they don't want anything to do with the idea. Tonight I put them in an inch of room temp water so I could clean in the cage without them freaking out, and they threw fits. Neither one wanted to 'swim' yet in their cage with water they've put on the floor they assume the swim position. They may be a mess but they do make me laugh. Were so wet I got a beach towel and wrapped them up on my lap and my mystery duckling actually chilled. The rouen however didn't think much of the idea. Half the size of the mystery duckling with twice the attitude just a talkin away to me in chirps and peeps.
Still trying to track down just what the mystery duckling is. Grayish body, orange band around the neck, wings tipped in white, black/pink beak, black legs. And twice the size of the rouen. Tried taking pictures but everything comes out with a reddish tint because of the brooder lamp.
do they really need a coop of their own? i have 15 adult chickens (2 of which are broody now with the new mama), 3 1-day old hatchlings under a mama, 5 1.5 week old chicks in a brooder. can the ducks live in the coop with the chickens? or can they roost outside? seems alot of old-school fowl owners around here just let them do whatever (sans coop). i have a large pond that would be their's.
i guess my question is, can i just get some young adult or adult ducks and let them loose out by the pond? no coop or box....