I moved my three 7 week old ducklings into their newly finished coop and run about 4 nights ago. They still quack and wait at the run door for me to let them back in the house, as they are used to sleeping inside a bin in my basement. I turned that bin into a mini coop inside their coop, and if I go in the run and lead them into their coop, they will eventually settle down into their cubby in there. While I’m waiting for them to settle, I play meditation music from an app on my phone, which they seem to enjoy.
There will be a couple of nights coming up where I will not be home to do this routine, and I’m worried about them not going into the coop on their own. The run is secure with hardware cloth, and a combination lock door, but still I would feel better if they go into the coop at night and out of sight.
So my question is, is there a type of battery or solar power alarm clock or something you can recommend that I can set for a certain time that will play them the relaxing music for a while and hopefully trigger them to go into their coop without me being there to lead them in? If I could record my voice coaxing them in, and then music to play for at least 30 mins that would be great too.
Does anyone else here play music for their ducks, out of curiosity?
There will be a couple of nights coming up where I will not be home to do this routine, and I’m worried about them not going into the coop on their own. The run is secure with hardware cloth, and a combination lock door, but still I would feel better if they go into the coop at night and out of sight.
So my question is, is there a type of battery or solar power alarm clock or something you can recommend that I can set for a certain time that will play them the relaxing music for a while and hopefully trigger them to go into their coop without me being there to lead them in? If I could record my voice coaxing them in, and then music to play for at least 30 mins that would be great too.
Does anyone else here play music for their ducks, out of curiosity?
