Why won’t my ducks free range and go to the pond

[Mariakissinger132]

My ducks won’t leave to coop and even though it’s hot they won’t go to the pond they are 7 weeks old shouldn’t they have their oils and go to the pond is something wrong with them

 

[Bean15]

Have you just moved them to the coop? You'll need to give them time to warm up to their surroundings before you expect them to go out exploring. Nothing should be wrong with them, my ducks did this too. they'll go out when they feel the need.

 

[hayley3]

How far is the pond from their coop? At 7 weeks , aren't they too small to be free ranging by themselves?

 

[Mariakissinger132]

Have you just moved them to the coop? You'll need to give them time to warm up to their surroundings before you expect them to go out exploring. Nothing should be wrong with them, my ducks did this too. they'll go out when they feel the need.

we moved them too the coop at about 5 weeks and they just started free ranging at about 6 weeks

 

[Mariakissinger132]

How far is the pond from their coop? At 7 weeks , aren't they too small to be free ranging by themselves?

they dont always go out and they free range with the chickens we have 2 dogs

we moved them too the coop at about 5 weeks and they just started free ranging at about 6 weeks

and a cat and they dont bother them and the animals keep racoons and foxes and ect. away and we started letting them live outside at around 6 weeks before we started letting them live outside we were taking them to our garden every day

 

[Mariakissinger132]

they dont always go out and they free range with the chickens we have 2 dogs


and a cat and they dont bother them and the animals keep racoons and foxes and ect. away and we started letting them live outside at around 6 weeks before we started letting them live outside we were taking them to our garden every day

we have 2 dogs and one cat

 

[Mariakissinger132]

How far is the pond from their coop? At 7 weeks , aren't they too small to be free ranging by themselves?

also our pekins are fairly big and our mallards are kind of small

 

[Mariakissinger132]

also our pekins are fairly big and our mallards are kind of small

our pond is about an 8th of a mile from the coop

 

[Thunderduck9]

Ducks are very cautious so it takes them a bit of time to be comfortable going far from the house there (safe place) mine wont stray far from home if they sense a fox,eagle ore hawk around.

 

[happy duck]

When my ducks first started free ranging they stayed very close to the coop. After a year(almost exactly) from being thrown into the pond(as we tried to get them to go in) they are finally warmed up to it and are on it everyday. Just give them some time...they will go to it when they are ready.