Well I picked them up again after my holiday break and ... they doubled in size in 6 days. so I'm by-passing the whole "small box" idea and moving on straight to the fenced enclosure in the back yard.
Cool - how often you feed them? One bowl a day's ok?
I have the plastic bath tub happening. i've canned the whole "elaborate water dispenser" idea too. They destroyed everything and put water all over the place so I figured they can drink and bath in it. Not my problem.
Have you thought of using one of those kiddie clams?? They cost about $20 at Kmart. It'd be big enough for them to swim in and drink from.
Do a google search, find out how many grammes of food they need a day.
Mine used to free range, and I only fed them once a day, just to coax them back into their pen.
They need lots of fresh greens.
Marc,
They're cuteness squared to be sure!
At this age all they do is eat and poop. Don't try to separate them. They are bonding and this is important when they move outside (ASAP!!!) as they will need to watch each other's backs. By all means let your daughter play with them, though not too aggressively, and preferably together. They will pattern on her as a mother figure, so its important that she teaches them as you would teach her.
Alas yes, until they are about 4 weeks older you should let them have access to food at all times. Don't give them more than they can eat in 5 minutes and vary the content. Commercial Duck Food should be avoided as its very high in protein and can make them fat. Let them eat scraps & bugs - they will be WAY happier and healthier for it. Water must be freely available.
Get busy with that shelter!!! Ducks in the house is a terrible idea. Its not their natural environment, but they will quickly become accustomed to it and grow up all weird and disfunctional.
Dumb and Dumber are excellent names.
Happy New Year.
Peter
They're already very clingy to her. They follow her everywhere. That's funny. You also can't separate them anymore. They're a pair. Take one and the other one screams and vice versa. They do everything together. One drinks, the other one has to go for a drink. They do the same for eating, etc... everything x2. Sourcing some weld mesh for the backyard to fence a small corner 3mx2m. Already got a box with a roof than they're used to go in to sleep. Just need to close up the area this week-end.
Well here's a thread from the past but after close to 7 months of shuffling duck s||t around something came out of it. I get an egg a day! Whoohoo! ... and it gets better. Turned out I got one male one female so I'll be filling the freezer by summer I reckon. 'Confit' here we come! Learnt something too. Female ducks quack a lot very loudly, the males are very quiet in comparison. See a pattern there
Duck l'orange
Pressed Duck
Duck liver Pate
Kentucky Fried Duck (that's got to taste better than the Kentucky Fried Cat I had in Seoul once )
Just hope you're two duckies aren't brother and sister.....
Well here's a thread from the past but after close to 7 months of shuffling duck s||t around something came out of it. I get an egg a day! Whoohoo! ... and it gets better. Turned out I got one male one female so I'll be filling the freezer by summer I reckon. 'Confit' here we come! Learnt something too. Female ducks quack a lot very loudly, the males are very quiet in comparison. See a pattern there
There is nothing better than Duck eggs with chips you have to dip the chips in the egg yoke it is simply the best YUMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMY
Can we call em Daffy and Donald they are my two favourite ducks I sooo love it when Donald Duck has a temper tantrum it cracks me up every time and yes im easily amused Nothing beats a good giggle hehe
Can we call em Daffy and Donald they are my two favourite ducks I sooo love it when Donald Duck has a temper tantrum it cracks me up every time and yes im easily amused Nothing beats a good giggle hehe
Well you're close.. my daughter named one fluffy and the other one daffy.
Wouldn't want to be around when you try to eat the off spring. Think I know what your daughters reaction will be, you will probably need to buy a bobcat to cleanup all the sh...excrement .
Wouldn't want to be around when you try to eat the off spring. Think I know what your daughters reaction will be, you will probably need to buy a bobcat to cleanup all the sh...excrement .
Mark
Nup - that was part of the deal. She knows about it and she's ok with it. I'll be 'growing' them off site so there's no emotional attachement to the ducklings.
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so I'm by-passing the whole "small box" idea and moving on straight to the fenced enclosure in the back yard. 
... and it gets better. Turned out I got one male one female so I'll be filling the freezer by summer I reckon. 'Confit' here we come! 
Learnt something too. Female ducks quack a lot very loudly, the males are very quiet in comparison. See a pattern there 
Yeah ... all that!... 
they are my two favourite ducks 
