[lisa123]

hi there ive got 4 chickens and have recently brought two ducks, male and female. they are only three weeks old. pls could anyone give me some information on them ie when can they go outside,  when are they old enough to put something like a little pond for them in there run, what other stuff do they eat, and when will she start laying eggs?? as much info as possible pls. thanks 

[Kate and her Ducks]

At three weeks they should be fine out in nice weather and I let mine have a little pond (cat litter tray) at this age and they love to splash about. They will still need to be indoors at night for a couple of weeks.

There is lots of information here.

http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?topic=20427.msg245699#msg245699

[lisa123]

hi kate thanks for the info and for the link 

[Kate and her Ducks]

The only other suggestion I have  (for the moment, I can be a little opinionated!) is that next spring your girl might be a little overwhelmed by the attentions of the boy. Might be a good idea to get at least one more girl. Sure that will be a hardship!!!

[lisa123]

hi yeah someone else has said that to me, will have to start looking for another girlie me thinks. thanks again

[Kate and her Ducks]

What breed are the ones you have already?

Pics are the law you know!

[lisa123]

how do i upload pickes on here?

[Kate and her Ducks]

Upload them onto photobucket.com. It's free to sign up and you then just click on the button to upload them to there. You then copy and paste the IMG code into your message here.

[lisa123]

hope im doing this right. here it is.      



these are my chucks

only two chucks will have to look for pickies of the other two.

[Kate and her Ducks]

Love the ducklings!

What are they? Khaki Campbell and Aylesbury?

[lisa123]

yeah i think they are, cant belive how quick they are growing.  :blink:

[lisa123]

could anyone tell me when my ducks will be ok to go in water? there 4wks old. thanks 

[Kate and her Ducks]

They should be fine with a bit of supervision to begin with.