We ordered Khaki Campbell ducklings and it said they would take 6-8 weeks to arrive. Luckily in my excitement I bought everything for the first two weeks and had it ready because our ducklings came early! We ordered them April 5th and they came today on April 14th less than 2 weeks later. I have learned so much already.
1st- they soaked the wood chips in a very short time and were too cold and it smelled awful. This special metal thing a youtuber suggested I buy to prevent that did not work.
I also bought this feeder's top based on a tractor supply store employee...it works but you have to be careful because it does fit together quite right.
We moved them to the bathtub so the water could drain, and I am using puppy training pads on the other side for poop. It is working so much better and the smell is so much better too.
We gave them each a little swim in the sink. All but 2 seemed to hate it and one seemed so traumatized it tried to rip out its feathers. I dried it off some with a towel and it has seemed okay since. (After watching the other ducklings this seems a standard way of drying their feathers, that little duck just got too wet to dry itself.)
It was so exciting getting them early, but now we really have to work hard to finish thier house...so sore from digging, and Sean has to take a break from green house building to help with the duck house...so we have to harden off the plants because we may need to plant before we can finish the green house.
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