1. OneEggToRuleThemAll

    Are my 5-week old runner ducks feathered enough to join their older sisters outside (and what's the best way to get them used to each other)?

    What breeds do you have? I am planning to get two adult female Muscovy soon (to hatch and brood future ducklings) but I am going to wait until my big girl ducks accept the ducklings as part of their flock. Hopefully it will be soon. 🙂
  2. OneEggToRuleThemAll

    Are my 5-week old runner ducks feathered enough to join their older sisters outside (and what's the best way to get them used to each other)?

    Update! My husband divided off a section of the hoop coop for our younger ducklings. Tomorrow night will be the last time (for at least a week) that lows will dip to the low 40s...after that, 50s and 60s! So Sunday night will be our last night brooding our ducklings in the house (unless another...
  3. OneEggToRuleThemAll

    Are my 5-week old runner ducks feathered enough to join their older sisters outside (and what's the best way to get them used to each other)?

    Thank you, everyone! They are still getting used to each other...little ones are not sleeping in the coop yet because the youngest one is still growing in his/her big wing feathers and I worry they'll get cold. But we put them out in the duck pen to forage almost every day, and though the big...
  4. OneEggToRuleThemAll

    Are my 5-week old runner ducks feathered enough to join their older sisters outside (and what's the best way to get them used to each other)?

    Hi there! Happy Sunday! I'm attaching a photo of my 5-week old blue bibbed (?) runner ducklings, which I received from a nice family down in South Florida who hatched eggs from their own happy backyard ducks. Their big feathers are coming in WAY faster than my first batch of (Metzer) ducklings...
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