How do you raise baby mallard ducks?

Answer 1

OK so you have baby ducks? Or want baby ducks? Either way here are guidelines to raise your ducks perfectly!

step 1: get a plastic tub fairly large for more space for the babies.

step 2: you MUST have a heat lamp this is very important for their survival.

Baby ducks must stay in a temperature between 85-90 degrees Fahrenheit.

The best way to monitor this is to buy an outdoor or indoor thermometer.

To retain heat in their pen, put a towel half way over the top of the tub during the day and ALMOST all the way over at night. If your ducks r staying far away from the heat lamp during the day they are most likely too hot and you should turn it off immediately until their pen is a more sustainable temperature.

Step 3: Ducks are messy. VERY MESSY! You MUST clean their pen every day.

Use pine bedding only. Cedar might make them die from an allergic reaction.

Step 4: get a feeder and water for chickens or ducks it's exactly the same. And change their water everyday.

step 5: Go to a live stock store like tractor supply co. , state farm are whatever is in your area and buy baby chick and or duck food. This is THE BEST. and it will provide your babies with a 20% growth formula to build them up strong.

step 6: DO NOT put your ducks outside until ALL THEIR FEATHERS HAVE GROWN AND THEY CAN FLY. You can put them outdoors in an in closed pen before they can fly if they are completely grown. Make sure your ducks are fed a high quality corn feed or special duck food whatever is more comfortable for you.

Hope this helps and good luck with your ducks!!!!

Answer 2

-Make sure the temperature is close to the normal human body temp or 99.5 F. -May withstand temps of under 90 F for a few hours if already started incubating period, if not don't worry too much, start in less than a week. -Protect from bright light by covering with feathers. -Turn about 3-7 times a day, or every 1-3 hours to get evenly distributed heat. -Will take about 28 days to hatch under incubation. -Line a ice cream bucket with aluminum foil and use a desk lamp with flexible neck to incubate eggs if you don't have an incubator is what I'd suggest, and cover egg with something light. Cover with top with aluminum foil and put a thermometer inside. Check so it doesn't get too hot every 2-3 hours and take foil out so the bucket, egg, and such could cool down, and put foil back in. -Nikki