The ducks are three days old today and true to their name, they love to run around. We cleaned out the new brooder, giving them lots of space now to run. They seem to like to wipe their wet bills on the wall, so there are wet smears on the walls in the background. They splash the water so there are water droplets on them in some of the photos. Just like with chicks, they are difficult to catch crisp photos without some level of motion. They are quivering all the time even if they are not cold, they just seem to shake when they take a bite of food, shake when they drink water, and shake with they are interacting. They don't spend as much time under the warmer as chicks do, but when they are ready to warm up, they know to go there and they find the area that meets their warming needs. There is still plenty of room for them with only eight under my smaller warmer that will warm up to 15 chicks at a time. I have it tilted so they can find the right height for their needs.
We plan to keep one of each color, Fawn, Blue (Gray), Black, and Chocolate, and sell the rest, if we can.
