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Ducks for Sale
Ducks
Page 4 (the Ducklings)
The ducklings outgrew their last living arrangements in a
little over a week! They could mess their old cage in less than one hour and
when I say mess, I mean MESS! The poultry water feeder was no longer working for
them. They played in it and emptied it in less then two hours. I tried giving
them two poultry water feeders and they emptied two water feeders in less then
two hours! To ducklings, water means playtime! Also, when duckling are about a
week old they need to get their full head under the water to clean out their
noses, yet they cannot spend the whole time being wet. A bowl on the floor of
the cage would be constantly played and pooped in. They do not have feathers and
would get cold and sick of they were constantly wet.
The solution... (for the moment anyway) are water dishes
which hang off the side of the cage. The ducklings cannot swim in the water, yet
they can get their full head in it. Their feet are now big enough for a grate
bottom cage with a slide out tray. Kitty litter is placed in the tray to absorb
their constant waste and to make cleaning easier. The ducklings no longer
need the sides of the cage card boarded and taped up because they are too big to
squeeze out of the cage, which is exactly what they did when they first hatched!
Cardboard is however placed under and in back of the cage to prevent poop from
getting on the floor and wall. The ducklings will squirt it out in any
direction.
Play Time! -
The ducklings are given a bowl of water to have some supervised water
play.
They cannot resist jumping in the water!
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