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Too many Duckling graves!!! :(:(:(
My uncle got 200 hundred ducklings, and 30 died in like 3 days!
We have heat, insulation, food, water, and other crap.
Does anyone have advice on having the ducklings live????
we have five things to hold the ducks, they are organized by type of duck and age of duck.
PLEASE HELP!!!
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Ducklings are very hard to bring up. Now I have done it. They have to live together they can not live alone. and out of 200 30 isn't that bad, yes its sad but it happens. Just make sure they aren't on any kind of pine bedding no wood chips whatsoever... they eat it and that stuff expands.. either sit them on nothing or reptile carpet or newspaper.. Hope i helped
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you gotta understand the saying survival of the fittest. just because you give them food and water doesnt mean some wont hog it. unless you raise each in an individual cage the runts are going to die and the strong ones are going to live.
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Not sure what you are using to hold them in but proper ventilation is a must. Also to like the other person stated, it is possible that they are being trampled on if your containers are too small.
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I have ducklings now too, so I have researched this a bit.
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I am wondering if any were ill before your uncle got them? If you are doing everything right, that could be a possiblity. It seems with every clutch that hatches a few will die. I guess it's survival of the fittest. Are the ducks in big containers? Maybe they trample each other, chicks do that, not sure if ducks will, but they might.
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