My Ducklings Died.

Well, duckling heaven just got a couple of new members. It's the cycle of life. Don't be down Op it happens...

sorry to read that Gary.

Maybe this little story will help.

A farmer told his son to take their duck to town and sell it, because they need the money for supplies.

On the way he passed a cute girl and she offer to fuck him for the duck...so he couldn't resist and fucked her.

On the way home without the duck he realized his dad would be upset without the duck and without money so he goes back to see what can be done.

He catches up to the girl and she agrees to give him the duck back if he gives her a fuck back.

So, happy that all worked out he continued to town when the duck leaped out of his arms and landed in front of a moving truck where it got squished.

The truck driver stopped and apologized and offered the kid $15 for the mangled duck.

When he got home his dad asked how he did. The kid said well, I got a fuck for the duck and a duck for a fuck, then I got $15 for a fucked up duck.

That Quacked me up Brief.

It has been my experience that you really shouldn't put young ducklings in with chicks. You will find that chicks and chickens can be quite mean to each other and to anything their own size. They will always establish a "pecking order", and a young stressed duckling doesn't stand much chance against their constant pecking. We always started our chicks and ducks separately and only put them together once they were stronger and older.

I've always enjoyed inspirational stories where the underdog comes out on top.

I've got a yard full of chickens, guineas and ducks. Sometimes they make it, but most of the time the fish or the hawks get them.

As the poster mentioned above, the chicks get mean pecking at anything that moves. Though yours look an awful lot like guinea's. I doubt that combining ducklings and chicks, in itself, caused this.

Some foul just don't make it for what ever reason. But early mortality is probably a defect of some sort given the environment and food & water are good. Natures way. I doubt anything you did had any impact.

Go get you a few more and see what happens. When we started out, we ordered from a hatchery and had way too good success. Prior to that, we got a few from the feed store and didn't fare so well.

BTW, you need more chicks....if you got a strait run (unsexed) there a couple of roosters there.

awww so sad...I raise chikens and maybe youre ducklings got too cold? if they get cold they will actually pile on top of each other and smother the ones underneath...also, the bird flu is going around..minn had ro kill 2 mill hens im not sure where you are at, but could be possible? sad...

Animals die. They have shorter lives than humans, particularly if you plan to eat them.

Had kittens in the house, they died once, awww. So you wrap them up and throw them out in the trash, like a bad piece of meat.

And rabbits and hamster moms eat their dead young sometimes, eww.

Take them out before they rot. Circle of life has factory rejects sometimes.

So it the farm store I bought them from says that chicks and ducks should not be kept in the same brooder. The chickens can make the ducks sick I guess.

Who knows guess I will try it and start over.

Yes, keep them separate from chicks, they are quite imbecile

Yeah, you just have to go back to square one sometimes.

Sorry to hear the little guys did not make it.

Live and learn, I tell myself.

Yup, if they mate they produce Chucks and you don't want Chucks running around.

im with this AC, warmth
my brooder is inside an open ended coop
so the heat lamp is lower, but they have way more room
than you show
i mix everything in the brooder chicks, ducklings, goslings,
quail, turkeys
and some die