jayjay Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 Temperatures are predicted to be -18 here tonight. I have loads of straw in the duck house, the floor is lined too - will they be ok or is there anything else I should do? Brrrrrrrr....... JJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 I really don't know - it sounds as if the straw should protect them. You could try asking on the Practical Poultry forum as there will be more duck keepers on there.....hopefully some with the same problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom123 Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 How big is your coop? My calls were in a 2ftx2ft coop however I have just moved them into a small broody coop 1ftx1ft to keep the heat in with loads of straw. Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayjay Posted December 22, 2009 Author Share Posted December 22, 2009 I would say the coop is 2' x 2' and with about 1' of straw. It's only about -6 at the moment so I am hoping it won't go much lower. JJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom123 Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 How many ducks have you got? 2 wasn't it? If so thats fine and they will be perfectly OK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayjay Posted December 22, 2009 Author Share Posted December 22, 2009 Thanks - just wanted some re-assurance. It's started to blizzard now so thinking the temp has gone up a wee bit. Typical Scottish weather! JJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayjay Posted December 29, 2009 Author Share Posted December 29, 2009 Bill and Daffers have had a cold week of it. It's been an average of -6 here during the day and goodness knows how cold at night. Everything is frozen. Luckily with being on holiday we can change their water and add some warm to their pool. They have been doing well but yesterday I noticed that Daffers keeps sitting down. She seems to be walking ok but when she gets somewhere she sits, even after a few steps. Is she just trying to keep her feet warm or could this be something else? JJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
