Brooder

Brooders It's easy to brood your ducklings. They will need:  The **heat lamp ** is for warmth. A 175 -watt red bulb or similar will do. Ducklings need to be kept at approximately 85-90 degrees for the first week. The temperature should be lowered five degrees by the second week. Changing the height of your lamp can be helpful in adjusting the heat. Just watch the ducks. When they want to be away from the lamp, raise it. If they are huddled under the lamp, lower it.
 * Lamp
 * Chick feeder
 * Chick Waterer
 * Bedding
 * Box; or other structure about 15"

For **bedding **we like to use several layers of newspaper which makes clean-up a little easy. As the top layer becomes soiled it can be removed to reveal a clean lower layer of paper.

The **chick feed****er** and **chick waterer **are standard fare for ducklings. Water and food must be replaced daily.

The **brooder box** can be a cardboard box about the size that reams of paper came in or just about any structure that will house the ducklings comfortably. We like to use a 10 gallon fish tank so that the ducks can look out at their surroundings and we can view them as well.