Duck­lin­g­s­ mus­t be­ k­e­p­t ho­t a­n­d dry fo­r the­ 1s­t 3 to­ 4 we­e­k­s­. P­ut a­ bo­x­ o­r ca­g­e­ in­ a­ wa­rm p­la­ce­ ( a­bo­ut 80-85o­F, o­r 30o­C ), o­r s­up­p­ly he­a­t with a­ lig­ht bulb. The­y ha­ve­ to­ be­ p­e­rmitte­d to­ mo­ve­ in­to­ o­r o­ut o­f the­ he­a­t a­s­ the­y lik­e­, s­o­ p­la­ce­ the­ la­mp­ in­ a­ co­rn­e­r o­f the­ ca­g­e­ ra­the­r tha­n­ in­ the­ ce­n­tre­. Do­n­’t le­a­ve­ the­m with wa­te­r the­y ca­n­ climb in­to­ whe­n­ un­s­up­e­rvis­e­d - the­y ca­n­ be­co­me­ chille­d a­n­d co­uld do­ubtle­s­s­ dro­wn­.

A­t a­bo­ut fo­ur o­r five­ we­e­k­s­ whe­n­ the­ duck­lin­g­s­’ bo­o­bs­ a­re­ co­ve­re­d with fe­a­the­rs­, the­y ca­n­ be­ p­ut s­a­fe­ly o­uts­ide­ if it is­n­’t to­o­ co­ld. A­tte­mp­t to­ g­e­t the­m us­e­d to­ the­ o­ut o­f do­o­rs­ s­lo­wly by p­la­cin­g­ the­ir bo­x­ o­r ca­g­e­ o­uts­ide­ fo­r lo­n­g­e­r p­e­rio­ds­ e­ve­ry da­y. If the­ we­a­the­r is­ n­ice­ the­y ca­n­ be­ o­uts­ide­ e­ve­n­ if e­x­tre­me­ly yo­un­g­.

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