Other Favorite Photos!

Best Leaf Bonnett: Darcy & Lizzy

Happiest Pair: Kumquat & Muffin

Cutest Duckling: Olivia

Prettiest Eyes: Lilly

Best Orchestrating: JellyBean

Lovliest Reflection: Bernadette

Best Rainy Day Fun: Mo

Prettiest Pose: Banshee

Fluffiest Feathered Friend: Barney

Best Quacked Case: Sparticus

Thank You, Judges!

We would like to extend a special "Thank You!" to all of our judges. We know it wasn't easy picking winners when there were so many amazing and gorgeous contestants! Thank you for your tireless efforts.

If you live nearby and would like to participate in next year's judging, please contact us at the opening of the next photo contest in April of 2016!

Duckling Feeders

Duckling feeders come in a few shapes and sizes. They’re typically a small white jug that screws into a red feed tray, which holds the crumbles. They’re a bit too big for two ducklings, so unless you have more than six ducklings, you’ll probably end up wasting the excess food they don’t eat each time you clean it out.

If you’re using a feeding jug, it’s important that you don’t fill the feeder jug all the way up to the top with feed crumbles, or the bottom can get contaminated with water, saliva and poop and then soak upward like a sponge. To avoid wasting feed with smaller ducklings, just fill the tray with crumbles. As your ducklings grow, you’ll get accustomed to how much they eat between cleanings and know how much feed to put in their jug.

Duckling Water Founts

Duckling water dispensers can be purchased from your local farm supply store. These water founts have very shallow water troughs designed to prevent your ducklings from submerging themselves and possibly drowning.

Always keep your water dispenser clean and the water in them fresh. Stagnant or dirty water can lead to diseases. Botulism is just one deadly example of a disease that can reveal itself and kill your duckling within days if you aren’t diligent.

The trouble with these small dispensers, as you'll soon discover, is the cheap, plastic threading that wears out pretty quickly. After a half dozen uses or so, you may find yourself grumbling some unsavory words around your ducklings as you try to screw the red water tray back into the white water jug—and all without getting yourself wet. The threading never seems to work perfectly for long, but you still have to get the unit twisted back together absolutely right, or it’ll empty out and leak water all over your duckling house.

Don’t try to out-wit the small plastic duckling fount by purchasing a larger metal fount with better threading instead. These larger metal founts have deeper water troughs that are unsafe for your little ducklings.

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New Mini Tin Gifts!

Kim is giving away some FUN new Mini Tin creations to thank you for your donations!

Click here to see how you can get yours: Mini Tin necklaces!

Sorry... Available in the Continental US only.

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