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my last egg hatching didnt go too well and only ended up with 1 egg hatch...this was saturday, at the mo it is very reliant and shouts at us for leaving him in the box if he's been out for cuddles etc.....was thinking of getting another but the one local only had 2 week olds and thought it might not be a good idea due to size and clumsiness.....we could get a day or so old from somewhere completely different but wondered if it's a must or necessary or would it learn to be ok on it's own?......we have a chick teddy in with it at the mo, although it;s not showing much interest in it..?

thanks
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It will do ok on its own, but yes it will be needy and cheap at you. It may become very tame as a result. We always put a teddy in with the singletons (prob makes us feel better!)
It is better for it to have a ducky friend as they do have a flock instinct. It wouldn't have to be exactly the same age but similar would be good, they grow so fast that difference in age can mean a big size difference, 2 weeks is probably ok depending on the breed.

I love ducks!
CLx

I have a single Call Duck called Daffy which was the only one to hatch in a batch. She has a house and run in the garden with a plastic snowman she sits with every night, and also a small mirror as a "friend". In the daytime she wanders around the garden chasing the doves, sparrows and our Westie. She is not interested in the other Call Ducks on the other side of the fence and thinks she is "human".
Goes for walkies round our caravan site and very easy to look after. Don't think you will have a problem, just a friend for life.

David