Ducklings are terribly messy, good thing they're so cute! We were cleaning the Brooder (baby pen) every day, sometimes twice a day depending on how crazy they got. They are very soft, sweet, & cute…but man, did that get old quick. So when Belle (one of our chickens), went Broody we decided to get her some duck eggs to hatch. She was a great duck mom, although she was shocked when they started swimming one day!