We lost a poult today, apparently it followed the goslings into the little pool and drowned. So if you do set up a pool for the ducklings may want to keep the idiot poults away from it
Slow progress is still progress! My building skills are slow going also, we opted for bucket boxes like the ones in the second post here:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/42379/bucket-nesting-boxes
I always get curious about word origins so you got me wondering...
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=barrow
"vehicle for carrying a load," c.1300, barewe, probably from an unrecorded Old English *bearwe "basket, barrow," from beran "to bear, to carry" (see bear (v.)). The original had...
Good luck!
Probably would be a good idea to have a heat lamp in the coop for a while. You could try raising it a bit each day or every few days to wean them off of it once they're outside. I wouldn't worry about acclimating them to being outside, as long as they're free to come inside if...
Do you have any pics of Chicky's hatch mates for comparison? I haven't seen blue eyes on a chicken, don't know if it's normal for EEs but it's pretty cool anyways. :)