# Ducklings in the swimming pool

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 5, 2006, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ducklings-in-the-swimming-pool/355492 "2006-05-05T02:31:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2006, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ducklings-in-the-swimming-pool/355492/1 "2006-05-05T02:31:28Z")

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A mother duck and several very tiny ducklings have moved into the swimming pool at my complex.

Is it safe for the ducklings to swim in pool water treated with chlorine?

How long until animal control can safely move the animals?

Do mother ducks reject their young if they are touched by humans?

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**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2006, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ducklings-in-the-swimming-pool/355492/2 "2006-05-05T03:00:21Z")

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Where’s Tony Soprano when you need him?

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**Author:** ![spingears](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@spingears](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spingears)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2006, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ducklings-in-the-swimming-pool/355492/3 "2006-05-05T15:13:22Z")

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Ducklings in the swimming pool

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> A mother duck and several very tiny ducklings have moved into the swimming pool at my complex.  
> s it safe for the ducklings to swim in pool water treated with chlorine?

Probably. Their presence is not so healthy for humans using the pool.

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> How long until animal control can safely move the animals?

As soon as they get there.

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> Do mother ducks reject their young if they are touched by humans?

Unless things have changed mama duck will put up a BIG fuss when ducklings are removed.  
Like baby chicks the ducklings depend on mama to teach them life skills but also seem to manage quite well when hatched enmass in incubators.