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That is a freeze proof faucet. It goes straight down below the frost line. The valve is actually down there. Then when the valve is closed, it opens up a drain and there is a large sandy area down there that the water from the pipe can flow back down into and soak back into the soil. So the...

Just thought I'd give this thread a little kick start since there were no posts last year :idunno It hit 29 degrees this afternoon... This is what 29 degrees means to a duck after several sub zero days: :D

@Krazyquilts this made me think of your "naughty" Cayuga. Maybe there is something to the breed???

Full justification of our security cams Yvonne went out to get eggs and let the ducks out, she found Pocahontas on the wrong side of the fence and there was a nest there with an egg in it. Silly Pokey, she wanted a quiet place for her egg. We have since moved the chair.

Once / week. When it is hot we do partial drain and fills to keep it below 60F. (which keeps the algae at bay). It really is less work for us than kiddie pools.

This is a duplicate post from my swimming pool thread, but this is a video thread so.... I'm posting it here too. This is a time-lapse (sometimes) video of how I clean the swimming pool for the ducks.

Wow! nice little flock and Henry is absolutely gorgeous

My workday was over at 5:00 and I happened to already be home . The 20 - 25 minutes that it takes Yvonne to get home from work is "lay in the backyard with the ducks" time. I took a comforter and flopped down with the ducks who were mostly snoozing in the sun. When Yvonne drove in the...

Yeah, we got him before we knew how many problems Crested Ducks could have. We did know that females having their crest yanked instead of their necks during mating could be disastrous so that's why he's our other drake. We also knew that crested from both parents meant disaster in the shell...

I don't even think it's that. Tevye is built like a basketball player. Long limbs, long body, big bill, big feet and real fluffy feathers plus he has a big strong drake neck so he looks as big as the Pekin. But his body is slightly bigger in diameter than a runner (he is filled out with no...

She's the only Pekin in a flock without a Muscovy Drake, or an Exhibition-Type Rouen and 5 of the flock are light weights (runners / KC). Tevye is as "big" as she is, but he's all string-bean with feathers and weighs half what she does.

So sorry Julie, come on over. I'm sure Casey would climb you. (She likes climbing and nibbling hair.)

They also love to climb on the "poop" pile which now that it is warming up is a steep pile of old pine shavings that avalanches while they climb. Doesn't matter, they want to be on top, they get there. And who hasn't had a duck try to climb their chest to go over their shoulder...

By the way... I have to laugh when people say their ducks can't climb the little ramps into their house... Ducks don't want to go in their house, of course the ramp is too hard. Put a pool at the end of a big steep ramp and see how competent the ducks become at ramp climbing.

I'm not sure if treats make the alpha... If that's the case, Allie would be my alpha. Her 10 lbs pushes all ducks out of the way when the meal worms come out. In all other matters, she is definitely NOT the flock leader.

Thanks, I will refer you to my thread https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/966725/1900-gallons-of-ducky-bliss for more information than you could ever want - rationalization, considerations and results. For us, this is WAY less work than the kiddie pools (with 15 ducks) and we were just as happy...

I suppose a girl could be the alpha (in all girl flocks, the alpha will sometimes grow a drake feather!) but Greta is only over everybody in her own head. Half the flock will retaliate against her and Kaine runs her off when he gets too many complaints. Casey was definitely knock down a couple...

Pocahontas surfaced twice next to Tevye spooking him, but I don't think she nipped at him. She's the highest girl in the pecking order, but generally she and Tevye don't dispute who is higher. He doesn't usually get to mate with her, but that is more because of Kaine than Pocahontas, she lets...

Ducks' first day of big pool this year:

If tomatoes are near the top of the list, try this: don't cut it up at all (sometimes we make a small split to get them started. We call this Ducky football. (This is a repost, but I don't remember if I posted it here or not.)