@vlapinta yes, I use food grade DE.
@KHoward Last winter I was out there shoveling, scraping, and scattering straw, but then I realized that the ducks just pretty much went where they felt anyway, so I quit all that nonsense about halfway thru. My ducks last year were perfectly fine. That being said, my ducks do have 4 snow-free sheltered areas to hang out. But now this year, 2 of my ducks have some nasty Bumblefoot going on. So might be related.
@KHoward Last winter I was out there shoveling, scraping, and scattering straw, but then I realized that the ducks just pretty much went where they felt anyway, so I quit all that nonsense about halfway thru. My ducks last year were perfectly fine. That being said, my ducks do have 4 snow-free sheltered areas to hang out. But now this year, 2 of my ducks have some nasty Bumblefoot going on. So might be related.