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post #31 of 38
11/11/11 at 5:52am

Some of my ducks don't like being cooped up but others will fly in the raised chicken coops and roost with the chickens while others will go in the chicken stalls and sleep in with the chickens.  The others will either jump on the milk crates that I have in the yard or fly on the peacock aviary.  With winter approaching, I am getting more and more paranoid about predators coming from the woods and killing my ducks and geese.  Although, I have never had a predator problem, I'm re-thinking my current set up.  With that said, I have located some pallet shipping crates that I want to get.  I plan on turning them over, making a door so they can go in for the night.  I want to make the bedding a combination of sand and hay.

Here is a pic of the shipping crates.
http://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/6612_shipping_crate.jpg

NPIP Certified-115 Chickens (50 chicks), 13 Geese (12 gosling), 19 BR Turkeys (5 poults), 7 Rabbits, 60 Muscovy Duck, 29 Guineas (15 keets), 9 Peafowl, 8 Sheep, 1 Goat and pea, turkey and guinea eggs cooking in the incubator.
 

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NPIP Certified-115 Chickens (50 chicks), 13 Geese (12 gosling), 19 BR Turkeys (5 poults), 7 Rabbits, 60 Muscovy Duck, 29 Guineas (15 keets), 9 Peafowl, 8 Sheep, 1 Goat and pea, turkey and guinea eggs cooking in the incubator.
 

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post #32 of 38
8/1/12 at 3:26pm

in that case is there a fence around the orchard if there isnt then you can just take 4 pallets  tie them together in a square and you can just move them from one place to the next

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post #33 of 38
12/7/12 at 10:23am

Hi, I free range my chickens, and my ducks and geese have a seperate pen...they used to be to gethr but the chickens learned how to hop over the fence. However, yyou can house them together. My ducks and geese sleep in a up side down large plastic storage containe r... i made a hole in it.

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post #34 of 38
6/10/13 at 4:25am
My husband made this coop for my two ducks, Cisco and Farrah, I love it and it seems they do too
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post #35 of 38
6/10/13 at 8:05am
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Originally Posted by Louenid View Post

My husband made this coop for my two ducks, Cisco and Farrah, I love it and it seems they do too
You think I should change the door ?
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post #36 of 38
6/17/13 at 7:30pm
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You think I should change the door ?
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post #37 of 38
6/17/13 at 7:32pm
I like it
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post #38 of 38
6/18/13 at 7:07am

ohhh like hinge it from the top? yeah probably be easier on you than having to clean ramp off to close it. You can always put something for them to step down onto at the entrance....

18 Hens, 5 Roosters uggh lol, 2 Dogs, 9 now 2 pond fish. thanks alot you not so great blue heron!!,  9 Ducks, 2 cats black and white and not related.(Plus 3 strays that the neighbors feed but they hang out in my front yard...ALL BLACK AND WHITE colored!)

 

"KES" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOB8cwxSh-w&feature=relmfu A MUST SEE MOVIE. You will never forget little Billy Casper.

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18 Hens, 5 Roosters uggh lol, 2 Dogs, 9 now 2 pond fish. thanks alot you not so great blue heron!!,  9 Ducks, 2 cats black and white and not related.(Plus 3 strays that the neighbors feed but they hang out in my front yard...ALL BLACK AND WHITE colored!)

 

"KES" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOB8cwxSh-w&feature=relmfu A MUST SEE MOVIE. You will never forget little Billy Casper.

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