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post #1 of 13
2/21/12 at 12:56pm
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The Duck Plan:

A wonderful friend is rennovating their house and has a MASSIVE wood pile outside. I've been invited to get whatever I want. WOOO HOOO

 

So I plan on building a small duck shelter with the excess wood and some extra wire at the house. I want to build them essentially an "overnight" shelter to lock them in away from the night time predators. For the day time I'm going to put up a fence in the woods that will have a pool for them and plenty of area to be ducks. LOL

 

The plan right now is to start with 3 of my friend's 300 ducks.

 

How big does the coop need to be for 3-5 ducks? Does the plan sound reasonable?

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post #2 of 13
2/21/12 at 1:01pm

Lucky you! That's wonderful. I'd say for an overnight shelter for up to 5 ducks you should be aiming for about 25 sq feet, or 5 sq feet per duck. Make sure they have good ventilation too. 

 

Can't wait to see pics! I'm sure you'll love having the ducks.

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post #3 of 13
2/21/12 at 2:01pm
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Originally Posted by doubleatraining View Post

The Duck Plan:

A wonderful friend is rennovating their house and has a MASSIVE wood pile outside. I've been invited to get whatever I want. WOOO HOOO

 

So I plan on building a small duck shelter with the excess wood and some extra wire at the house. I want to build them essentially an "overnight" shelter to lock them in away from the night time predators. For the day time I'm going to put up a fence in the woods that will have a pool for them and plenty of area to be ducks. LOL

 

The plan right now is to start with 3 of my friend's 300 ducks.

 

How big does the coop need to be for 3-5 ducks? Does the plan sound reasonable?

BHep has 300 ducks?  lau.gif      Sounds like a great plan dt, like cocoa says be sure to post pics when you get your coop done and also when you get your ducks..

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Living in the Beautiful Mountains of Western N.C.. with 16 chickens= EE's, Game, Cochin bantams,Light Brahma,  13Muscovy ducks, 1Embden Gander,1 Toulouse goose, 3 mini Dachshunds, 1 mixed breed, pond goldfish,  and a wonderful Husband who makes it all possible..♥

 



 

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post #4 of 13
2/21/12 at 2:28pm
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Miss Lydia, yep they are coming from Bhep.

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post #5 of 13
2/21/12 at 2:34pm

It sounds outstanding. Make the house about the right size for about 20 ducks. They will reproduce quick.

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post #6 of 13
2/21/12 at 2:44pm
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It sounds outstanding. Make the house about the right size for about 20 ducks. They will reproduce quick.



Agreed on making a larger house than you need.  They do reproduce quickly, mostly by people getting more smile.png

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post #7 of 13
2/21/12 at 2:48pm
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LOL I'm not going to have 20 ducks....no boys are welcome here. I just want eggs.

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post #8 of 13
2/21/12 at 2:51pm
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LOL I'm not going to have 20 ducks....no boys are welcome here. I just want eggs.



You say that now...  Seriously, once people have a couple, it seems to take extreme will not to acquire more.

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post #9 of 13
2/21/12 at 2:53pm

Its best to make duck housing a little on the large side anyway as they are experts at making a mess of things. If they will be getting out every day I would feed them outside the house and give them most of their water in the daytime pen and only give them access to a small amount of water at night. The less water in the house the cleaner the duck house in my experience.

Good luck.

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post #10 of 13
2/21/12 at 3:00pm
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poultrypalacewhidbey, I like ducks but they aren't my focus. I'll have to see what kind of boards I get to see how big I can go. I was planning on putting their tub outside in the run and just a little bit of drinking water inside the coop so they can't get but so messy. I'll bed it with straw. I plan on making a 3 sided structure with a roof for their coop.

 

 

Do they need nesting boxes?

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