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3/4/12 at 5:08am

A wading pool will be ok  for a while, but the ducks will be getting big (as FAST). They will be able to hop out.

 

Since it is spring now, you may want to try a portable foldable dog pen.  You can use it indoors or out. Here's the kind I use:

 

 

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Edited by dumb_cluck - 3/4/12 at 5:11am
Ladies, please. Let's not lose our heads! PROTECT THE FLOCK!
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post #12 of 12
3/4/12 at 7:29am
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Originally Posted by dumb_cluck View Post

A wading pool will be ok  for a while, but the ducks will be getting big (as FAST). They will be able to hop out.

 

Since it is spring now, you may want to try a portable foldable dog pen.  You can use it indoors or out. Here's the kind I use:

Thank you for the suggestion, but I'm not willing to spend almost as much as the cost of the birds for something to keep them in for only about 5 weeks. If hopping out becomes a problem I have some leftover plastic netting that I can wrap around the wading pool.

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All of our money is invested in T Bills.

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