LadyIsadora, this setup is working really well. The ducks stay very very clean. If any poo stays on top, I can just hose it off. For the winter I had put ply wood sheets around it, because we get pretty nasty wind chills here. I believe the distance from the ground tho the 2x4s that the floor is...
The top of the gables, on both sides of the shed, have vents for circulation (looks like the branch is covering it up in the picture, though). The top of the kennel actually has chicken wire stretched across it. I used to have chicken wire around the bottom, too, before I moved it, but took it...
It's Red Rooster Poultry Flooring (http://www.doublel.com/poultrydivision/poultry-flooring/ol-flooring.html). I used to use it in dog kennels. Now I'm hoping it will keep the ducks cleaner
When we recently finished our chicken coop, we moved our 6 Sebrights (5 hens, 1 rooster) in first and waited about 3 weeks to move in our Wyandottes (4 hens), thinking we don't want the big Wyandottes to "beat up" the little Sebrights. Prior to the big coop the two breeds were in two separate...
First three eggs from our Wyandottes (hatched beginning of May). It's 26 Degrees Fahrenheit outside ... I figured we would have to wait until Spring for our first eggs. Pretty proud of those Chickies.