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I use mulched maple leaves as a base for the night run, and mixed with straw for Winter day beds etc. Sometimes I use the mulching lawn mower the break them down first, sometimes I just use the mulching leaf vacuum. If you have a mower with a bag attachment that is probably ideal. I found...

Our newest additions at 2.5wks having supervised playtime. The older girls are a year old this week. They spent an hour or so with two fences between them, and then once the older ones had calmed down a bit I let them out to investigate the ducklings day-pen. Last year we had issues with...

After loosing one of our four girls last month to an unknown cause, she just sat down and died one day! :( We got tempted by the fresh batch of little peepers at the hardware store last week. We got two "straight run" and are praying they are not both boys. They are growing so fast! Neil.

Here are some pics of my duck house and night run. It's wired for power so we can keep their water ice free in winter. I found if I put the food outside the house I loose too much to squirrels or the dogs. Neil

For my Khaki Campbell's I started using pine bark mulch in the night run, and a layer of straw over wood shavings in the house. With the abundance of maple trees in my garden I switched to shredded leaves in the night run over the winter. When the snow drifted through the night run I felt better...

Yep, what they said! I hand fed the ducklings every day and picked them up as often as possible. Once they got bigger I cut back on the handling so mine are not fully tame like the cats or dogs, but I can pick them up for inspection as needed. I started using defosted peas to put the girls...

Thank you all for the warm welcome. Neil.

Hi, After spending many hours reading the great advice on this forum I've finally taken the time to join. Thank you all the the great information you have already shared, and looking forward to future idea/knowledge exchanges. About me: Before I moved to Maine (US) I lived in Southern...