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This is my ducks first winter does it sound like I am doing things right? Their pond is frozen so I bought a rubber feed bowl big enough for them both to swim in--2 runner ducks, male and female. I fill it in the morning and dump it at night so I dont have to deal with a very frozen bowl. Inside...

Looks like you have a little piece of heaven there. Your first pic looks like a beautiful painting. Perty children too

Wow I thot I knew everything, I didnt know about streamers. My rooster's are actually growing back after some plucking, a hawk? Do all roosters have them or mostly silkies? Thanks.

japanese beetles, and when I cant let them out I will pick clover and grasses and make a ball of it and throw it in their water dish. I will try peas!

I cant find the person who asked about a filter for their pond but check out wifezillas--she sent me info on a biological filter that you can build yourself http://www.skippysstuff.com/biofiltr.htm

Thanks for the pics Dances, I've been wondering if mine really are runners. How old before they get the curl in the tail?

I'm confused--are they ameri-canas?are they officially called easter eggers? Anyway I've had them and love their egyptian eyes.

I love reds.

Thank you for the biofilter idea. I will look into it. That looks like a beautiful pond.

Thank you all , I am relieved. It wasnt too hard digging the pond. I dug down a little more than a foot then piled up the dug earth all around,put the liner in, put the rocks around it that came out of the hole, and then put the grass, moss pieces all around that. I planted tall grasses around...

I am new with ducks but have read that they need good ventilation and am thinking they are sturdier than chickens and dont need to be so warm. ??? The wild ones go swimming in the winter.?????

I am a new duck keeper. I dug them a pond deep enough to dip and dive in with a rubber liner, they swim underwater the length of it. --- 4x8 feet which I partially overflow with a hose every couple of days. But I am worried because they do most of their drinking from it. They have water bowls...