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I'd say my coop is about a foot and a half off the ground.

If you do make a ramp, make it wide. Ducks hate narrow ramps---that much I've found.

No ramp here. The current duck coop is right at ground level, and the other chicken coop (where they live other times) just has a cinder block in front of the door. They jump up fine, even the call. I meant to build a ramp but I ran out of 35* days. Don't know how well you can see the block...

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I put a 1 gal water bowl on a 2--3 ft high box... ducks won't jump up, chickens will... if you're using nipple waterers for the chickens that won't apply. What kind of temps do you get? I am guessing not very low since you use nipple waterers. I give my ducks pool water until it gets cold...

Oh, definitely not to the littles. They can't get the pellets down their gullet anyway. Or at least they sure look funny if they try. :lol:

It does, and hopefully it keeps on working. :fl

Another good point. Ducks waste so much crumble. In 2014--2015-ish I fed my birds crumble/mash and had a trio of ducks in there somewhere. When I emptied the water bowls, there was always a good inch of food sludge in the bottom. So wasteful. I moved the water away from the food but they still...

I decided to keep feeding layer to my birds because it's $6 cheaper... at a bag or more a week, that adds up fast. I have yet to see any solid evidence in my or my neighbour's birds that is indicative of damage from the calcium, even in birds that are over 8 years old. I think the management...

The experts don't recommend it, but I feed mine layer. :hide I house my ducks with my chickens. No issues except it's hard to keep the chickens hydrated in winter because the ducks get possessive of the water bowl. I suggest giving another water source up where the ducks can't reach.