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Thank you, Crystal. That does seem like a good idea, but we have placed their waterer on a block so it's about at head height and they still manage to dribble all over the place. They use the water to rinse down their food....and walk around the box while doing it!

They are SO cute, but SOO messy! It's amazing how quickly they can get everything wet....and they're not even swimming/standing in the water! We tried placing the food/water far apart, then tried placing them really close together...but even then almost all shavings were wet w/in a couple...

Ducks sound cute/fun, but it sounds like there's no way they'll ever be as low maintenance as our chickens, Honey . . . er . . . Nifty-Chicken. With our current chicken setup we could probably be gone a few days and our girls would be fine (HUGE feed dispenser made by Nifty-Chicken, and...

I also just noticed this topic from January "I'm looking into getting some ducks,But do they make obnoxious sounds?" https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=75 eggchel says With Muscovy ducks, neither the male nor the female is noisy. They make little trilling and friendly...

Thank you, terrielacy for all the great duck advice! Will you call the feed store and see if / when they get ducklings and what breeds they will get in? Heck as long as you are calling will you also ask when they will get chicks in? I just called and asked when they'd be getting chicks in...

How fun! I'm getting excited about having a duck!'' So, I have a couple questions: 1)If we do have a pool, how often will we need to be changing the water? 2)Are duck droppings the same as chickens' so far as using for garden fertilizer? Thanks! (We LOVE this forum - and the site! ) -Emily...