Welcome Michael! I know nothing about ducks and very little about chickens, lol but that's why I joined this lovely group, for advice and support. And I love looking at pictures!
I'm originally from Ohio, Akron in fact! We couldn't take the snow and cold anymore and now we're starting our 4th year here in SC.
We just had hardware cloth on the top and a partial tarp on top of that but this spring was too wet and the run got too messy before we put pine shavings down...
Suzi18, I love your setup. My coop is similar but mine doesn't have the "picture window". My coop was also built in the run. We also covered the run with a tarp all the way across and have pine shavings in the run.
I just found this thread today and it was like reading a book from the best seller list! I couldn't put it down! Congrats Steve! Little Lucky is so adorable and the full face picture is priceless. I don't know how many times I wanted to hit the like button 50 times or more for one post or...