I am trying to find some super soft mulch for the run. Plus the soil is SO hard and compacted, I'm hoping to find a mulch that can help bring the soil back to life a little bit. I will look into the stew idea though! The only problem with that, is won't it get mold on the bottom if the ground...
I know! My dad is all about building things, and all the ideas! He is currently building me a shed that I will be using to treat my chickens and my friends chickens for various diseases! I tis gong great! We will hopefully finish it next week! After that, we can start on the duck house! I am...
Got it! I will work on a design with my dad! may eb we can keep it off the ground too! I know that he's always wanted to pour cement in our run, but i down think that is a good idea, to hard. Maybe it would work just in the coop though if I covered the the cement really good with shavings? We...
I can work on making the floor of my above ground house mesh then, and I will continue toe use shavings. I usually use shavings, but if I run out then I use the hay fo ray horses until I can get more shavings. I will make it a project!
Ya, but then the ducks end up churning up the shavings on the bottom and it get mixed in. Plus, when you finally clean it out, the you have 5 times the work. I am also wondering gif there is a better nesting box way to keep things clean. Thanks Avery
The second coop. All the dishes inside were mini pool of water of the ducklings to dunk there heads in and swim before I let hem out with momma and the rest of the flock. I am planning on taking them out through. And I can get a picture of the A-frame in the corner, and more of the inside of...
And then would straw bedding help with the poop and cleaning factor? It seems like the shavings just absorb the urine and poo and it gets gross and really stinky. Thanks of all the help!
It wouldn't be to hard to make a would flooring. We always have extra wood around, since my dad is all about building things. We can by the rich flooring too, we have eno problem with that. I posted picture of the first coop. We have bad internet so the second picture will take a minuet load.
Here are the pictures! The first post is the original duck coop, so one of the coops we separate them in, and the second post is the second or newest duck coop, which is a little bigger. I have 9 ducks/ducklings as of now, which I separate between the coops. We will be getting rid of one of the...
I do hav e arom. Since it is so wet, I don't know how mess it would she without one! I am going to take pictures now, and the chickens usually sleep onto o other little hut, and the oldest one, who is 6-7ish, I had her separated because of her age and she has a permanent limp because of a sprain...
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Ohh yes, they have a large run for the day time, and a little pond inside ti with a small stream so the pond doesn't over flow. I also let hem out to free range when we can be around making noise, so that they won't be eaten by predators. They usually get outside, almost every day. I don't...
My duck coop is nothing much, it is basically just 4 large fence panels that are wrapped in chicken wire, buried in the ground, wired and paneled over the top, so completely pretatotor proof. Otherwise, I have a small hunt in the corner, with some cardboard behind it, up against the fence...