Like a lot of us - I am adding to my ladies this spring in 2021. I currently have 1 black swedish and 2 saxony ducklings in my cart.
I have a three walled coop, attached to a run. My ladies free range in my acre daily (unless i notice a lot of hawk activity).
I have a dropping board with a LOT of room underneath along the back of my sand coop floor and run (I live in Florida).
I have all together, 130 sq ft between coop (it's three walls, it's technically not a closed door coop since it's too hot here in central Florida), and run. 12 birds. Would that be a viable option to add ducks to the coop? since they sleep on the ground? What would be the preferred medium for underneath the dropping boards for them to nest and sleep? (the board is 4ft in width and about 8 ft across).
I can slap together a duck house pretty fast since it's basically a box, and a run.
I have a three walled coop, attached to a run. My ladies free range in my acre daily (unless i notice a lot of hawk activity).
I have a dropping board with a LOT of room underneath along the back of my sand coop floor and run (I live in Florida).
I have all together, 130 sq ft between coop (it's three walls, it's technically not a closed door coop since it's too hot here in central Florida), and run. 12 birds. Would that be a viable option to add ducks to the coop? since they sleep on the ground? What would be the preferred medium for underneath the dropping boards for them to nest and sleep? (the board is 4ft in width and about 8 ft across).
I can slap together a duck house pretty fast since it's basically a box, and a run.