Okay thanks for the tips. That's what I was looking for. I kept getting mixed answers from people though!
I will look into ordering/buying his book.
Learycow---I'm hopefully getting some adults or ducklings from them when they drive down to Tampa in December
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I'll be sure to post pics of mine (granted the hatching goes well, fingers crossed!)
And I hope you continue to post pics of your babies as they grow and feather out!
We found shavings to be a better option for duck bedding here on our farm. Their are positives and negatives to all bedding but it lasted a lot longer than the straw in our duck houses.
Thanks for your advice! We'll have to give that a try. I need to track down someone in the area who sells shavings by the truckload because bagged shavings will be too expensive!
Do I need to be careful how small the pieces are? Will they try to eat it? I just had a load of pine tree mulch delivered last week from a tree that was cut down. There are bits and branch tips of pine needles still in it and the wood chips are quite small. Would this work for them, both with the size of the mulch pieces and the fact that there are pine needles in it? I know the needles can be really sharp especially when they're dry. I have some other non-pine mulch piles, too with bigger pieces (like the size of mulch to spread in flower beds -- we use it for walking paths, too). I was planning on spreading some of those in my chicken run for them to scratch in. I'm not sure if that would work for duck bedding??
Great! We have plenty of mulch at the moment -- can't wait to try. Should we take out all the soiled straw bedding and start fresh or just pile the mulch on top like deep litter bedding?
