Automatic drinking water for my Duckies

[WannaBeHillBilly]

I think i found a DIY solution: The previous owner of the property left some large diameter PVC pipes behind, so i could cut open one to form it into a trough, install a garden hose with a float valve on one end and a small pipe with a shutoff valve at the other end. If i leave that shutoff valve open just a bit, there will be a permanent water flow through the trough, removing the food mud. About the frost: I will bury most of the garden hose between the house and the duck-platform and cover the exposed ends with foam-pipe insulator. For the waterer itself, there's pipe heating cable available…
Yippiee! Another DIY project for me! I will keep y'all updated how it worked out.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Better cover that foam if it's going to be exposed. They will eat on it most likely.

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

Better cover that foam if it's going to be exposed. They will eat on it most likely.

Gooood point! My Duckies nibble at everything, including me. I will put »Duck« tape around the insulator.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Speaking of Limpy how is he doing? did he recover completely?

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

Speaking of Limpy how is he doing? did he recover completely?

Limpy will very likely never fully recover, he is still limping. But he limps faster than i can run on the mud that was once our yard!
He is still my friend after all i had to do to him, when the other four ducks run away, he is sitting calm and looks what i'm doing. Sometimes i help him out of the duck-pool and carry him downhill to the treats and i think he is thankful. He is not flailing or flapping his wings when i have him, just calmly waiting what i do.

 

[Miss Lydia]

He has a good friend in you

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

He has a good friend in you

Thank you!