Chlorinated Pool

[CarleeAnn]

Is it okay for my ducks to take occasional dips in the pool? Will it affect their eggs at all? They used to be scared of it but once they saw me dip my feet in the jumped in too and now they love it! They don’t have access to it unsupervised, but they enjoyed it so much I want to let them swim in the pool more often.


Here’s a video of their fist jump in! (I added music so you wouldn’t hear us talking.)

 

[cavemanrich]

If the pool chlorine does not harm you, its not likely to harm your ducks. One thought I have is you will have to keep that fine mesh net handy. Pick up those floating gumdrops. Or are they sinkers??????
WISHING YOU BEST.....

 

[Fairview01]

Unless you never want to swim in the pool again, it's fine. The only differences between pigeons and ducks is that pigeons don't have webbed feet and won't float for very long. Ducks are extremely dirty birds. There is not enough chlorine in the pool to keep it sanitized. First things ducks do after getting in the water is poo. I can't imagine wanting to swim in a pool also used by ducks that are pooing in the water..

No Thank you

 

[Miss Lydia]

Not sure if they might get sick from drinking the pool water or not.

 

[chickens really]

I would not let them in a Human pool...Ducks poop non stop and I'm not sure if the water is safe for them to drink or if it affects the feathers...Kiddie pool of fresh water might be safer...

 

[CarleeAnn]

They have access to their fresh water pond all day, the pool would just be like a once a day thing for maybe thirty minutes. By no means would it become their duck pond

Perhaps I will limit it to only once a week, or even month.

Thank you all for the advice!

 

[Fairview01]

They have access to their fresh water pond all day, the pool would just be like a once a day thing for maybe thirty minutes. By no means would it become their duck pond

Perhaps I will limit it to only once a week, or even month.

Thank you all for the advice!

Have you ever battled black algae in a pool. You will with the ducks. It is immune to normal algacides, copper sulfate and high chlorine shock levels. To eliminate it a silver based algacide is needed plus beaucoup of brushing to remove the protective slime and make it vulnerable to treatment.

 

[CarleeAnn]

Have you ever battled black algae in a pool. You will with the ducks. It is immune to normal algacides, copper sulfate and high chlorine shock levels. To eliminate it a silver based algacide is needed plus beaucoup of brushing to remove the protective slime and make it vulnerable to treatment.

Thank you for the heads up! I have not dealt with that before.

We just found out we will be moving within the month anyways, so no more pool after then. Oh well!

 

[Fairview01]

Thank you for the heads up! I have not dealt with that before.

We just found out we will be moving within the month anyways, so no more pool after then. Oh well!

I was certified by the National Swimming Pool Foundation. With few exceptions across the nation having those credentials allowed me to maintain any public pool. That's where I learned about ducks, duck poo and how they transfer things from water body to water body which includes black algae spores. Everything that they swi in their own pool is transfered to yours. I ran a pool service for a bit and when y customers asked what I thought about ducks in their pool, I replied they make for a tasty meal. They stubborn ones had perfect understanding when globs of slimy black algae started showing up at the end of July when the 15,000 gallon play pools reach a constant 90 degree low temperature.

Nasty, nasty stuff. I wish I could move and let someone else own my 55,000 gallon pool. I hated it even before they started building it.

 

[Hen Pen Jem]

Thank you for the heads up! I have not dealt with that before.

We just found out we will be moving within the month anyways, so no more pool after then. Oh well!

CarleeAnn,
Thanks for the beautiful video! I really enjoyed it, very creative.
They sure did enjoy that pool.
Maybe you could make them some duckie dipping diapers! LOL!!!