Days are getting shorter

[Miss Lydia]

Yay!! They are so special aren't they?

 

[Plague]

Well they're happy this morning! I let them out and they went for the food as usual, then washed it down with just a sip of water- so clearly they weren't even that thirsty!
Basically just like an ordinary morning- except their house is clean and dry! Oh what a great change

I was not comfortable at first taking the food and water out at night. I knew they would be fine, but still bothered me. After the first night and seeing just how little of a mess they made vs when it was in there I knew it was the right choice for us and then. I had to literally add bedding every day, now it has been around a week since I have needed to. Just depends if they decide to go swimming right before bed time lol. It really makes such a huge difference.

 

[BelovedBirds]

I was not comfortable at first taking the food and water out at night. I knew they would be fine, but still bothered me. After the first night and seeing just how little of a mess they made vs when it was in there I knew it was the right choice for us and then. I had to literally add bedding every day, now it has been around a week since I have needed to. Just depends if they decide to go swimming right before bed time lol. It really makes such a huge difference.

It bothered me too, I reduced the amount of water/food they had the night before cutting it out, to let them adjust a little bit. I'm really happy about how clean and dry it is! Previously I cleaned most of the house daily, all the wet mess, so it was dry every night for them- now I think we'll be able to use the bedding for at least 3 days! Maybe up to a week, we'll see!
I have a deep bed of shavings in there so I can turn the shavings over, hopefully it'll last a little while!

 

[Plague]

It bothered me too, I reduced the amount of water/food they had the night before cutting it out, to let them adjust a little bit. I'm really happy about how clean and dry it is! Previously I cleaned most of the house daily, all the wet mess, so it was dry every night for them- now I think we'll be able to use the bedding for at least 3 days! Maybe up to a week, we'll see!
I have a deep bed of shavings in there so I can turn the shavings over, hopefully it'll last a little while!

I use a deep liter method in our duck house. I haven't fully cleaned it in months. Last time I did I only took maybe half the bedding out even. I will be pulling it all out in next few months, mainly just so I can utilize it for fertilizer, as since starting doing it this way it just doesn't look bad, and hasn't gotten to smell, even when I just was changing it out constantly it always had a foul smell imo, but now not so much. I was quite skeptical about trying this, but I will say I have been very pleased, and our ducks seem to appreciate it. They really love when I need to add some, they have to go in during the day, just to drill around in the fresh and get it ready for when it is bed time lol.