Do ducks kill the lawn?

[Derputy Dawg]

I have heavy clay soil, so it's a challenge to keep a lawn alive to begin with. I have to block off sections and seed it with duck resistant grass.. which I have yet to find.

 

[Moments]

Mini golf course is a good one. lol

As of this spring and some rainy weather it's more like a post apocalyptic war scene...

 

[Moments]

I have heavy clay soil, so it's a challenge to keep a lawn alive to begin with. I have to block off sections and seed it with duck resistant grass.. which I have yet to find.

Let me know if you find some lol

 

[Moments]

My 9 ducks get the backyard every day for 2 hours. They eat the bugs and weeds and fertilize while at it. You have to find the balance between beneficial and destructive. My lawn would look bad, if I gave it to them all day. 2 hours and that is it for my lawn, and it does look good.

I made the mistake as a new duck owner of letting them out on a rainy day.... and our back lawn has areas the water pools so they practically built a trench....

 

[Moments]

I remember reading that they'll tear up gardens looking for grubs, will they ruin the lawn as well? Just wondering, because I need to decide how much to encourage mine to play on the lawn.

If water pools up at all they will mud it up. Sometimes not too bad and it can recover but often times if left at it they can do maximum damage in a short timeframe, they're very destruction efficient. They even mud up around their pool if any gets splashed out.

 

[haggy98]

Here in CTX , I’ve gotta 55’ x 100’ lawn . Never more than 10 ducks at a time on the lawn (I have a few others being housed at a different property and I rotate my ducks occasionally). Coming into spring so not all the areas are back yet , but they’ve all got something growing still. The ducks don’t really pay any mind to the grass unless there’s standing water. They particularly like the grass right along the fence lines because it’s taller year round and I’m sure there’s bugs galore. they really enjoy weeding for me in my pea pebbles area . And all my garden beds have to be fenced off or covered because my plant starts is what they really want

 

[davez]

I had the nicest lawn from my 3 or 4 ducks. They muddied up a small area near the fence but they fertilized the rest of it really nicely.