Donald!!! - Gone without a trace…

[CrystaBub]

Well hadn't heard the coyotes in a while thinking they may have all gotten wiped out but sirens just went off and so did the coyotes . Good thing we took the pistol with us when we went walking today.

Wow that’s alarming!!! Yeah keep that pistol handy - wow!

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

Duck Knox update: Installed a new stud and the last two missing parts of the reeling today.

And then started to close the upper parts of the walls with chicken wire.

I know what you're saying: Chicken Wire is designed to keep the chickens inside not the predators outside! - But the next step is to close the walls with epoxy/wood sheeting, at least the lower parts of the walls, so that the duckies can't touch the wire. Then the chicken wire and the metal roof will be electrified. That should prevent any predator attack, shouldn't it? - I need to figure out how to create some windows in the lower parts of the walls, the ducks love to sit inside and watch their surroundings.

 

[CrystaBub]

I know what you're saying: Chicken Wire is designed to keep the chickens inside not the predators outside! - But the next step is to close the walls with epoxy/wood sheeting, at least the lower parts of the walls, so that the duckies can't touch the wire.

Instead of epoxy/wood sheeting, you could use plexiglass/polycarb panels. We have those in our run and it gives the ducks a full view to the outside while still giving them protection from elements and critters.

 

[Miss Lydia]

 

[WannaBeHillBilly]

Instead of epoxy/wood sheeting, you could use plexiglass/polycarb panels. We have those in our run and it gives the ducks a full view to the outside while still giving them protection from elements and critters.

I know, but i already have several panels of that epoxy/wood sheeting. The previous owner left a stack of wood, that was rotten when i found it, except for those panels. Their downside is the enormous weight, i can barely lift a 2x3m panel, threw a piece into my pond and it sank to the bottom. I may have some poly-carbonate panels somewhere in the garage, or i just buy one or two, they are not too expensive.

 

[shawluvsbirds]

Duck Knox update: Installed a new stud and the last two missing parts of the reeling today.

And then started to close the upper parts of the walls with chicken wire.

I know what you're saying: Chicken Wire is designed to keep the chickens inside not the predators outside! - But the next step is to close the walls with epoxy/wood sheeting, at least the lower parts of the walls, so that the duckies can't touch the wire. Then the chicken wire and the metal roof will be electrified. That should prevent any predator attack, shouldn't it? - I need to figure out how to create some windows in the lower parts of the walls, the ducks love to sit inside and watch their surroundings.

Wanna be. . are these decks attached to your house?
I would be awful worried you may have a fire risk if you electrify all of that

 

[Miss Lydia]

@WannaBeHillBilly I can feel your pain. I lost my tiny OEGB rooster to a hawk on Sat. He didn't vanish though sadly I found him. What an awful feeling.

 

[Raenh]

I'm sorry, @Miss Lydia

 

[quackiemama]

@WannaBeHillBilly I can feel your pain. I lost my tiny OEGB rooster to a hawk on Sat. He didn't vanish though sadly I found him. What an awful feeling.

I don't ever want to witness that. Im so sorry.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Not something I want to see ever again. Thank you both