Duck Pond/pool pictures

[kangababy]

We just got it done Oct 15th really!! Still making little adjustments here and there and have to make nesting boxes before next spring..

Before the net went up but the picture is from teh back of the property

some of the babies

The divers get a treat once a week.. 10 dozen fish

More Pictures and how the buidling went on my BYC website

 

[kdcrws]

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[katharinad]

How much concrete did you use for the pool and how much did it cost you? I'm amazed by the work you've put into it.

 

[NellaBean]

Here is my high tech setup.

LOL. Or not.

 

[KansasKid]

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What do type of fish do you give them?
And where do i go to see your website.

 

[kangababy]

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What do type of fish do you give them?
And where do i go to see your website.

Just got ot View my BYC website. There should be a link on the side.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/web/viewblog.php?id=52664-the-avairy-construction

I get them 10 dozens minnows once a week. They seem to enjoy them. I was going to get some Koi to help keep the pond clean but they are going to have to be larger than the birds can eat. Someone told me to get some cheap goldfish and put in there to see if they would live before getting Koi and I did and that was the first thing the Hoodies found! I plan on getting some crawfish to put in there as well but finding those is a little more difficult this time a year. I have found a place that I can get them and snails.

 

[kangababy]

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Well this pond took 4 trucks of concrete or 37 yards total and it is about 2 inches think across the whole area and thicker in some places. The concrete had fiber in it and was by far teh biggest expense of the pen. It was around $3,500 and took me, my dad and about 5/6 of his friends to get pours out of the truck and smoothed out. It wasn't all that hard because they would bring a truck out at a time but normally by time we got one done the next was there. It would have been nice to have about a 15 minute break between each truck. We started at 7am and got done at 11am and it was basically constnet work. We had one go on a big float smoothing it out, 3 with little hand floats/smoothers, 2 with shovels moving it around if there was too muvh, another with a garden hoe and 1 or 2 peole going around with sticks to make sure it was at least 2 inches deep. Before we had the concrete truck out we of course had the 6 inch drain pipe put in. We had to cover about 30sqft of pond. This pond holds somewhere between 48,000-60,000 gallons of water.
As you can see it takes up about half of the pen, but they do love the water and most of them don't venture very far off of it.

By January/February 2011 we will start construction on the Brood House (wet/dry brooders) and then a holding pen for the waterfowl we raise which I am thinking will be 60x40 or half the size of this pen.

It is something that me and my dad enjoy doing together and I hope my kids are going to get into though my oldest just wants to design his own pen and pick out the birds he wants so mayby some of them can live in the holding pen!

We have 10 acres to build on and soon will have 2-3 of that as large ponds to attact waterfowl. We also raise quail and pheasants and are trying our hand ar Turkey with little to no luck.. so we have lots of Silkies and Cochins I am not sure what we will do with them!

 

[savingdogs]

I'm sure my ducks would be jealous if they could see that picture, Kangababy! Mine have to made do with something 1/10th the size.

 

[Hattiegun]

Kangababy~~ luv luv luv it.... I have only had ducks for 7 months ( 4 Calls) and have a nice little set up ... THIS IS what I want when I retire ( about 5yrs) !!!!!! do have tours ~ lol..... someday I would luv to come visit.... its really FAB !!! thanks for sharing.<3

 

[KansasKid]

kangababy so the big structure in the middle of the pens is to hold hold the wire up that supports the netting? And is that net all one piece or several? And if you don't mind, how much did you pay for it? and do you have the water in there continuously pumping from a pond/creek? Sorry for all the questions.