Duck pond question

[Big Cluck]

Does anyone have any experience with a Duptic system? I would imagine it would be like an underground reservoir that you could drain a small duck pond into? Kind of like an old grey water well, but more composty. Has anyone tried anything like this? Would it be worth the work or just make a big duck poo cesspool?

 

[Earthdale]

I've never heard of it, but it sounds interesting. Anyone else ever heard of it?

 

[Big Cluck]

I've never heard of it, but it sounds interesting. Anyone else ever heard of it?

It was a thought I had to keep from dumping duck pond water down over my lawn… I can only assume it would be called a duptic system…

 

[rjmyooper]

Does anyone have any experience with a Duptic system? I would imagine it would be like an underground reservoir that you could drain a small duck pond into? Kind of like an old grey water well, but more composty. Has anyone tried anything like this? Would it be worth the work or just make a big duck poo cesspool?

Not that particular system, but I am going to have a "septic like" filter system. A deep hole with a liner, full of layers of gravel then large filter pads above so they can be cleaned. The bottom will drain into a pump, in a sub pump tank and be pumped back up to the top pond.

 

[New duck mommy 2021]

It was a thought I had to keep from dumping duck pond water down over my lawn… I can only assume it would be called a duptic system…

The duck pond water I dump actually is like fertilizer
That’s the greenest part of my lawn

 

[Earthdale]

I use mine for the garden and orchard.

 

[Big Cluck]

Not that particular system, but I am going to have a "septic like" filter system. A deep hole with a liner, full of layers of gravel then large filter pads above so they can be cleaned. The bottom will drain into a pump, in a sub pump tank and be pumped back up to the top pond.View attachment 3144027

That sounds similar to an above ground bio filter I built. Yours might actually work because you’re not trying to pump duck water. Mine failed over and over cuz you can’t pump duck water.

 

[Big Cluck]

The duck pond water I dump actually is like fertilizer
That’s the greenest part of my lawn

I’m not sure why, but the path of the duck pond water will grow nothing but this fairly invasive weed I hate. It could be because it is also a high traffic area AND as soon as the pond is dumped the ducks drill little duck holes everywhere in the waters path…. I wonder if they know what the poo content of the water is

 

[New duck mommy 2021]

I’m not sure why, but the path of the duck pond water will grow nothing but this fairly invasive weed I hate. It could be because it is also a high traffic area AND as soon as the pond is dumped the ducks drill little duck holes everywhere in the waters path…. I wonder if they know what the poo content of the water is

Being a high traffic area that’s a big possibility
My one pond is built in so I wasn’t able to add a drain as it was here already. But I use a pump and pvc pipes to drain away from the pond
My smaller kid pools I have added drains to and able to move them around but learned to drain them after I put the ducks to bed for the drilling reasons
As soon as ducks see puddles it’s drill time

 

[ruthhope]

I have 2 kiddie pools for my ducks and my son also has one. I always drain mine at night but my son drains his when he thinks about it -- usually in the morning, His ducks have a flag day drilling into the mud and doing the foot stamping dance. It's so cute watching them but the grass doesn't grow round his pool and I have an amazing stand of 12' tall ginger and a really good asparagus patch by my pools