Emily77
Chirping
Hi...not sure if I should have posted this here or in the chickens forums...anyway.
I *just* finished building a duck add-on to our outdoor chicken run. It’s just a tiny enclosed pond off the side of the original chicken run so the ducks can do their duck thing and not make such a mess of the general shared space (18x22’ outside, plus this new 6x8’ pond area, and a 6x10’ indoor coop).
The pond is 2’ deep, square/cube shaped, with a small 4-6” ledge around the top about 6” below he water surface. I set a little plywood ramp/ledge across one side of the pond so the ducks have something to step up and out from in case the built-in ledge is too slippery with the pond liner.
A week-long project finished a few hours ago, and now I’m sitting here worried the dang chickens are going to fall in and drown.
Please tell me this will work out. Or, I guess, tell me if it won’t so I can figure something out before everyone (15 chicks & 3 ducklings) is big enough to move out there.
I *just* finished building a duck add-on to our outdoor chicken run. It’s just a tiny enclosed pond off the side of the original chicken run so the ducks can do their duck thing and not make such a mess of the general shared space (18x22’ outside, plus this new 6x8’ pond area, and a 6x10’ indoor coop).
The pond is 2’ deep, square/cube shaped, with a small 4-6” ledge around the top about 6” below he water surface. I set a little plywood ramp/ledge across one side of the pond so the ducks have something to step up and out from in case the built-in ledge is too slippery with the pond liner.
A week-long project finished a few hours ago, and now I’m sitting here worried the dang chickens are going to fall in and drown.
Please tell me this will work out. Or, I guess, tell me if it won’t so I can figure something out before everyone (15 chicks & 3 ducklings) is big enough to move out there.