Duck pool

[Canadian Wind]

I just am not sure what ones to get. Obviously I want it to be beneficial and help keep the water clear but just not sure what besides duckweed. I think I would start mine in a little kiddo pool but then transfer…

I've heard Water Hyacinths are safe, as well as Water Lettuce I think it's called? Can also add potted cattails.

 

[FBMcrazy8]

I've heard Water Hyacinths are safe, as well as Water Lettuce I think it's called? Can also add potted cattails.

I will have to check into those! Are any of them winter hardy or will I have to find a way to keep them in the winter?

 

[Aunt Angus]

Our new duck pool is a used version of this! Picked it up tonight for $100. Yay, Facebook Marketplace! 8ft circumference x 2ft deep.

 

[Canadian Wind]

I will have to check into those! Are any of them winter hardy or will I have to find a way to keep them in the winter?

Cattails would be hardy, but the hyacinth would need somewhere to overwinter.

If there's a lake or ther body of water nearby, you can always check what the native vegetation is.

 

[Daphne_loves_mealworms]

Our new duck pool is a used version of this! Picked it up tonight for $100. Yay, Facebook Marketplace! 8ft circumference x 2ft deep.
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I love the drain at the bottom. Bailing out the duck pool with a bucket once, twice, thirty five times … it gets old quickly! What’s the brand of that pool?

 

[Daphne_loves_mealworms]

Cleaned the duck pool. I give it 20 minutes

20 minutes sounds generous. I only have 4 ducks, and it takes 5 minutes for them to befoul their pool. I do have a rule that all broodies must poop before entering the pool. Hubby once took a broody right from her nest and placed her in the pool just after I spent forever dumping, scrubbing, power washing, and filling it. The water was toxic in 5 seconds!

 

[FBMcrazy8]

Cattails would be hardy, but the hyacinth would need somewhere to overwinter.

If there's a lake or ther body of water nearby, you can always check what the native vegetation is.

I may have to do that. Most of it is over run that is anywhere near me. But I will see what I can find

 

[raingarden]

Our new duck pool is a used version of this! Picked it up tonight for $100. Yay, Facebook Marketplace! 8ft circumference x 2ft deep.
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Wow. You did well on that one.

They will gobble up duck weed and it will soon disapper. The same for hydrilla and the other "oxygenator" plants. Water hyacinth and water lettuce will last a little longer but they distroy it too.

Cattail has to be deeply rooted and if it is not a thick stand it will just fall over into the water. I don't think they will eat cattail. Once they become established, some of the other emergent plants like cyperus, papyrus, arrowhead (duck potato) or pickerel weed will stand up to ducks longer than most things. They don't eat water iris either but will soon stomp it down.

Having a separate pond or tubs that the ducks cannot access is good for growing duckweed and, to a lesser extent, the hyacinth and water lettuce. During the summer you can scoop a little bit out every day to feed the ducks and it will regrow.

 

[Aunt Angus]

Wow. You did well on that one.

They will gobble up duck weed and it will soon disapper. The same for hydrilla and the other "oxygenator" plants. Water hyacinth and water lettuce will last a little longer but they distroy it too.

Cattail has to be deeply rooted and if it is not a thick stand it will just fall over into the water. I don't think they will eat cattail. Once they become established, some of the other emergent plants like cyperus, papyrus, arrowhead (duck potato) or pickerel weed will stand up to ducks longer than most things. They don't eat water iris either but will soon stomp it down.

Having a separate pond or tubs that the ducks cannot access is good for growing duckweed and, to a lesser extent, the hyacinth and water lettuce. During the summer you can scoop a little bit out every day to feed the ducks and it will regrow.

What about growing them in pots (in water, of course) and rotating them out? Do you think that could work? I only ask because I do that with my chickens.

 

[Aunt Angus]

I love the drain at the bottom. Bailing out the duck pool with a bucket once, twice, thirty five times … it gets old quickly! What’s the brand of that pool?

Behlen Country, I think.

We are getting a pump and likely a bio filter. Gotta do more research. Like everything else bird-related, if you ask for opinions, you get a gazillion different ones.