Duck run/coop tips/suggestions/criticism

[416bigbore]

@Miss Lydia @416bigbore : Great points about the window. I’ll be sure to put hardware cloth over that too. The rest of the pen everything is covered with hardware cloth He did put hardware cloth underground too so diggers can’t dig. If there’s anything else to do or if that’s not enough, let me know! ohhhh yes ventilation! How could we forget that that will absolutely be added as well!

I personally am a big fan of an electric fence on the outside of the perimeter. IMO not such thing as having to much protection when it comes to our little Babies !

 

[3bird]

Make sure the hardware cloth is attached with more than just staples. We fix it in place with staples and then screw down trim over it.

 

[Tor7039]

It’s a great set up and a little tweaking and you’ll be done!! What are your duck breeds?

All four are Pekin ducks!

 

[Tor7039]

I personally am a big fan of an electric fence on the outside of the perimeter. IMO not such thing as having to much protection when it comes to our little Babies !

that’s a great idea too! I’m so attached to these guys I would be devastated if anything got to them!

 

[Tor7039]

Make sure the hardware cloth is attached with more than just staples. We fix it in place with staples and then screw down trim over it.

Ah, okay! Right now it’s just staples so I will let my fiancé know to screw the trim down over it. Thank you!

 

[416bigbore]

that’s a great idea too! I’m so attached to these guys I would be devastated if anything got to them!

I feel the same way about our Babies.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Mine too! All 35!

 

[Isaac 0]

Looks great!

Nice and close to the house, who needs an alarm clock!?

 

[Tor7039]

Looks great!

Nice and close to the house, who needs an alarm clock!?

Hahaha exactly!

 

[Tor7039]

@Miss Lydia , @Isaac 0 , @416bigbore , @3bird 1 more question that I bet someone knows the answer to! So, we’ve been bringing the ducks outside during the day and supervising them because the run is not 100% complete but I noticed they’re really digging up rocks. I know it’s totally normal for them to forage/drill into the ground and I’m seeing *most* of the ducks just bill the rocks and spit them out but I’m worried about them swallowing a rock that might be too big. I read a horror story about a duck who ate a jagged rock. I have gone through the pen and kicked out any rocks that I think could harm them but now they’re just digging them all up from the under the dirt...so I don’t know how I would stop them at that point. Do ducks generally know to spit them out? These rocks aren’t pebbles, they’re not huge either, maybe size of a quarter? I figure so many ducks free range and there’s little rocks under the ground everywhere and those ducks are fine. I’m just worried they won’t spit out the rocks!