Beware! I have used successfully a kiddie pool for pekin ducklings in the house. I have the same pool with a ring of chicken wire round it as a hospital ward for the occasional pekin in the house [I cover it with a sheet at night and have the sheet draped round 75% of the sides during the day: so the resident has a little canopy bed!] But please do not keep muscovy ducklings in a kiddie pool once they have outgrown a storage bin. Muscovy ducklings can jump. I made the mistake of adding the ring of chicken wire once I found the muscovy ducklings could jump out. The duckling still jumped and got its foot caught in the wire and ended up suspended from its leg. Fortunately, I was present and unhooked the little fluffy duckling and it live to tell the tail. Muscovy ducks need a deep tub -- I bought one from Walmart -- longer than my original brooder tub, with little wheels at the back for pulling it round. Deep so even a muscovy could not jump out. I sometimes see suitable deep and long plastic boxes at the road side. These have sometimes been cracked -- but even a cracked plastic tub will work as a home just not as a bathing pool and so roadside finds can save money.
You have been lucky Crazy Maizie. I had one duckling jump and catch his foot in chicken wire. It was shocking, thank goodness I was there to release him. I'll never use chicken wire to retain a muscovy again!!@ruthhope I used a kiddie pool for muscovy. I secured wire fencing around the outer edge of the pool. It went up about 4 feet. Then, added cardboard around that as well so that they couldn't jump out. They definitely can jump and climb.
How long does this last? My ducks went from teeny to giants so FAST!
I didn't use chicken wire. It was fencing. They could pop in and out of it. So, basically the cardboard was to keep them in and the fencing held the cardboard up and around the pool. It worked for me. That's the key - you have to do what works for you.
