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I understand. I'm terrible at estimating units of measurement. I probably turn my turn signal on way before 100' because I don't know how far 100' is.
The fenced area that's their yard is difficult to take pictures of, well not exactly that. The fence is hard to see even in person. It disappears into the background (woods). It's .15 acre I think. The perimeter is about 310' right now. Another 100' or so of fence could probably bump it up to .25 acre. I've read that the recommended minimum run space for ducks is 15 sq ft per duck. Based on that, 5775 sq ft should be plenty of space. With our current chickens and ducks, if I'm mathing right, this should be more 100 sq ft/bird. And since I'm still hoping to bring some of the new ducks to my parents farm, the current pen area should give them well over 100 sq ft/bird. That kind of sounds like it should be a decent amount of space. I realize I'll still have issues if my drake to duck ratio is way off but I don't get the impression that overall pen size would really resolve that.
The fenced area that's their yard is difficult to take pictures of, well not exactly that. The fence is hard to see even in person. It disappears into the background (woods). It's .15 acre I think. The perimeter is about 310' right now. Another 100' or so of fence could probably bump it up to .25 acre. I've read that the recommended minimum run space for ducks is 15 sq ft per duck. Based on that, 5775 sq ft should be plenty of space. With our current chickens and ducks, if I'm mathing right, this should be more 100 sq ft/bird. And since I'm still hoping to bring some of the new ducks to my parents farm, the current pen area should give them well over 100 sq ft/bird. That kind of sounds like it should be a decent amount of space. I realize I'll still have issues if my drake to duck ratio is way off but I don't get the impression that overall pen size would really resolve that.