ducks and swimming pool

[kzbyrd]

can chlorine be used in the pool water for ducks?
If not, what can be used to help keep the water clean and bacteria free?

 

[kuntrygirl]

I have never tried bleach. I just empty and clean the swimming pools out daily. They will poop in it each day. They are just messy. I would love to hear any solutions.

 

[chickensioux]

I used to have a Pekin and a built in swimming pool and the vet I had at the time said it was not a good idea for the duck. They drink it, etc. and also not healthy for humans with the feces in the pool. At the time, I rehomed the duck. Now we live in another home without a pool and the duck pool just gets cleaned very frequently.

 

[jadasmith99]

i'm guessing your pool is specifically for the ducks....i have a small plastic kiddie pool that i empty daily and really clean with dawn and bleach once a week. i only have two mallards sharing the pool but they make quite a mess by the end of the day.

i have four woodies sharing their own pool and its much less messy but it still gets emptied daily and scrubbed once a week.

i'm on a well with no chlorine or flouride in the water and haven't had any problems to date...knock on wood.

 

[Kats]

You can't keep duck pond water clean and bacteria-free. You wouldn't want to, anyway. They need those bacteria.

I have duck bowls, which I empty, rinse, and refill every day with nice fresh water. But the ducks are just as happy drinking from the pond, which is FILTHY, green, muddy, and full of feathers.

 

[lux_interior]

I don't have ducks..... but reading this thread made me think... you know those quick set pools that they have? They are like $50, but they are a blow up type pool that comes with a filter. I had one, but my dog chewed a hole in the pool... anyway, couldn't you take the filter from one of those pools (or any type of small cheap pool filter) and hook it up to your duck pool?? that seems like a good plan to me... the way those filters work, is there are two hoses on each end of the filter that connect to two holes in the sides of the pool.... I'd figure you could just drill two holes in the duck pond, hook up the filter... and violia! it would keep out poo and other ick

 

[Wifezilla]

You can make a filter...
http://www.skippysstuff.com/biofiltr.htm