Ducks - Deep Litter, Pea Gravel, Chipping?

[Miss Lydia]

You have ducks? I look at that an see spattered poop everywhere. I like the idea but no way I could only wash it down a couple times a year.

 

[Ratchnick]

what do you make the raised yard from?

You make the frame from lumber.

 

[Jpat]

You make the frame from lumber.

like a deck?

 

[Ratchnick]

You have ducks? I look at that an see spattered poop everywhere. I like the idea but no way I could only wash it down a couple times a year.

I have a dozen arriving in may from holderreads. My dad has two Rouens, he keeps them on gravel and that works well. When he goes on vacation they hang out at my house. Their poop is chicken poop consistency which i know is not the same as other ducks. They dont seem that messy to me but that is probably because there are only two.

 

[Ratchnick]

like a deck?

Yeah but instead of deck boards you put the poultry flooring on.

 

[Jpat]

Yeah but instead of deck boards you put the poultry flooring on.

Whats poultry flooring? Tiles for chickens?

 

[Ratchnick]

It's like giant plastic hardware cloth, I posted a link earlier in the thread. It's not bad for their feet like hardware cloth and poop falls through.

 

[Jpat]

It's like giant plastic hardware cloth, I posted a link earlier in the thread. It's not bad for their feet like hardware cloth and poop falls through.

Oh okay, So you just rake out underneith it?

 

[Beer can]

I keep mine in mud....

 

[Conan]

Oh, boy. I don't know that I would keep anything other than calls if I had to keep my ducks in a run. I think of how nasty their sleeping quarters are after about a week post cleaning... and I shudder. I have 17 ducks and two geese that sleep in a 8x16 hoop coop. I use wood shavings first, then straw. I also toss in leaves during fall and grass clippings in spring and summer. They really love the grass clippings and leaves. I'm super lucky that I have a fenced in wetland area for my ducks. Or rather, they are lucky.
If I did have to put them in a run, I would probably do a mix. Pool/water stations on pea gravel or river rock sort of material, and the remainder a combo of mulch, wood chips, straw, leaves, and grass clippings.

How many ducks do you have? How large is their run? Pics? Pretty, please?