Ducks

[drumstick diva]

welcome to the forum

 

[ButtaCup]

Welcome, I am new also, but I do have lots of duck experience. You don't need the boxes, but certain breeds prefer the box and others like to hide their nests. My muscovy and runner ducks tend to hide their nests, while my cayuga and east indies won't lay anywhere but their boxes. I hope this helps.

 

[gander007]

 

[brahamacocks14]

Thanks for your help! Would the boxes be ok on the ground or would they have to be up high?

 

[ButtaCup]

I have all of mine on the ground. I figured it is safer for any ducklings that are hatching, I don't want them to fall from high up.

 

[The Farm]

Not a lot of ducks like to got up very high either.

 

[ButtaCup]

Muscovy are the only ducks that I know of that will nest very high. I had to move several eggs from a tree that is in my breeding pen, but when I locked the duck up that was laying I guess she figured out that was not a good thing, because she never tried to lay in the tree again. But my muscovy love to roost in the tree at night.