fresh drinking water

[mjclark]

ok, so I have a kiddie pool for the 4 of them to paddle around in. I can understand that getting all mucky.
But for thier small bucket that I fill daily, I know they can't get in, but how does it get all full of mud. It' s like inches thick on the bottom.
What are they doing that drops all that mud?

Stillt rying to understand ducks. I've only had them a month.
Thanks for any info.
Monica

 

[Wifezilla]

They dip their bills in the water while it is full of food, mud, dirt, whatever. Then they swish the stuff through the bill. Filter feeding of a sort. This helps them wash solids down, or get the dirt off of tasty bugs before they swallow them.

The first time my ducks totally trashed their water I couldn't figure it out either. It looked like mud wrestlers had stopped by and borrowed their water bucket to clean up!

 

[streemers]

yup wifezilla right