How do you secure your duck nest?

[keeperofthehearth]

One of our Muscovy ducks has made herself a nest in our carport.

It's against the back wall but a coon or some other critter could go in at night and find her. (In fact we just rid ourselves of a very destructive pesky coon the other evening) Our girl has been wanting to sit on her nest at night but we've been hustling her off to the secured duck house.
What things have you done to secure your duck and her nest from predators?

 

[momof247371]

Put up some fence around her and if she is totally exposed, build a box around her(build it then put it over her)..she will depend on u to keep her safe so do what u have the ability to do

 

[keeperofthehearth]

We considered taking the top half off the dog house and putting it over her nest then blocking the door off but were unsure of her reaction to that. It will also leave our poor sheltie without her dog house for about two months.

 

[momof247371]

You could get a palstic barrel, cut it in half,use the bottom end, cut a little doorway, and put it over her, so your dogs not out of a house.. It only takes 28 days for duck eggs to hatch, 35 for scovies...

 

[keeperofthehearth]

Yes, that's the funny part. We have 50 Scovie ducklings right now. They took over all the nest boxes in the duck house so Beth went looking for a new nesting sight. Closer to her old place, the Chook shed. We moved all the ducks out of the chicken yard, put their house a few hundred feet away and let them free range during the day but they still gravitate towards the chooks and the chook shed. The chooks want out and the ducks want in. lol

 

[ExpLo721]

The problem that you always have to remember when you put something over the duck is that predators can dig their way under to get to the duck. So some kind of floor might be necessary if the ground is vulnerable to predators digging.