After finally building my ducks their own run and sectioned off part of the coop. I went in and found a nice huge duck egg laying in the corner of the coop.
On a side note, I have a silly question. My ducks don't like going in the coop at night. Which with their new enclosure I'm not too concerned for their safety. Its a 6 foot heavy duty chain link fence. I am on a shale bed so there is no tunneling under the fence only way in is up and over, so that pretty much leaves raccoons. So far (knock on wood) I haven't seen a single raccoon in this area, I know they are out there but so far nothing here.
Ok time for the silly question, its Northern Michigan in November, it gets very cold out at night. I noticed in the outside waters there is a small layer of ice in the early morning. My ducks spend all night on their pond. Do I have to worry about the water freezing with them in it?
On a side note, I have a silly question. My ducks don't like going in the coop at night. Which with their new enclosure I'm not too concerned for their safety. Its a 6 foot heavy duty chain link fence. I am on a shale bed so there is no tunneling under the fence only way in is up and over, so that pretty much leaves raccoons. So far (knock on wood) I haven't seen a single raccoon in this area, I know they are out there but so far nothing here.
Ok time for the silly question, its Northern Michigan in November, it gets very cold out at night. I noticed in the outside waters there is a small layer of ice in the early morning. My ducks spend all night on their pond. Do I have to worry about the water freezing with them in it?
