It’s getting cold here! Ducks absolutely will NOT use their house!

[AshleyNicole06]

It won't matter to a predator if they are real close to the house or not. Raccoons and bears climb right over the fence here and come into the property our birds are on during the day I have caught them on the game camera. So if I didn't lock mine up they'd be gone in no time, Unless you have a LGD they will come right up to the house for duck dinner. Put up some kind of fencing around their house then herd the boys in every evening before dark. Even a dog kennel fence can be made secure with hardware cloth and locks. Might find something like that on craigs list?

Hopefully! I will definitely look there for something! Thank you! What does your set up look like?

 

[AshleyNicole06]

Hi new duck mommy! And
Post some pictures of your set up so we can see what your working with. An area of some sorts should be set up so that you can lock them up to keep them safe, with a roof. The roof will keep the piles of snow off them in the winter and rain in the summer. Fencing and tarps can help with making a wind block. Ducks can do cold but they cannot do direct wind. It doesn't have to be large or fancy, just something to out of the elements. Reclaimed wood pallets and fencing can work until spring/summer comes around.

Thank you! We built them a small house to sleep in, but they would rather sleep outside. They have a fenced in yard that they locked in for the night.. then they’re out and about. I always check on them. (I only have 3) but hopefully I can figure out something a little different so they’re away from the wind and cold.

 

[Angela Thomson]

Mine do the same thing! They even sleep under their house!

 

[AshleyNicole06]

Mine do the same thing! They even sleep under their house!

Ugh!! Sooo naughty!! Lol I just don’t want them to freeze!!

 

[Miss Lydia]

Duck/chicken coop

Duck house
Broody coop

Goose house
During the day they are fenced in with no climb horse fence with barb wire around top, half acre.

 

[onaharley]

View attachment 1204184Duck/chicken coop

Duck house
Broody coop

Goose house
During the day they are fenced in with no climb horse fence with barb wire around top, half acre.

Love your set up!!

 

[Miss Lydia]

That pic is where my dh use to park his Harley He had to build another since I added more birds.

 

[AshleyNicole06]

30 degrees! But we sleep on the cement anyways! Lol

 

[chickens really]

30 degrees! But we sleep on the cement anyways! Lol

You need to provide and force them in at night..It takes training.

 

[HeyHeyWW]

You should lock them up during the night, so that they don't get really cold. No matter how much they don't want to be in there, lock them up. It's only for the night and you could just let them go for the day.