KansasChickensDucks
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- Aug 27, 2019
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This is what I am worried about. Our girls tend to her bumblefoot too. Thank you!I tried pea gravel, but my ducks got multiple cases of bumblefoot. My vet told me to remove it. I did, and all other hard things, and haven't had any bumbles since for 4 years now.
I know other people who use it and say it hasn't caused a problem. But that has not been my experience.
Yes, I’ll grab some pics when I head out there again this morning.Regardless of what run material you use, you need to grade or add around/in the run so the rain runs away from the run it, or it's just going to keep pooling in the run, and the ducks will further mud dig the soil thus compacting the soil even more by squeezing any oxygen particles that were previously in the soil greatly decreasing the absorbability.
I would personally be hesitant in using a hard run material like rocks, mainly, because with Pekins you have to be a little bit more careful in deciding one since they're so heavy, keeping them on any hard surface can lead to Bumblefoot among with other problems.
Could you post a few pictures of their whole setup?