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My poor ducks

Discussion in 'Ducks' started by Bisqit&Gravy, May 29, 2008.

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  1. May 29, 2008 #1
    Bisqit&Gravy

    Bisqit&Gravy Chillin' With My Peeps

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    Their kiddie pool is no more:( I had just gotten it Sunday, I think. It was the only one I found between 4 wal-marts. They were having a blast in it. Early this morning a huge branch broke off a tree and crushed it!!!! They're back to the rubbermaid tub. I highly doubt I'll find another pool anytime soon:(
    Atleast it was the pool that got crushed and not them.
     
  3. May 29, 2008 #2
    Enchanted Sunrise Farms

    Enchanted Sunrise Farms Overrun With Chickens

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    Glad your kids are okay, but there must be a kiddie pool somewhere in your area. i was just at a local Rite Aide picking up a prescription today and they had kiddie pools. Have you checked everywhere?
     
  5. May 29, 2008 #3
    beefy

    beefy Flamingo Daddy-o

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    get a free bathtub somewhere and stick a plug in it. know anyone with an old mobile home laying around? old water troughs work well too if they still hold water of course.
     
  7. May 29, 2008 #4
    ml

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    Seen them at Pets Smart too . Agree it is a item little ducks love.


    ml
     
  9. May 29, 2008 #5
    RebelsHope

    RebelsHope Chillin' With My Peeps

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    I can got one of mine a local hardware store and the other I got at Mendards.
     
  11. May 29, 2008 #6
    Bisqit&Gravy

    Bisqit&Gravy Chillin' With My Peeps

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    I hit several places today and wasted about 30 bucks in gas but no luck on a pool. Guess it's time to see if we can do what we planned last year....we have a 40 gal tub from TSC that we sunk in the ground but that didn't work b/c it was too hard to dump the nasty water out. We talked about putting a drain in it setting it on the ground and building a deck with landings around it.
    The only problem is I've been unemployeed since Feb so I guess I better start finding me some wooden pallets:) I already have two:D
     
  13. May 30, 2008 #7
    catfish

    catfish Chillin' With My Peeps

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    find an old water heater, ask local welding to cut it in half.
     
  15. May 30, 2008 #8
    LinckHillPoultry

    LinckHillPoultry Chillin' With My Peeps

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    I haven't been havin very good luck with kiddy pools either.

    I got my mandarins a big kiddy pool last week (?) to put in their new pen I've been working on, and I dug the hole out and everything so that I could place the pool down far enough that my mandarins have no problem getting over the edge into the water, and today when I was taking the pool out a looked in it and realized it had a crack along the bottom. So I took it inside and it is currently downstairs drying because I applied gorilla glue to the crack. Ugh, I hope it works!
     
  17. May 30, 2008 #9
    Cara

    Cara Chillin' With My Peeps

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    My ducks got killed this week by a raccoon I think [​IMG] I miss watching them splash around.
     
  19. May 30, 2008 #10
    moenmitz

    moenmitz Chillin' With My Peeps

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    This sounds terrible, but I found both of my pools on the curb during "junk days" (Yes, I am a curb shopper) [​IMG] If you have junk day coming up in your town or nearby, these are frequently tossed in perfect condition, not sure why. I could have had five or six if I had wanted them, and our town is only 4000 people!
     

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