New owner of Duck's and Chicken's

[shandaw0509]

I was so excited to find this site! I'm a country girl through and through but have never actually raised chicks or ducks myself, now, my 4 yr old and 13 yr old son are loving the experience of country life. Our ducks are now big enough to move to the pond and I need a cost effective way to build a floating duck house.

 

[gander007]

Alright

great to have you joining the BYC flock

BYC has a very useful learning center

A floating duck island yes I made one out of old 55 gallon drums before and put some wood planks with plywood on top and a border around the edges to hold some dirt and it worked but the raccoon's could swim out to it and bother the geese and ducks ....




Some of our flock

 

[shandaw0509]

These are our babies! We have 4 ducks, 5 3 mth old chickens and 6 miniature chickens that are about 8 weeks now.

 

[Kelsie2290]

Hello and Welcome To BYC! Very cute flock! You might like to check out the BYC Ducks forum, maybe somebody there has suggestions on how to build an island for them www.backyardchickens.com/f/42/ducks there are also some threads where people have built them that might give you ideas https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/527707/would-this-be-a-good-floating-duck-house-updated-with-pics and https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/50793/built-the-floating-duck-house-pics-posted

 

[TwoCrows]

Hello there and welcome to BYC!

You have a lovely flock! Kelsie has given you some great links to follow up on. Enjoy all your poultry adventures and welcome to our flock!

 

[sourland]

Welcome to BYC.