Hello All,
Our family is new to ducks and we're expecting Cayuga, Welsh Harlequin and Pekin eggs to be delivered today. It's going to be a long 28 days waiting for these guys.
We're putting the finishing touches on the house/pen plans but I wanted to get insider tips and warnings before building. Thus far the recommendations have run from 2-5sq.ft./duck indoors to
8-15 sq.ft/duck in the run. I'm going to shoot for the averages of
those and cover everything in PVC coated hardware cloth. What height
does the house need to be? We were thinking 3-3.5 ft. high. How about
the door height? We were going to elevate it so they'd have the extra space beneath in the run but I've heard some say their ducks won't use anything too high.
As for the house material, we have access to T&G cedar boards and were planning to use that but I read somewhere that cedar is toxic??? While others recommend cedar and pine shavings for bedding????
How do BYC members give their ducks access to swimming/bathing water
in Zone 6 winters? Indoors?
Thanks

Our family is new to ducks and we're expecting Cayuga, Welsh Harlequin and Pekin eggs to be delivered today. It's going to be a long 28 days waiting for these guys.
We're putting the finishing touches on the house/pen plans but I wanted to get insider tips and warnings before building. Thus far the recommendations have run from 2-5sq.ft./duck indoors to
8-15 sq.ft/duck in the run. I'm going to shoot for the averages of
those and cover everything in PVC coated hardware cloth. What height
does the house need to be? We were thinking 3-3.5 ft. high. How about
the door height? We were going to elevate it so they'd have the extra space beneath in the run but I've heard some say their ducks won't use anything too high.
As for the house material, we have access to T&G cedar boards and were planning to use that but I read somewhere that cedar is toxic??? While others recommend cedar and pine shavings for bedding????
How do BYC members give their ducks access to swimming/bathing water
in Zone 6 winters? Indoors?
Thanks