No more kiddie pools :(

[jobeibi]

I see you tried Craigslist. Try posting on Freecycle too. Are you on Facebook? I've had good results begging via status updates there.

 

[Enchanted Sunrise Farms]

This is weird. i just posted a really long response to everyone's suggestions and it isn't here.

 

[Enchanted Sunrise Farms]

Okay, going to try again. Hope that other post doesn't magically appear or i will look silly.

i did just check online with Walmart, and they aren't showing the pools. Wonder where all those pools go in the winter? Is there a secret warehouse somewhere filled to the brim with kiddie pools?

i did check on stock tanks and some of them are hundreds. Yikes! But wouldn't hurt to hit the feed store and see what they have and how much. i think it would help to have a visual. Ditto on the cement mixing bins. i have a friend who uses them for his East Indie ducks. i have standard size ducks, so they may be too small, but certainly worth looking at.

My husband had suggested a flexible pond liner, digging a hole, etc. My concern was how to drain it. But if we were to use those timbers to build a frame then use it above ground, a drain would work if the liner was thick enough to hold it without tearing.

My husband also suggested a bathtub. That might be something we could find on craigslist.

 

[Bleenie]

I have had a couple people ask to buy one of mine but i only have 2 and over 20 waterfowl so i couldnt let one go! I am still trying to find a bigger pool for them.

 

[sydney13]

amazon has some giant sizes in stock with free shipping
http://www.amazon.com/Intex-Sun-Fish-Snapset-Pool/dp/B00005O6TY/ref=pd_sim_t_1

 

[greenfamilyfarms]

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You can get those on sale sometimes at TSC for around $20-30. That's how we got ours.

 

[Enchanted Sunrise Farms]

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Thank you for the suggestion. Looks like they only have either the snapset or inflatable side kind. i was hoping to find the one-piece molded plastic kind. They are all over the place in the Spring, but all gone now. Come next season, i'm buying about 10 of 'em. Then i can sell them in the Winter and make mega-bucks!

 

[TennesseeTruly]

Our local Kmart just had the larger kiddie pools for $3.43 each!

Laurie

 

[Wifezilla]

I got a HUGE metal stock tank on craigslist for $50. Look in the farm section.

Of course, I need a better pump and filter for it so the ducks are using a kiddie pool

 

[gottsegnet]

Also check whatever farmer type newspapers/advertising/auctions you have in your area. We get the Messenger out here and not long ago someone was advertising a huge stock waterer free to anyone who could haul it off their property.