Pond Questions

[Misfits Farm 92]

I have 14 jumbo pekins that I'd like to give a larger pond instead of a few kiddie pools. I also have 7 geese and 10 Indian runners, but the pond would primarily be for the pekins. I'd like some advice on how to do this. Should I buy one of those plastic ponds and put it in ground, or would a hole with pond liners be better? Do I even need pond liners to make it work? I know a plastic pond will need a drain, but would a pond with liners need a drain as well? I'm not really sure how to add a drain, but I'm willing to learn. I'm thinking maybe 10 x 10 ft with pond liners, but I will absolutely change my mind if I get advised against it. I'll add pictures of where I plan to put the pond soon.

 

[yarrowhouse]

I think for that many ducks, it would need to be bigger both so they would have room to move around and to account for how dirty they will make it with poop.

We have 4 ducks and a pond about 6ft x 8ft, 18 inches deep at most. Pic below. It is slightly in the ground, but mainly I built it up using concrete blocks and some dirt I excavated from inside the pool. I installed a bottom drain, it is on a slope so the pipe comes above ground about 20ft away in the garden. I drain it once per week or so, sometimes every two weeks but that is too long given how gross the water looks by then. We also created a "bog filter" which pumps water into a bed of sand, pea gravel, water loving plants. It helps but I only have 1 solar panel to run it so can't run it long enough.

Hope this helps. Happy to answer more or share pics.

 

[Misfits Farm 92]

I think for that many ducks, it would need to be bigger both so they would have room to move around and to account for how dirty they will make it with poop.

We have 4 ducks and a pond about 6ft x 8ft, 18 inches deep at most. Pic below. It is slightly in the ground, but mainly I built it up using concrete blocks and some dirt I excavated from inside the pool. I installed a bottom drain, it is on a slope so the pipe comes above ground about 20ft away in the garden. I drain it once per week or so, sometimes every two weeks but that is too long given how gross the water looks by then. We also created a "bog filter" which pumps water into a bed of sand, pea gravel, water loving plants. It helps but I only have 1 solar panel to run it so can't run it long enough.

Hope this helps. Happy to answer more or share pics.


View attachment 4161146

You're right, now that I see your ducks in that pond I realize I'm going to need to think a lot bigger. I'm thinking about 10 x 20 ft now. Could I see a picture of the slope where your drain comes out so I can visualize how much of a slope I would need? I may need to rethink where I put this pond, because the area is pretty flat. This is a picture of what I was thinking, but now I'm not so sure.