Pools for Ducks

[Jpat]

Go to Aldi, I was noticing the other day when I was there. All their pallets are blue!

Just make sure they are throwing them out, transportation companys charge customers for the blue ones and they have a return deposit on them

 

[DuckyDonna]

Just make sure they are throwing them out, transportation companys charge customers for the blue ones and they have a return deposit on them

oh, well that's a problem! I got some nice hardwood pallets at home depot a few years ago and they didn't care. They weren't painted blue but were definitely hardwood.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Just make sure they are throwing them out, transportation companys charge customers for the blue ones and they have a return deposit on them

Might keep me out of jail if I ask first.

 

[21hens-incharge]

That is the same questions I have.....
Easier to clean than the kiddie pools
More weather resistance
And at least reasonably attractive



Way back when.....
My ducks had a little tykes plastic pool and a sheep trough.

 

[21hens-incharge]

Ok I found this....

His drain idea looks easy enough......I want deeper so thinking combo idea of above ground with a little ducky deck around the pond.
Yes his is basic square but I see options galore.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Very nice wanna come help me with that?

 

[21hens-incharge]

Very nice wanna come help me with that?

Sure! I think it should be easy enough. Need to go deeper?

I have seen Koi ponds built in a similar way. My only concern is those webbies have claws. I may give it a try and see how well it holds up.
I plan to run a de-icer. Whatever I do I will certainly post step by step pics.

 

[Ratchnick]

I would do a built in pond, you have lots of ducks and it seems like your not planing to get rid of them anytime soon. The thicker pond liners are about .040 inches, are extremely heavy duty. For comparison a standard tarp is about .005 thick and made of much less durable material.

 

[Runner duck mom]

I think this is like the one @Runner duck mom has!

Yes, that is the pool we have. The drain really is the biggest problem, not big enough though I bet you could install a bigger drain over the existing one.
There are also pools designed for dogs though I have no experience with them.
https://www.chewy.com/kopeks-outdoo...etiTXQy9GEtjt3pbhNB0L8UKiBe2fwExoCZBYQAvD_BwEIf they can stand dog claws they should be able to hold up to your muscovys...i think? The one in the link has a drain on it but since its on the side it doesn't look like it will empty all the way on it's own.
We are learning a lot building our new run. Before we had the pool (both the blue Intex pool and the cement mixing tub) up on a wooden deck.

In the rest of the run we had landscape fabric covered with mulch. This helped to keep down on mud and other general crud getting into the pool.
For now we have wood chips down and the pool on the ground and their pool/ water dishes get super gross very fast!

Can't wait to get finished and get things back to normal...but having the pool up off the ground was a huge help.
Doesn't help it has been raining here nonstop, everything is mud but the ducks love it

 

[Knighstar679]

I have one of those but never managed to put it up last year. I figured I could get a pump and use that to filter out and drain it. For the price I paid I couldn’t argue with it. I think it was 22 bucks on wish for one of those in the 4x8 size. The filter will cost me like 50 to get together eventually.