Providing water in the duck pen

[Miss Lydia]

Heated buckets work good too if you have electricity.

 

[quackiemama]

Heated buckets are on my list for next winter. This one so far has been a learning experience. I don't keep water in my duck house either except during that super cold snap but I had a plastic bin under the bucket to catch the water. Still was not ideal.

 

[bluemerle]

A good container (I vote for the rubber feeders or heated buckets) with a spillover guard! You can't stop them from dribbling their water outside of the water bucket, that's just how their anatomy works, but you can make it an easier clean up job.

 

[chickens really]

I water twice a day here in our freezing temps. Water bowls freeze solid. I feed and water outside. It's a myth that ducks choke without water. Free range Ducks go hours without a drink. Definitely like all animals they need water though. Mine do great on my schedule.

 

[Miss Lydia]

Well don’t tell mine they won’t choke, they could not live with out their water buckets when eating they take a mouth full and go straight to their water bucket to wash it down m.

 

[quackiemama]

Well don’t tell mine they won’t choke, they could not live with out their water buckets when eating they take a mouth full and go straight to their water bucket to wash it down m.

Mine too!

 

[Tinkey71]

I water twice a day here in our freezing temps. Water bowls freeze solid. I feed and water outside. It's a myth that ducks choke without water. Free range Ducks go hours without a drink. Definitely like all animals they need water though. Mine do great on my schedule.

According to the article below, they actually can choke- they use the water to clean out a mucus membrane that can get clogged with dirt or food
The article is more about providing them swimming water, but does say they can choke without being able to clean their bills
Free ranging them they probably can do this in whatever water there happens to be around
https://www.lifeisjustducky.com/do-ducks-need-a-pond/

 

[casportpony]

According to the article below, they actually can choke- they use the water to clean out a mucus membrane that can get clogged with dirt or food
The article is more about providing them swimming water, but does say they can choke without being able to clean their bills
Free ranging them they probably can do this in whatever water there happens to be around
https://www.lifeisjustducky.com/do-ducks-need-a-pond/

that's a great link!

 

[Miss Lydia]

 

[Jpat]

iam sure if they are free ranging, eating muddy bugs and slimey newts theyd be fine

Mine uses his bill like a scoop to cram himself full of dry pellets and washes it down