Rain!

[MysticalMom]

Look! Ducks DO like rain! And they spent a half a million dollars to prove it.

Gees, I woulda told them that for free.

http://www.thisiswesternmorningnews...OOD-DUCKS/article-1006312-detail/article.html

 

[chicksbestfriend]

Both my ducks and geese love the rain, too bad we havent had too much of it this year, hoping for lots of rain! They usually take shelter from the sun during the day and come out after the sun goes down, unless I am out with the hose, then they all come running for water play. I have several lean to shelters on the property that I built for them to keep them out of the rain and mud, but so far, the only thing the lean to's have been good for is keeping their food dry.

 

[ejctm]

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I agree, utter madness. This is my taxes paying for "No S**t , Sherlock!" science. I read the article. Motive is to improve the lives of intensively farmed ducks by devising and imposing welfare regulations, which is a good intention. I just wish there was no intensive duck farming industry for the government to support at all. Poor duckies living in cramped unnatural conditions. I no longer eat intensively farmed chicken any more since I have seen how they are reared.

Back to the topic! Rain is a ducky-birthday. Wind is what can chill them, so I agree about the shelter, even if you just plant some big shrubs they can huddle under, or have a wind break made of an old wooden pallet, that is fine. Mine have shrubs and the shelter of a fence, and usually have access to the coop when they want, but don't use it during the day by choice. Perhaps winter will change this.