Runner duck molting in 20F temps- what do I do?

[Nenanicole]

As long as you don't have water in the coop, the straw is actually easy to clean out. I do what Jenbirdee does and have shavings then straw on top. Every morning or afternoon (since my muscovies won't come out first thing on a super cold morning), I rake the frozen poos out into the run stir it into the straw in the run. I rake that to keep it fluffy - especially when it snows. If you rake it and stir it a bit, the snow "shakes" off and they still will have a layer to bed down in. If it does become muddy (when temps fluctuate or warm up), I will then clean up the real wet straw and put that out over my garden bed. The straw near the waterers will freeze, but again raking it really keeps the issues from being anything to be concerned about.
I don't use straw all year long though due to rain and it will start to stink.

What do you use on the run floor in the summer? We used artificial grass mats but pulling them out to spray them down every other day, got tiring!

 

[Crazy Maizie]

What do you use on the run floor in the summer? We used artificial grass mats but pulling them out to spray them down every other day, got tiring!

I use a layer of horse stall pellets and fine shavings in the summer. I sift as much as possible daily, but it gets totally raked out about every two weeks.

 

[Nomoreducks]

We use pelletized horse bedding to absorb moisture in their run so it doesn’t become a muddy mess and stink. We also used it in their coop when we had water in there (however now we don’t as we leave the coop open to the run all night). If you add the pellets in with the straw in the coop they will absorb any moisture and turn into crumbles and fall under the straw leaving the straw dry so the ducks don’t get frozen.