Show off your Peas!

[WestKnollAmy]

Haha Peep is very friendly. When I am on a lader working on the pen netting over the roosts he flies up on the roost to watch me work and I pet him while he is up there.

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I hope I can raise some like Peep. Sounds like a wonderful pet!

 

[WestKnollAmy]

My turn! boys are shimmying & shaking up a storm this morning!
Romeo:

D'artagnan:

Gorgeous!

 

[destinduck]

Heres my boy and here is the new addition Minxfox(I still have to raise the center pole!) . Of course that winter rye wont last long but it looks good now ha ha. Nice pics everyone.

 

[WestKnollAmy]

Lovely! And the pen is awesome! Looks so lush and yummy. Maybe it will last a month....?

 

[zazouse]

Gorgeous!

Beautiful birds

 

[destinduck]

Thanks yall If I get a month it would be a miracle. Especially when the ducks get let out in it! I love that garden zaz. I need to do some replanting in mine, All I have left are collards. And me and the birds have to fight over them.Ha!ha! My son said I need to get more peafowl once I add the boy.Oh oH!

 

[MinxFox]

Great new pen destinduck! I always love how lush new pens look!

TerriLaChicks: Your peacocks are so pretty! Is Romeo a silver pied white eye? D'artagnan's train is so cool looking. The white train feathers are around the edges, that is soo cool!

 

[TerriLaChicks]

Great new pen destinduck! I always love how lush new pens look!

TerriLaChicks: Your peacocks are so pretty! Is Romeo a silver pied white eye? D'artagnan's train is so cool looking. The white train feathers are around the edges, that is soo cool!

Yes he is -- both of them came from the late, great Mr. Burtis. D'art's mother was a silver pied so he also carries the gene.

Gorgeous pen destinduck - love the idea of a pond -- do you have drainage in it or is it all just concrete?

 

[MinxFox]

I always wondered what you duck owners do with your concreate ponds for the ducks...Like how often you drain them and stuff...

 

[destinduck]

Yeah D'artagnans train is cool. I have to drain the kiddie pools by every 4-5days max. I have drained the concrete one every 2-4 weeks.Although my friends that have similar sized ones may go up 2-3 months.(I just like it nice looking is why) I have a gradual slope that starts at 1ft and goes 21/2 deep at the other end. A 4inch drain pipe at the bottom right corner is where it drains under ground outside the fence. i just unscrew the end cap and it drains in 20 minutes. I have a well pump right outside the fence that fills it about that fast. I kinda wish I would have also put in an overflow pipe so when it rains really hard I wouldnt have to drain it a little before hand. But besides that I love it. We just plum forgot to add the overflow in our building excitement. All I have to do is hose the muck down the hole.Thats why that 4 in pipe is awesome. It took one full load in a single concrete truck. I figure at the bottom it is at least 5in deep and about 3 on the sides. And 2-3 in on the exposed rollover.Three of us did the work. We rented a bobcat. My friend Joey could drive it real good. Then he let me try.Let me just say its harder than he made it look.

probably spent about 1000 on the pond total.