SureIsSweetTho
Chirping
- Mar 5, 2020
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I need to build a small coop or the duck version of a doghouse really. Ideally it will be portable-ish. I was thinking 2x2 or 2x3 feet (~30 cm in a foot) of floor space, maybe 3/4 feet high. Do they like a raised floor or on the ground? I'm planning for a single duck but they don't always use things as intended. I have an idea to design it to be backed up to the side of a screened in patio with a large vent up to the screen so I can see in from the patio. That strip of yard alongside the patio is also where I plant my garden, and it would be cool to be able to move it along the bed. They'll be free to come and go though so it can't be a floor that they hate. Is the poop-over-the-garden thing hoping for too much? I have a poor single orphaned duckling, 4 weeks old, so I want to build this on the patio for now and make it his home and eventually move it outside but backed up to the same patio.. kind of a baby steps to semi independent yard duck, and if he wants to eat the worms off my tomato plants that's fine too. I'm in Florida, gonna be super hot, would lattice or hardware cloth sides be preferable to solid sides? I see a ton of coops online but they're mostly pretty big and I'm not sure what's important when scaling down? It's a sunny spot, best roof material for heat instead of snow? Does it need a certain height to get the cooling effect of heat rising? Advice on the doorway? I worry a little about predators but mostly hawks, no ground predators. It's been a while since I did any carpentry so I'm a little excited. Any advice or links to examples greatly appreciated. Sorry about the long post. I didn't have time to write a short one.