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[dexterlady]

Congrats Texaslisa to both you and your husband!!!

 

[lisaterrell88]

Congrads texas lisa hope yall have many more to come.

 

[LightningTFarm]

LTF ~ Question on ducks. Dh and I have a good sized pond at our place, and we were wanting to get either some ducks or geese. Do you pen your ducks up at night or do they have the run of the place?

My ducks roam the duck yard and the back yard during the day, but they get put up in their house every night. Because ducks nest on the ground, and domestic ducks really cannot fly, they will be decimated by coyotes, dogs and other predators very quickly if they are left out at night. Dogs and coyotes have been known to swim out onto a pond to get at ducks in the water. So, if you want to have them for long, put them in a secure building at night just like you do your chickens. They are very easy to herd. Mine used to put themselves up at night before the automatic door closed, but for the past couple of months I have had to go out and put them up at sundown. Maybe I culled the lead drake????

 

[Belott]

Happy anniversary TexasLisa!!

David

And welcome to all you newcomers from Belott!!!!!

 

[Teri Metcalf]

In case you were wondering....



This little fact of life came from a FB friend.

 

[LightningTFarm]

Do you have pictures of your set up?

Yes, here are a few pictures. The house I live in has a huge back yard, so I put up a temporary fence across the yard to create the duck yard on one side. During the day I open the gate and let the ducks into the back yard, where there is more grass. They have a kiddie pool in the back yard, and a pool in the duck yard, so they have access to water in both locations.

The first picture is of the duck yard, taken from the back yard. You can see the pool on the left side of the picture.



This second picture is of the ducks in the back yard, loving them some grass.



This third picture is of the front of the duck house. Notice that the top third of the house is all half-inch wire, for good air circulation in our Texas heat. I covered the wire last spring to keep it warmer when I was brooding some little ones in there, but this winter it stayed open even when it snowed. Ducks have their own down coats!



And this is the inside of the duck house. kinda dirty, but they like it. No roosts for ducks. The girls have a nest box for eggs and sometimes use it, but more often dig a hole in the bedding and make a nest for the eggs.



So, that's my set up. Nothing fancy. But, the ducks seem to like it!

 

[hungnguyen]

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This is a Good Note, congratulation Sis 32 years ... and they still romanticly walk up the hill enjoying the full moon .. every time she sees a skunk.

 

[hungnguyen]

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This is a Sad Note ! It's a public social forum... just like every other forum, it's up to us to chat, up to us to create the fun or ruin the fun.

 

[kenmlang]

In case you were wondering....



This little fact of life came from a FB friend.

Now that's funny, I don't care who you are!!!!

 

[Heidisgran]

Quote: she felt attacked Lisa because she was giving out very bad advise here and on other threads but when anyone darn correct the erroneous information she became offended....she has no experience but had all the answers!! no one attacked her just corrected her and I might add in a very kind way!!!