It took 7 months to build, but my new duck house is finally finished! Complete with heated nest boxes, insulation, storage, preditor protection, rodent deterrent, cedar siding, and old fashioned homemade whitewash. I am a 57 year old woman who has never built anything like this before. I bought instructions off Etsy for a chicken coop and changed them to better fit me and my ducks. Had I known how much work it would be I might have reconsidered but I saved money doing it myself. Spoiled ducks, and it is only for night time as they free range in my garden during the day.