The Quack Shack

[Supercow]

All this snow will melt overnight and I shudder to think what it will look like tomorrow... mud, more mud and some additional mud

 

[Luv Ducks]

Such pretty Ducks!!!

 

[Luv Ducks]

All this snow will melt overnight and I shudder to think what it will look like tomorrow... mud, more mud and some additional mud

We had rain and snow flurries all day yesterday and the pen was a slippery mess today. I hate it when it gets gooey even though it has a sand base. Good luck tomorrow with yours.

 

[Canadian Wind]

Sometime in Jan-Feb we will probably get to the point when there are 2-3 weeks of freezing temps all over the day - that might be somewhat trickier. In a pinch I can carry hot water from the house but I'm sure that will get old very very quickly. So I'm looking for a way to safely heat a basin or two, probably with a submergible low-wattage electric heater.

It does. I still have to do it. I have a system of several large buckets that are kept inside so the water doesn't freeze. I don't have huge 'bathing' facilities for them in the winter, just a few deep containers they can dunk their heads in. But it gets very very cold here.

Right now, I'm only letting them out for a few hours a day when it's relatively nice. My experience with the dumb-dumb that got himself so chilled he nearly died in the freezing rain have made me rethink how they will cared for this winter.

 

[Supercow]

Such pretty Ducks!!!

They were raised (before coming to us) by a lady who took very very good care of them. She's also a fellow cancer survivor. We still keep in touch. Sometimes good things happen so randomly.

 

[Supercow]

Right now, I'm only letting them out for a few hours a day when it's relatively nice. My experience with the dumb-dumb that got himself so chilled he nearly died in the freezing rain have made me rethink how they will cared for this winter.

Let them out of the coop? I figure they have their food and water inside - how does that work out, especially in the winter? I'm afraid of the extra moisture / general mess.

 

[Canadian Wind]

Let them out of the coop? I figure they have their food and water inside - how does that work out, especially in the winter? I'm afraid of the extra moisture / general mess.

I don't feed or water in the coop. For exactly that reason!

 

[Luv Ducks]

They were raised (before coming to us) by a lady who took very very good care of them. She's also a fellow cancer survivor. We still keep in touch. Sometimes good things happen so randomly.

I totally agree. God seems to put us at the right time and place at times whether it be in person or just through a text or email.

 

[Jenbirdee]

We had rain and snow flurries all day yesterday and the pen was a slippery mess today. I hate it when it gets gooey even though it has a sand base. Good luck tomorrow with yours.

but the duckies LOVE it lol

 

[Muscovy Wunda]

Came to check in with you guys, it's like we are in two different worlds. You're all in snow and we are sitting over 40°C or 104°F for those measuring that way. The peafowl, despite originating from a warm climate have basicly melted into green and blue puddles. The three remaining water fowl are doing well, and yep, two are drakes... sigh... maybe I am not ment to have live ducks and should just stick to my kitchen ducks