Watering station question

[neetabeamie]

I am making a watering station for my duck yard. I was hoping to use a pallet set on top of paver stones. With the waterer on top. The pallet has 1" spaces between boards. Is this to big for medium adult birds? I am getting 2 Welsh Harlequin, 2 Cayuga and 1 white layer.
I just don't want my ducks to get there feet stuck.

 

[neetabeamie]

This is the waterer set up that I will have on top of the pallet.

 

[Quackalackin]

I'm new to ducks and still learning techniques myself. Why are you raising the waterer on a pallet? It seems like it'd be a hazard for their feet, especially if anyone gets protective of the water and one duck tries to run off, it may trip and get hurt. Maybe you can line it with chicken wire or something to make the gaps smaller?

 

[neetabeamie]

It's to help prevent mud holes

 

[peepingtonsmom]

It's to help prevent mud holes

I use to put a piece of plywood down than put the watering jug on top of that and it solved the mudhole problem for me

 

[neetabeamie]

I was thinking I may need to stick chicken wire or hardware cloth on it but I would rather not if I don't have to.

 

[peepingtonsmom]

I was thinking I may need to stick chicken wire or hardware cloth on it but I would rather not if I don't have to.

I didn't have any of that on mine.

 

[neetabeamie]

I didn't have any of that on mine.

Did you have a set up like mine with a pallet?

 

[peepingtonsmom]

Did you have a set up like mine with a pallet?

Yes but I used plywood instead of a pallet

 

[Amiga]

I would get some of that small-opening plastic poultry fence to go across the top - no risk of broken toes or ankles. At least, I don't think so