what do you use for a duck waterer?

[Henrietta23]

I had been using a tall plastic canister with a lid that I cut a hole out of. My ducklings are now 6 weeks old and they've started knocking it over several times a day which is making none of us happy. They are about to move outdoors in the next two days. I have a round plastice tub that is big enough for them to walk around in but not deep enough to swim in. Is that sufficient for their drinking water or do I need a separate waterer too? I think the troughs on even the larger chicken waterers aren't deep enough for them to get their bills all the way under?
Thanks!

 

[destinduck]

I always use the gallon size waterers with great success they wont ever knock them over only when they start to look like adults do I let them swim in platic kiddie pools.Keep full of water or put brick or ramp so they dont drown

DUCKS RULE

 

[mlheran]

Until they're outside there's really no perfect duck water situation -at least, none that I've found.

Now that mine have grown and are living outside we've worked something out. They do free-range during the day but they have access to two hanging cups in their pen for drinking. The cups are about six inches in diameter and about eight inches deep; they are placed high enough that they have to reach a bit to drink (they're emptied and rinsed every morning). For swimming, grooming, making a mess, etc they have a kiddie pool in the yard.

 

[Henrietta23]

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That sounds about the same size as what I'm using except mine don't hang. You don't happen to have pictures do you?

 

[perfectly_polish]

When the duck were in the brooder we used this...

When they came out we used something like this but bigger, luckily we have a little pond next to our house that they love to swim in...

 

[Henrietta23]

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Okay, I bought something a little bigger than the black thing today. So it should work.

 

[chickachickawhat]

hey henrietta

there is a place in lebenon that rescues domestic ducks and geese. and you can adopt them. its basically like a duck/goose orphanage and you can adopt as many as u want

here there website.

http://www.majesticwaterfowl.org/index.html

 

[Henrietta23]

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Thanks chicka! I've seen the site before but haven't been there. It's very close to me too. I want to go check it out this summer.