I procrastinated about replacing the tarp cover on the duck run. We had a heavy snow fall so what had been a small tear ripped and the whole thing came down. Two days ago, in the wind and more snow, I replaced it. The run is 10 x 20 so a big tarp. The original tarp was white. I hadn't thought much about it after until I realized that the ducks hadn't come out of the coop since. Did they not like that the black side was down? Today, more wind, I actually turned the whole thing over so now the silver side is down. The ducks spent that time supervising from the coop door. For the first time in their life, I put food and water just inside their door. They better come out now.
Do you think they actually care about the colour or is it just something new?
