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Pond Predators & Snapping Turtles
I dug up an area to turn into a shallow pond for the geese. My neighbor has a fairly large pond and keeps finding snapping turtles almost yearly. Does anyone have experience dealing with snapping turtles? Just wondering if I should bother with filtration just to keep it clear enough to see into...- AGeese
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Turtles for the pond?
Okay so, Me and my mom have been wanting to dig a pond for a while now, and we've been interested in getting a turtle(s) for it. Though there are a few things we are uncertain about nor can find information on the web for. We live in sweden, it gets real cold here. Average temp in the winter...- cassandrapettersson
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Goose ponds in winter?
Hi guys! I was wondering what people do about geese in winter? Do you still let them access their ponds? Mine sleep in their kiddie pool (in an enclosed run) and I'm not sure if I'll have to introduce them to a building to sleep for winter. I'm in NC usa so we don't get super harsh winters by... -
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Goose pond ideas?
Hello! I have 4 three month old (approximately) geese and I'm looking for pond ideas. They currently have a large kiddie pool and an old bathtub so we are good for this summer but I would like to start figuring out something more permanent for next year. Looking to see what you guys have that... -
Leading a duck to water!
Hey everyone! So on our property we have about a acre+ of pond. My ducks are in a large pen close to the house for ease of cleaning, watering, feeding, etc. Our pond is about 200ft from the pen. I'm so anxious about just letting them out and how I would get them back in their pen. My ducks are...- Duckmom2021
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Went from 2 ducklings to 11. How big of a pond should I dig?
Hello! So my sister can’t be left alone at tractor supply and brought a total of 11 ducklings home and 5 chickens in the past 4 days. The pond I originally dug for the 2 ducks we got originally is not going to be big enough. How big should I make the pond for 11 ducks? The national wildlife...- chickennewb025
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Pond Wreckers
We all know how the quackery mess up a pond. We are trying to find a solution to keep the pond cleanish. We tried the pond pump and trash can method and it failed. Any other ideas? -
Duck Pond Expansion!
My 11 ducks are finally getting to enjoy a big pond! They love it so much, they practically live in it. It’s about 4-5 feet deep. Still got to plant some ornamental grass and put rocks around the edge but it’s perfect for them! :celebrate It might look like there are some headless ducks in the... -
When can my ducklings be put in the back yard by the pond?
When I got my ducklings the end of April 2019, my stepdaughter wanted some too. So, I got 10. I have been raising the ducklings until they are old enough for her to take to her property with a pond. Question: at what age can the ducklings be released onto her property with the pond. Currently...- O1CrazyLady
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my ducklings won't go in the kiddie pool
Hey, Been raising chickens for about a year now and loving it. Started off with 5 baby chicks (3 Rhode island red and two black sex links), then our son gave us 8 Americana. About a two months ago got 11 more baby chicks, (3 Turkins, 2 black australorp, 2 golden sexlinks,1 blue wyandotte, 1...- O1CrazyLady
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Plants for duck pond
I was planning on putting Pea gravel, aquatic plants and maybe some small fish in the pond. It is only a 50 gallon pond. My question is there any plants or fish I should avoid putting in there?- Newchickenguy84
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DUCK Incubation & Raising Ducklings ~ Sally Sunshines NOTES
I wont rewrite what is already perfectly written online for the sake of an article, but I will offer you the links/conversations to the wonderful info I gathered to have many successful Duck incubations & Raising ! YOU TOO can be successful at it! DUCK INCUBATION: I suggest you read The...- Sally Sunshine
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"Pond" Filters?
I have an old sheep stock tank (60-75 gallon capacity, I can't remember which) that I have used as a swim tank for my ducks outside. I live in Montana, where it is pretty dry, but I have an irrigation ditch nearby that I pump water out of to fill the tank for them. I have a drain valve at the...- Miss Carcajou
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My ducks avoid water
Hi I currently have 5 ducks. I observe them daily and 2 of my ducks are very unusual. They don't like water. My eldest girl hatched them last August. They were born very late in the year so they didn't go outside much. No matter how much she tried neither of them would go into the pond. They... -
Hawk deterrant?
So my babies are 4 weeks old yesterday! We live within the city limits of San Diego, with canyons all around... and hawks are not uncommon. Is there some big plastic owl or something I can put on my roof to scare them away when I can safely let my girls out to free range? 2nd question, we...- shoezanne
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Keeping the Pond Clean
So, I've been looking for different ways to keep my ducks pond cleaner, at least for longer periods of time. It's a lot of work having to clean out the pond every other day, though the ducks are totally worth it. I'd love to here your guys' methods and ideas on keeping the pond clean. Thanks. :D -
Pond
Has anybody ever made a pond before? We have always wanted one and are thinking of adding one but I guess I'm just not sure which kind is best? Like one of the hard plastic molds or the flexible liner stuff. We recently found one of the hard plastic ones at our local dump but it's not very big...- ShrekDawg
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Planting Moss around Duck Pond
Hello! I've been googling for a long time, but can't seem to find the right answer. We will be installing a small duck pond soon and I want something around it to help keep the ducks from tracking in a lot of dirt. Has anyone ever put pavers or flagstones around their duck pond and planted a low...- ZurcherFarms
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Snapping Turtles/Hawks.....how to protect my Ducks
Hi, I am a new duck owner. I have 5 Indian runner ducks. When I originally got my ducks I was planning on letting them out everyday to spend time in our pond (Pond was built last summer and deep) and our garden to keep our bug infestation low (which is working excellent). Right now (they are...- Jennifer Cattel
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Help with biofilter/aquaponic duck pond
Alright so Ive been doing tons of research and just can't seem to find answers to some fairly specific questions I have. I'll try and provide as many details as I can. I'd also like to add that I'm trying to do this for as close to free as I can, and I live in a residential area so I don't have...