Duck ponds

[Redrowze]

My ducks and geese have eaten all the vegetation that was in the pond too. But now I am installing fencing to make containment areas to grow these things back. The ducks n geese are welcome to eat anything that grows through the containment areas (theoretically speaking).

 

[CrystaBub]

My ducks and geese have eaten all the vegetation that was in the pond too. But now I am installing fencing to make containment areas to grow these things back. The ducks n geese are welcome to eat anything that grows through the containment areas (theoretically speaking).

that's a great idea - i may have to steal that

 

[Redrowze]

So far, so good! I am still in the installing process, but I have several areas that I have started to plant and they seem to be going according to plan. I placed my fencing so that there is about a 4" void at the bottom and 6 - 12" from the actual bank so that my GIANT frogs can still get around.

 

[CrystaBub]

So far, so good! I am still in the installing process, but I have several areas that I have started to plant and they seem to be going according to plan. I placed my fencing so that there is about a 4" void at the bottom and 6 - 12" from the actual bank so that my GIANT frogs can still get around.

Pics when you're done please!!!!!

 

[Redrowze]

I plan on it!

 

[happy duck]

I use a plastic kiddie pool for my ducks to swim in. I have a little less then 1 acre pond in my front yard and my ducks will soon go out on that for some hours of the day to free range and swim. You can just never keep a ducks water clean. I give my ducks fresh water to drink every day and after 1 min it is dirty. Ducks don't mind just make sure water with poop in it doesn't stay in the pool for long. I just dump my kiddie pool out every other day. I am going to get a drain soon tho.

 

[Michael P]

A possible way to solve the plant eating problem is to build a skippy filter http://skippysstuff.com/biofiltr.htm using a tall Rubber Maid stock tank and put the plants in that. I have such setups on my above-ground goldfish ponds, and the plants in the skippy filters are too far off the ground for my Welsh Harlequins to reach.

 

[CrystaBub]

Trust @Michael P - he's the one that told me about the lizard's tail - and he was spot on!

 

[Michael P]

Glad to hear it worked!