Building a duck house with pool | Simple duck house ideas 

absolutely... or free !! hehehe

Thankyou!

awww thanks for the encouragement! We try!!

Thanks so much Michele, it certainly feels like an accomplishment when its built from the junk pile 😊... my neighbors have been such a blessing and have been so good to me, so thankful for their support 🤩

Thanks friend ! Sometimes it takes longer than planned right !! But then there are always 50 projects happening at once 🤣😅😅

Thanks for watching Patty, appreciate the support and encouragement :-)

Thanks Richie 🙏 hope you guys are doing well on the new place.. my bones get slow in the cold 🥶 😂

what an awesome gift !! Its been so good on our homestead especially early mornings when i'm on the school run, its usually too dark when we leave but too late by the time i get back so its been a game changer for us too !

@@TheLittlePalletFarmhouse Game changer is right! I am looking forward to the summer when the sun sets really late and I don't need to run out in my PJ's to close the door.

@@aarondarling6653 🤣🤣🤣 EXACTLY 🙌🙌

Thankyou

Thanks Clare, I appreciate your encouragement! so first let me say that we have a breed of duck that doesn't spend a lot of time in the water. I think it would be different if they were different ducks, so i don't change the water that often - usually when it becomes murky and they stop going in it. I realised AFTER we build it that the bath is shaded from the sun ( on the north side of the coop) so i do get algae building up faster than if it was south facing. The roof run off gives a good fill to the bath but it depends on how much rain we have, and because of the square footage it never fills the bath so i do use the hose too. Especially during summer. The duck house has a large door on the front that drops down for egg collection ( i thought that was in the video - maybe its in my other duck vid!!)

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awww thanks ! Let me know how it works out... we raised our ducklings with young chickens initially so they sort of got coop trained that way however when we moved them to their own coop we kept them contained until they imprinted on the coop and then once they know its home they just go in at sundown. We also have an automatic coop door from run chicken that auto closes 20mins after sundown which has been a game changer

Sorry i didn't see this comment ! Yes its super easy to clean, i just use a garden cane to bump the plug out and let the water drain while i'm weeding then i rinse any sludge out with the garden hose - it all drains downhill across the horse paddock... my only challenge is that with the pool being shaded the algae build up can be faster but then that is just about as fast as the ducks soil the water anyway ! There have been no other cons. Depending on what duck breed you have this might vary... our khaki campbells don't swim a lot anyway - they use it to splash and clean when its hot but they don't "sit" on the water, they rather be out on the garden hunting bugs

Possibly goldfish for the algae build up and a strainer to prevent said fish from being dumped

Have you ran into any problems with your flock and Botulism?

Best thing i did for the ducks - they love it and i haven't had any issues with it, just make sure there is good space underneath to drain sludge... and mine is on a downsloap so all the water runs away ( rather than stands under the bath making the ground a mud pit !)

haha ! You have good eyes !! Yes Caleb was entirely responsible for this addition to the homestead ! - its every 4 year olds dream don't you know !!

@@TheLittlePalletFarmhouse I thought it may have been Caleb’s Unicorn. Lol. Keep moving forward. Happy New Year to you all.

@@jsramseyfamily 🤣🤣🤣 well technically he bought it so....... !!! Happy new year to you all too 🥳

i just use a garden cane or stick to shift the plug and let the water drain out. Then i used the hose to swish any sludge out - it works great !