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Location: Pacific Northwest | I have two ducks and I'd like to build them something a little bit nicer than the kiddie pool they have now. Is there a reason I couldn't just dig a hole and line it with tarp and stack bricks/rocks/whatever along the edge of it?
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Location: Somewhere in the middle of nowhere | I would not use a tarp as it will rot away and create a bigger mess later. Depending on your soil, I would just dig a hole and put water in it. I use to enjoy my ducks....at the farm we have a dirt tank and wild ducks fly in there all the time. |
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| nmeastplains - 2014-08-01 10:46 AM
I would not use a tarp as it will rot away and create a bigger mess later. Depending on your soil, I would just dig a hole and put water in it. I use to enjoy my ducks....at the farm we have a dirt tank and wild ducks fly in there all the time.
I agree...I'd just dig a hole, no liner, and fill it up with well water if you have it. My neighbor just did this for his ducks and it turned out perfectly. His is about the size of a pick up truck. He dropped a little fountain in it to keep the water from getting stagnant and its a very nice looking little pond. Good luck. |
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| I would line it, either one of those fish pond liners or the plastic they use to cover silage piles are the same thing. One thing though ducks are dirty little creatures and will poop (a lot) in the pool so you need to either filter it, clean it, have it very large, have a constant fresh water flow to it or not mind brown, stinky water. lol
A couple years ago we dug a pond, lined it and it was great fun watching our ducks play in it. After one summer of cleaning out the pond though we filled it in. |
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| ponds are so expensive to up keep. My mother in law has one and she is always having someone come out and fix it. The only suggestion I have is keep it small and shallow.
Edited by spitzh 2014-08-01 3:06 PM
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Location: Pacific Northwest | countflair - 2014-08-01 12:19 PM
I would line it, either one of those fish pond liners or the plastic they use to cover silage piles are the same thing. One thing though ducks are dirty little creatures and will poop (a lot) in the pool so you need to either filter it, clean it, have it very large, have a constant fresh water flow to it or not mind brown, stinky water. lol
A couple years ago we dug a pond, lined it and it was great fun watching our ducks play in it. After one summer of cleaning out the pond though we filled it in.
Oh I already know that lol These ducks are a few years old, they're disgusting. I was hoping maybe if their pond was bigger it wouldnt get so noticeably filthy. With the kiddie pool it's pretty easy to clean, they splash so much water out of it that I can just pick it up and spray it out.
Maybe they'll just be stuck with the kiddie pool haha |
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