Duck Running On Wood Floor

However if you are using bedding in your chicken coop which is highly recommended in most cases you really don t need this extra step.

Duck running on wood floor. Painted wood or plywood has all the pros of wood floors and one additional pro. A duck s biggest predator is probably a raccoon. Painted chicken coop floors. The white molding covering the line between the wood and the gray kitchen flooring material ties in the color of the island and feels better to me than if the molding had matched either the gray flooring or the wood.

Second your ducks need windows in their coop for ventilation. First begin with giving your ducks a solid floor under their coop. It should be wood cement or even vinyl to stop critters from coming up from under the coop. They are smart little creatures.

This video of a moose running across a river is crazy and people are calling him the moosiah. Low down duck nests. Ducks do not need or use hanging nesting boxes like chickens. Animals awww ducks top.

Nest boxes in your duck coop should be about 14 square inches on the floor level and give you easy access to collect eggs from the coop door or from an external nesting box access door. While the run didn t need to be small i also didn t want to spend too much money on this project. I m a simple person and this duck running on hardwood makes me smile. 3 day old baby ducks walking around on the wooden floor they re so cute.

You want to plan for 15 sq ft of run space per duck compared to 8 10 sq ft for chickens. So you must predator proof their coop.