Comments on: Ducks’ First Night Outside http://www.tinygrass.com/2007/05/ducks-first-night-outside/ Simple living, natural learning & exploring the world Sun, 04 Dec 2011 21:38:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: kelly http://www.tinygrass.com/2007/05/ducks-first-night-outside/comment-page-1/#comment-2019 kelly Mon, 14 May 2007 01:21:38 +0000 http://www.tinygrass.com/2007/05/ducks-first-night-outside/#comment-2019 hey trish--happy mother's day to you! i am very impressed that you are able to freecycle your duck house. i have some freecycle materials but perhaps only 1% of the whole project! way to go. i couldn't send you an email from the "contact" button. i'm no computer superstar. hope the duckies are doing well. looks like i am going to have to build a 3rd brooder this week! we have 15 more feet to enclose and the pen portion will be done i hope tomorrow night. my email is "tuskajones@hotmail.com". you can edit it out once you read this! send me an email as i have some duckie questions for you! take care, kelly hey trish–happy mother’s day to you! i am very impressed that you are able to freecycle your duck house. i have some freecycle materials but perhaps only 1% of the whole project!
way to go.
i couldn’t send you an email from the “contact” button. i’m no computer superstar. hope the duckies are doing well. looks like i am going to have to build a 3rd brooder this week! we have 15 more feet to enclose and the pen portion will be done i hope tomorrow night.

my email is “tuskajones@hotmail.com”. you can edit it out once you read this! send me an email as i have some duckie questions for you!

take care,

kelly

]]> By: Trish http://www.tinygrass.com/2007/05/ducks-first-night-outside/comment-page-1/#comment-1418 Trish Sun, 06 May 2007 13:34:44 +0000 http://www.tinygrass.com/2007/05/ducks-first-night-outside/#comment-1418 That's a lot of ducks! To email me, if you want to, just hit the "contact" link at the top of the page. That’s a lot of ducks! To email me, if you want to, just hit the “contact” link at the top of the page.

]]> By: kelly http://www.tinygrass.com/2007/05/ducks-first-night-outside/comment-page-1/#comment-1417 kelly Sun, 06 May 2007 01:57:17 +0000 http://www.tinygrass.com/2007/05/ducks-first-night-outside/#comment-1417 hi trish--thank you for the tips. i added old towels under the pine shavings to be more absorbent. i also learned to carry the waterer upside down from the sink back to the ducks in order not to spill it! i am really really going nuts thinking of how i am going to handle these guys for the next three weeks--there are 15 of them! i am going to make three brooders which i think will be more manageable rather than one giant brooder for all of them. we put half the fence up today in the pen area. i just need to finish painting the predator proof pen and add more hardware cloth on the doors. sorry about putting my phone number on the site but i didn't see or didn't bother to figure out how to find your email address. i hope your duck girls are doing great!! take care, kelly hi trish–thank you for the tips. i added old towels under the pine shavings to be more absorbent. i also learned to carry the waterer upside down from the sink back to the ducks in order not to spill it! i am really really going nuts thinking of how i am going to handle these guys for the next three weeks–there are 15 of them! i am going to make three brooders which i think will be more manageable rather than one giant brooder for all of them. we put half the fence up today in the pen area. i just need to finish painting the predator proof pen and add more hardware cloth on the doors.

sorry about putting my phone number on the site but i didn’t see or didn’t bother to figure out how to find your email address.

i hope your duck girls are doing great!!

take care,

kelly

]]> By: Trish http://www.tinygrass.com/2007/05/ducks-first-night-outside/comment-page-1/#comment-1414 Trish Fri, 04 May 2007 03:00:07 +0000 http://www.tinygrass.com/2007/05/ducks-first-night-outside/#comment-1414 Summer - You get the chicks and then we can have an egg-production contest. I'm convinced my ducks will win, both egg-wise and looks-wise, against any chicken! Summer – You get the chicks and then we can have an egg-production contest. I’m convinced my ducks will win, both egg-wise and looks-wise, against any chicken!

]]> By: Trish http://www.tinygrass.com/2007/05/ducks-first-night-outside/comment-page-1/#comment-1413 Trish Fri, 04 May 2007 02:58:27 +0000 http://www.tinygrass.com/2007/05/ducks-first-night-outside/#comment-1413 Kelly - Here are some tips I have for reducing the bedding use: -Put disposable pie pans under the watering thingys - will prevent the bedding from getting too wet from splashing. -Rather than changing the whole bedding area, use a scoop to turn the bedding (is it wood chips?). That helps make it last a little longer. -I used straw later on, and it seemed to be more affordable. I just added a dry layer on top and that reduced my chean-up time, although it can still get stinky. I also used a thick layer of newspaper under the straw, which seemed to absorb the liquid better. HTH! Kelly – Here are some tips I have for reducing the bedding use:
-Put disposable pie pans under the watering thingys – will prevent the bedding from getting too wet from splashing.
-Rather than changing the whole bedding area, use a scoop to turn the bedding (is it wood chips?). That helps make it last a little longer.
-I used straw later on, and it seemed to be more affordable. I just added a dry layer on top and that reduced my chean-up time, although it can still get stinky. I also used a thick layer of newspaper under the straw, which seemed to absorb the liquid better.

HTH!

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