Hi again,
So about 8 weeks ago I ordered 2 Anaconas in the mail and received 6! As much as I would love to keep them all, I can’t. So I my mom’s boss from work(who I’ve met before) offered to take 4 them.
She has 3 acres of land, a pond, and some chickens (but never had ducks before). And it sounded great!
Well it’s getting close to time to send them to their new home and I asked my mom if her boss was ready to take them as she was in the process of building a duck house and she said yes! Great I’m excited! But then I received pic of the duck house they built and I’m a little unsure…
It seems small for 4 grown ducks, and it’s floating on top of the water. No run, no fence around the property, nothing. I’m worried about predators, but the person who is getting them seems to think that the water will protect them Bc they can just swim away. I have no idea how they’re going to teach them to nest inside the duck house at night if there isn’t a way to keep them secure (even if they could all fit in there)
My question is, has anyone else put their coop on the pond before? Is it just as safe as a regular coop? Safer?
I’m not feeling too good about sending my babies there, feels like I’m sending them to their death.
Pictured below is the duck house they built:
So about 8 weeks ago I ordered 2 Anaconas in the mail and received 6! As much as I would love to keep them all, I can’t. So I my mom’s boss from work(who I’ve met before) offered to take 4 them.
She has 3 acres of land, a pond, and some chickens (but never had ducks before). And it sounded great!
Well it’s getting close to time to send them to their new home and I asked my mom if her boss was ready to take them as she was in the process of building a duck house and she said yes! Great I’m excited! But then I received pic of the duck house they built and I’m a little unsure…
It seems small for 4 grown ducks, and it’s floating on top of the water. No run, no fence around the property, nothing. I’m worried about predators, but the person who is getting them seems to think that the water will protect them Bc they can just swim away. I have no idea how they’re going to teach them to nest inside the duck house at night if there isn’t a way to keep them secure (even if they could all fit in there)
My question is, has anyone else put their coop on the pond before? Is it just as safe as a regular coop? Safer?
I’m not feeling too good about sending my babies there, feels like I’m sending them to their death.
Pictured below is the duck house they built: