hey guys it's uh kind of a gray dreary morning here at the farm that's a great
day to go check on the Ducks so let's go wonder how they are doing today
the biggest concern I've been having has been the amount of moisture we've had in
brooder it's probably more than it should or I would like it to be you know
I changed out there shavings entirely yesterday and it's just that they're
splashing and pooping so much how's everybody looking today god they're
getting big Wow yeah I'm also worried that they're
starting to develop what's known as wet feather like they're looking so damp I
gotta get this drier so yesterday I tried installing this big one I even
made my own modification with a little Lowe's bucket lid to try to keep them
from splashing and making such a mess but in all honesty it's not working out
that well so I think my big focus today is gonna be how to improve the water
situation and keep these guys drier because I'm not doing a good job right
now with that
so basically what I did to make this duck waterer or attempted duck water is
I took one of those rubber dishes that you can get for animals that like
tractor supply and I added some one inch chicken wire so the idea would be though
that the Ducks can get their head in but they can't get in here and splash around
as much so I think if I put this on one of the rubber mats this might work
in terms of an idea this seems to work
yep here's the first guy who innovated and figured out how to get on top now
let's see how this holds up see and that's actually the problem with the 2
inch chicken wire it was 2 inches they be in there and it
actually be worried that they get stuck this is just small enough that they
can't quite get in there maybe this will work noticing that duck keeping is a
balance of providing just enough water so that they're happy and healthy and
they can eat but not enough water that they make their brooder a miserable mess
very difficult balance to maintain finder