Poultry Talk Ontario (pto.ca)

Hi all, I am trying to figure out how to winterize my calf hutch for my ducks. For those of you that have done this, how did you block the wind and keep their food dry from rain or snow? I place the food in the hutch every night. I made a spot in the straw to insert the food container and also did t...

Ok, I think I'm pretty flipping brilliant for this idea. But I'm going to put it out there for the experienced to show me any flaws. I had ducks last year. Holy sloppy mess! They had the potential to ruin a new coop in 6 months. poop up the walls, poop on the door, poop in corners that I didn't eve...

Thanks for insight. Now if I could just get them to go in every night. It normally ends in a Ring Around The Posey type ordeal and you need more than one person to direct them into the enclosure. I only feed them at late evening. You would think they would go in then to eat but, they end up going th...

Hi, I am new to this group. I have two Black Swiss ducks. This is my first time raising ducks and so far it has been great. They are 20 weeks old as of this past Thursday and they're tail feathers have just started to curl so I have two drake's. We named them Butch and Sundance from the get go. So I...

I am using a calf hutch for our two ducks. This is our first go around with ducks and so far we have been enjoying them. I am worried about the winter weather that will be on us before long. The hutch came with fencing that we have attached chinken wire to to reduce the hole size. I also added a sma...