mgsontour Posted February 3 Report Share Posted February 3 Hi all and hope everyone has had a good season. I'm keen to breed sone ducks on my dyke and have looked at the BASC site on how to make duck tubes and while I'm sure they work I'm thinking of numbers and going to have to make a lot of tubes, so thought of building a breeding pen protected from fox providing a safe haven so they can build their own nests or even spreading hay and straw along the dyke banks. I'm sure some PW members have had similar ideas and some have had success stories and maybe they would like to educate me on the correct method to have a go? Thanks in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted February 3 Report Share Posted February 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbob Posted February 3 Report Share Posted February 3 Why no add some duck tubes to help the wild ducks and keep on top of the vermin to help the ducklings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jall25 Posted February 4 Report Share Posted February 4 Not sure of a pen The duck tubes work very well and dont take much building We have circa 25 up and circa 20 were used last year On our big pond we had over 100 ducklings The key in my opinion to success is vermin control - and just as important supplementary food for them when they hatch The weather always seems messed up these last few years and the insects are not about so we feed a bucket full of meal worms for a few weeks Just now, jall25 said: Not sure of a pen The duck tubes work very well and dont take much building We have circa 25 up and circa 20 were used last year On our big pond we had over 100 ducklings The key in my opinion to success is vermin control - and just as important supplementary food for them when they hatch The weather always seems messed up these last few years and the insects are not about so we feed a bucket full of meal worms for a few weeks I have seen some coral duckilings together and other mothers be very protective and attack others - so a pen may cause major issues Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgsontour Posted February 4 Author Report Share Posted February 4 Thanks lads, some interesting points raised Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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