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Hi, I'm on the look out for a drinking trough, usually seen in fields, round, plastic or metal, as cheap as possible, as it's for my ducks as a paddling pool. But would consider anything that could be used. Can you keep your eye's and ears open, ask friends etc. Thanks in advance

When we had our ducks, we used some blue plastic 'clamshell' kids sand pit jobbies, worked pretty well and they certainly enjoyed the paddling - that is when they could shift the hulking great golden retriever that thought it was fun to jump in and out of.

You'll need to top up the water accordingly and I would also suggest changing it entirely quite frequently as ducks have a habit of doing what ducks do best as soon as their bums touch the water. It quite quickly goes from fresh to a green sludgy composition.

Failing that, you could always go down the dechetterie and see if they have any old baths available, sink it into the ground and fill - although the smaller ducks can find getting back out a problem if the water level is not right up to the top as the sides are a little too slippery for them.

Personal choice is the clamshells - the bath method you really need to keep an eye on the little ones as if they can't get out can get into serious problems.

Why not dig a small pond and line it with cheap bit of black plastic from Brico add a few rocks around the edge or dirt.

Do you want this moved to the Wanted Board it may get noticed better?

(Mon-05-08-2013, 07:55 AM)Steve Wrote: [ -> ]When we had our ducks, we used some blue plastic 'clamshell' kids sand pit jobbies, worked pretty well and they certainly enjoyed the paddling - that is when they could shift the hulking great golden retriever that thought it was fun to jump in and out of.



You'll need to top up the water accordingly and I would also suggest changing it entirely quite frequently as ducks have a habit of doing what ducks do best as soon as their bums touch the water. It quite quickly goes from fresh to a green sludgy composition.

Failing that, you could always go down the dechetterie and see if they have any old baths available, sink it into the ground and fill - although the smaller ducks can find getting back out a problem if the water level is not right up to the top as the sides are a little too slippery for them.

Personal choice is the clamshells - the bath method you really need to keep an eye on the little ones as if they can't get out can get into serious problems.

Thanks Steve,
Already have a 'Clam shell' but as we have 7 ducks and 4 geese this gets pretty grotty pretty quickly. So was looking at something a little bigger. We did have a pool dug out, but in the summer it dried up, can't win.
But thanks for the idea.

(Mon-05-08-2013, 14:21 PM)Fred Wrote: [ -> ]Why not dig a small pond and line it with cheap bit of black plastic from Brico add a few rocks around the edge or dirt.
suggestion.
Do you want this moved to the Wanted Board it may get noticed better?

Hi Fred,
Cheap black plastic doesn't last long as the duck rip it with the claws on their webbed feet. We have got a Clam shell, but it gets dirty too quickly. So that's why I wanted something bigger. But thanks for the suggestion.

(Mon-05-08-2013, 18:29 PM)Willow17 Wrote: [ -> ]Hi Fred,

Thanks for the suggestion.

No problem, have you thought of building one with Lego