Duck Running On Wood Floor

The paint provides added protection against wood rot.

Duck running on wood floor.

While the run didn t need to be small i also didn t want to spend too much money on this project. It should be wood cement or even vinyl to stop critters from coming up from under the coop. So you must predator proof their coop. Animals awww ducks top.

Painted chicken coop floors. Painted wood or plywood has all the pros of wood floors and one additional pro. 3 day old baby ducks walking around on the wooden floor they re so cute. A duck s biggest predator is probably a raccoon.

However if you are using bedding in your chicken coop which is highly recommended in most cases you really don t need this extra step. The white molding covering the line between the wood and the gray kitchen flooring material ties in the color of the island and feels better to me than if the molding had matched either the gray flooring or the wood. First begin with giving your ducks a solid floor under their coop. That waddle gets me every time.

Nest boxes in your duck coop should be about 14 square inches on the floor level and give you easy access to collect eggs from the coop door or from an external nesting box access door. Sometimes you just have to pick a spot and run a line this transition lines up with the wall but not the island. Low down duck nests. Ducks do not need or use hanging nesting boxes like chickens.

They are smart little creatures. You want to plan for 15 sq ft of run space per duck compared to 8 10 sq ft for chickens.