Portable Duck House

I am building a house for some new ducks and am looking for advice on making it as portable as possible.

My area has a decent amount of predator pressure (bears, coyotes, opossums, hawks, etc..). I have a used Premier One electric fence to surround their area for ground predators and have tucked it in a corner near the woods while planting some more shrubs for some ariel protection.

My current design is a low to ground all wood a-frame on "skis". The sides and base would be all 1" thick wood and the front and back would be mostly wood with some mesh at the top for ventilation. This should still be moveable but will be very cumbersome. It will provide great predator protection at night however.

Given our context are there any ways I could simplify or reduce my plans? Could I get away with something like Joel Salatins open bottom, front, and back a-frame design given I have the electric fence? Or will it be pretty required to have a totally enclosed structure?

Thanks in advance!

Hi Ryan,
It will depend on your predator pressure whether you need it entirely enclosed. I had chickens in an electric fence and often left the door open to their coop. I set it on large wheels so they could get under it for shade and protection during the day.

Because ducks don't perch as a general rule, I think anything off the ground would probably roll a few ducks over every time you move it. I think a lightweight A frame is probably the way to go. In fact, that is the only style I have ever seen of a mobile duck house. All others were permanent.