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Does anyone have permanent paddocks set up for rotating ducks through?

 
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Does anyone have permanent paddocks set up for rotating ducks through?

I'm wondering if they would be happy with the fresh grass, or if changing their paddock every few days would make them more anxious.
 
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I do not, but when I had ducks at my old place which was too small and oddly shaped with preexisting trees and buildings for rotating paddocks to make sense, I tried the inverse. I put out 3-4ft tall circular cages, as large as I could before they or chickens would feel
comfortable flying in. This was about 4ft wide as I remember with 2x4 welded fencing. In it I would spread some diverse seeds of things ducks like to eat. I would have several cages and rotate them as the grew. The ground got minimal prep and was largely defoliated and compacted by birds, so it only early succession plants grew, and covering with a light straw mulch helped too. It did grow some nice weeds for the ducks to eat though, fairy quickly. If I had tried it earlier in the area’s use as a bird run, it would likely have worked better. Broadforking would have helped too. No legumes grew, as they are supressed by excessive Nitrogen.
 
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Jay Angler wrote:Does anyone have permanent paddocks set up for rotating ducks through?

I'm wondering if they would be happy with the fresh grass, or if changing their paddock every few days would make them more anxious.



I don't have ducks yet, but I have geese and they act just like all the other animals. They love moving day. As soon as we open the "gate" in the electric netting, they run through into the new paddock.
 
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I don´t do this myself but I think they would enjoy it as long as everything in their routine stays relatively the same. Mine seem to hate change, but as long as their food/water and coop doesn't move they are quite happy. So maybe you could put the water bowl on the same side of the fence everyday, even if its different paddocks. I think this would be especially good for geese too, since they forage a lot more grass compared to ducks
 
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