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Yes, my chickens are in our electric fence but I may just try it out on my ducks while my chickens take the stationary run…great idea! I need netting on top of the electric fence area at all times due to hawks too.

I can create a grassy pen for them but I'd have to be out there the whole time. I’ve had foxes hide in the brush waiting to pounce on my birds. I will work on the bedding issue but if the bumblefoot persists, I may need to give up on ducks. .

Thank you for all the suggestions. I will need to try out the sand and hay. I had tarps on top before but they got destroyed by the snow so now I have fishing line only to deter hawks. It’s a very large chain link dog run. But I agree about the mud situation. It needs to get under control...

I live in a predator heavy rural area. We’ve had fox and hawk casualties even when my birds were enclosed. So I have done supervised free range time and put the pool outside the run. They had no interest in the pool at all when they saw all that foraging space and were running all over my 6...

Thank you for the advice but these are grown ducks that have been living outside since they were ducklings and like I said, they turn everything into a muddy mess in no time as does the heavy rain we get so the leaves, pine needles and straw just gets incorporated into the mud. I have chickens...

I’ve had 6 ducks for almost a year now and while I love them, they’re turning out to be way more work than I ever imagined they would be and more than my chickens ever were. I am dealing with tons of bumblefoot! I use pine shavings in the duck house and I've done pine needles and straw in the...