Ducktopia!
21 August 2016
All things going to plan, I will be moving on September 10. There is a LOT to do before then, and I am currently contacting community groups such as the Mens Shed, to see if I can get a hand.
Because the rescued ducks became so time consuming, I have not had much time to work on the large enclosure (nicknamed 'Ducktopia' that needs to be built before we can move.
I am still looking for wire netting and chicken wire. I still need quitea bit of chicken wire. The entire perimeter needs to have chicken wire at the bottom. Anything with larger holes will not contain young ducklings, who I have seen go through holes about 1inch in diameter.
And also need to either find some large high metal gates, or build some from wood. These also need tp fit very well as any gaps will be a place ducklings can get out.
Today I marked out the pond. On my cirrent budget it will be roughly 8m x 8m, with a small island in the centre. If anyone out there has any unwanted pond liner, or waterproof material suitable to use as pond liner, this would also be really handy.
Also hinges for gates, latches for gates, spring loaded closing hinges or other spring loaded thingys that will close a gate if accidentally left open.
I will also need to get a pump and filter for the pond at some point in the not too distance future. Ducks poo every 7-12 minutes, and much of it goes in their swimming water, water they also drink, so keeping it clean is a major undertaking. Where I am moving we have well water only so simply emptying and efilling the pond as often as would,be necessary to keep it clean without a filtering system, is not feasable on the water supply.
I have shoulder bursitis (frozen shoulder) at the moment as well, which is bad timing as I need to be doing as much sawing, hammering and nailing, drilling, etc as I can to get Ducktopia built.
I will attach a photo of the Ducktopia site, assuming the upload works from my iPads safari browser (it works about 50% of the time). Otherwise ill add it via the gallery.
Once again thanks heaps to all your awesome people who have donated. Your generous donations have kept my duckies fed, taken them to the vet, and will be contributing to the costs of Ducktopia.
Please keep an eye on the facebook page, as there are plenty of updates and plenty more duck rescue stories to come!
Www.facebook.com/uninhibitedducks
The photo is one I took with a panoramic photo app.
You can view an interactive 360deg view of the site at:
http://photosynth.net/view/2d95cdbd-3811-464e-a073-7a6fb625f955
There are some glitches for example, when you are viewing with the painted outline on the ground (of where the pond will go) in front of you, in the distance there is a glitch. And the car is actually white, not grey lol. But you get the picture.