Uninhibited Ducks - Duck and Duckling Rescue

I have been using pine needles and leaves plus drying out hay grass in the ducks runs and houses due to the cost of buying (loads) of wood shavings and straw.

However its been far from ideal in is cold weather, especially as the land here is boggy and marshy and wet.

So today, after seeing all the wonderful generous donations, I was able to justify spending some money on a bit of a freshen up in the runs.

No sooner had I put in the wood shavings, than some of my older ducks decided they needed to check things out...

Here is a photo of the 'Hooligans' checking out the new bedding.

I will also add photos to the gallery to show you how the housing to keep the mums and young ducklings warm is set up. They have been on wood shavings and straw since the weekend as its been so cold and wet everywhere I had brought a small amount of pine shavings and straw already. But it wasnt enough to put everywhere, just the indoor houses for the wee ones.

Another way I keep the duckies warm is with carpet.....yes carpet. A local flooring store leaves a lot lf carpet outside free to whoever wants it and I have started using this in a number of ways:

I insulate the houses with it and put it over the roof to keep the heat in.

I use it on the floor of sleeping areas to insulate and also reduce how much disposable bedding I have to change each day

I place large pieces of carpet out at nigt for the older ducks to chill out and relax on. It reduces the am cleaning before the ducklings use that area as day runs, and is a comfortable dry place for the ducks to sit.

I replace the carpet each day and hose down the carpet from the day before, then lay it out to dry. And I am currently collecting and cutting up enough carpet that I can rotate it

Through the use, wash, dry cycle and have enough every night.

Ill add some photos to the gallery of the ducks on the carpet, and the indoor housing for the ducklings and mums.

More info on the housing is on the facebook page (www.facebook.com/uninhibitedducks)