Sometimes you just have to pick a spot and run a line this transition lines up with the wall but not the island.
Duck running on wood floor.
Painted wood or plywood has all the pros of wood floors and one additional pro.
They are smart little creatures.
A duck s biggest predator is probably a raccoon.
You want to plan for 15 sq ft of run space per duck compared to 8 10 sq ft for chickens.
That waddle gets me every time.
While the run didn t need to be small i also didn t want to spend too much money on this project.
First begin with giving your ducks a solid floor under their coop.
Low down duck nests.
Ducks do not need or use hanging nesting boxes like chickens.
3 day old baby ducks walking around on the wooden floor they re so cute.
This video of a moose running across a river is crazy and people are calling him the moosiah.
Painted chicken coop floors.
So you must predator proof their coop.
Nest boxes in your duck coop should be about 14 square inches on the floor level and give you easy access to collect eggs from the coop door or from an external nesting box access door.
The white molding covering the line between the wood and the gray kitchen flooring material ties in the color of the island and feels better to me than if the molding had matched either the gray flooring or the wood.
It should be wood cement or even vinyl to stop critters from coming up from under the coop.
Animals awww ducks top.
I m a simple person and this duck running on hardwood makes me smile.