Duck Pond

From what I've been reading this may be an unusual question.
I am a volunteer with an facility that is careing for some
non-releasable bird. Among these are 2 ducks. They have a
small(garden type) pond available to them, I'd estimate between 150
and 200 gallons. It is getting dirty quite fast and the pump/filter
we had just packed it in. The pump/filter we had was rated at 190 gph,
and was cleaned on a regular basis. Is the anyplace online, of from
your own knowledge to determine what we need to do to keep this pond
clean?

"Charles Samardza" wrote:

From what I've been reading this may be an unusual question.
I am a volunteer with an facility that is careing for some
non-releasable bird. Among these are 2 ducks. They have a
small(garden type) pond available to them, I'd estimate between 150
and 200 gallons. It is getting dirty quite fast and the pump/filter
we had just packed it in. The pump/filter we had was rated at 190 gph,
and was cleaned on a regular basis. Is the anyplace online, of from
your own knowledge to determine what we need to do to keep this pond
clean?

I don't have a good answer for you Charles. The problem, as you have already
found out is that ducks are notoriously dirty. If you're a duck its just
"poop, poop, poop" all day. I don't think a pond that small would ever be
able to host a pair of ducks without a daily cleaning. Is there a zoo or
something similar nearby that might take them?


San Diego Joe
4,000 - 5,000 Gallons.
Goldfish, a RES named Colombo and an Oscar.



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"Charles Samardza" wrote in message
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From what I've been reading this may be an unusual question.
I am a volunteer with an facility that is careing for some
non-releasable bird. Among these are 2 ducks. They have a
small(garden type) pond available to them, I'd estimate between 150
and 200 gallons. It is getting dirty quite fast and the pump/filter
we had just packed it in. The pump/filter we had was rated at 190 gph,
and was cleaned on a regular basis. Is the anyplace online, of from
your own knowledge to determine what we need to do to keep this pond
clean?

Sorry, the Google groups search in rec.ponds with key words Ian of New
Zealand and ducks.
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"RichToyBox" wrote in message
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Do a Google on Ian of New Zealand, and ducks and you will see what you are
in for.
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http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/pondintro.html


"Charles Samardza" wrote in message
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From what I've been reading this may be an unusual question.
I am a volunteer with an facility that is careing for some
non-releasable bird. Among these are 2 ducks. They have a
small(garden type) pond available to them, I'd estimate between 150
and 200 gallons. It is getting dirty quite fast and the pump/filter
we had just packed it in. The pump/filter we had was rated at 190 gph,
and was cleaned on a regular basis. Is the anyplace online, of from
your own knowledge to determine what we need to do to keep this pond
clean?

On 25 Sep 2004 15:35:33 -0700, (Charles Samardza)
wrote:

===From what I've been reading this may be an unusual question.
===I am a volunteer with an facility that is careing for some
===non-releasable bird. Among these are 2 ducks. They have a
===small(garden type) pond available to them, I'd estimate between 150
===and 200 gallons. It is getting dirty quite fast and the pump/filter
===we had just packed it in. The pump/filter we had was rated at 190 gph,
===and was cleaned on a regular basis. Is the anyplace online, of from
===your own knowledge to determine what we need to do to keep this pond
===clean?

It does not take many ducks to foul even a 1 acre pond. I donl;t thnk
your gonna do much in the line of filter and pump in such as small
quanity of water in regards to keeping it half way decent. BTW a duck
does not need water. They like water but do not have to have access to
it for swiming and playing........all they really need is drinking
water, so IMHO I would not wory about the pond , and keep em out of it
and supply water for drinking not swimming in. Been there done that
with raising ducks, and today was officially my last day dabbling in
poultry. Last truck load of my old feathered friends left earlier this
morning......All I have is my favorite peafowl left............
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water in one side, out the other.
otherwise they dont really have to have a pond. Ingrid

(Charles Samardza) wrote:

From what I've been reading this may be an unusual question.
I am a volunteer with an facility that is careing for some
non-releasable bird. Among these are 2 ducks. They have a
small(garden type) pond available to them, I'd estimate between 150
and 200 gallons. It is getting dirty quite fast and the pump/filter
we had just packed it in. The pump/filter we had was rated at 190 gph,
and was cleaned on a regular basis. Is the anyplace online, of from
your own knowledge to determine what we need to do to keep this pond
clean?



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Ian, from New Zealand's answer about ducks has to be my all time favorite
answer in rec.ponds so I've saved it:
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I have a Peking, it's a beautiful white innocent thing that poops in
unbelievable quantities. Never mind about a bio-filter, you are going to
need a sewerage system suitable for a small town to deal with what this
duck is going to do to your pond.

would they stay or would they leave?

No need to fret on this account - ducks never take the hint. Chuck it in
the air and it'll come right back. Sure it will occasionally wander out
onto the highway, but motorists would rather run off the road and kill all
their passengers than hit a duck that's sitting looking
right at them.

Look closely at the general design of your average duck, notice that the
cranium is small. It is my belief that if you could take all the duck
brains in the world and combine them in a sort of super organic computer
you would basically have a machine with a loose bowel and a vocabulary
limited to: "quack". A duck is a natural born lobotomy.

wondering if the cats if the neighborhood would bother them.

Hell no, the neighborhood cats will not bother your duck, unless it is a
duckling which you have just presented to your young daughter. Actually you
will find the neighborhood cats will avoid close encounters with
anything that looks like a duck. This is partly because cats dislike
stepping in duck doo to get to their prey and partly because the duck
thinks any passing cat must be its mother/sister/brother/mate. Even the
staunchest Tom cat finds it unnerving to have to deal with this sort of
thing and will generally go to extremes to avoid an embarrassing encounter.

Would we need to
put a fence around it?

Sure, fence your duck, but it wont do you any good. You will still hear
screeching tires on the road and the neighbors will still phone you up to
say your duck is harassing their cat again.

If you do get a duck be sure to turn on the lights at night before your
walk across the lawn. One of the most unforgettable experiences you can
have is tripping over a sleeping duck in the dark.
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