Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: For Becky, 1 by DonnaB

DonnaB wrote:
DH doubled the size of the cage before this years babies were born. It is now 15' W x 13' L x 6' H. The pool is now in the new half and the original cage is the dry area with plywood over half for a total dry area from rain over their oak log perches. I have gone from 4 to 9 ducks right now with the 3 one month old babies and more babies due anyday. Only had 2 babies survive last year out of 5. They kept getting out of the cage so I ended up having to put fine mesh wire over the chain link on the lower half. Only lost 1 baby this year so far. Also in the new half we left it grass since they like to nibble it while the old cage is 6" deep with pine straw

This message was edited Jun 9, 2007 9:56 PM