Building a mallard nesting tube | Animals | Forums

so the duck whisperer was up to his shenanigans this afternoon

the family enjoys having the ducks around, so I figured I would try and see if I can get them to stay and hatch some ducklings

So I went and grabbed some supplies

and mixed up a bag of cement

I dumped it into a 5 gallon bucket

I took a scrap piece of 3/4 osb and drilled out some holes and inserted the anchor bolts

I flipped it over, inserting the bolts into the cement and worked the board back and forth for it to grab the cement

I took the left over chicken wire and laid it out

and rolled over the edge creating a 12 inch tube, I spread straw on the rest of the wire

and rolled it up all the way, I folded the loose ends back into the roll to keep it from unrolling

I set on the board, straw side up and stapled the tube onto the board, and used the twine to tie it on each end

I used some extra straw and built a bed in the tube, I filled one end, and filled any gaps on top

and set it in the pond

time to wait, I have seen statistics of a 50/50 chance of these working in the wild and 100 percent chance in a farm pond of a mallard couple using it, we shall see