How I keep water for my ducks clean

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  • Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
  • I use this small kids pool to let my ducks swim in they have used this pool all summer it was around $12.00 bucks and the drain was around $10.00 hope this helps you .

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  • @hossitis
    @hossitis  2 года назад

    "New pond for ducks" on RUclips
    ruclips.net/video/2juFAHemrqo/видео.html

  • @goddessmother
    @goddessmother 9 лет назад +10

    I use the same kind of pool for my ducks. I used to drain it on to my vegetable and fruit gardens thinking it was good fertilizer, but it ended up toxifying my soil. The pH became too alkaline and I had to add sulfur every 3 months for a year until anything would grow in the soil again. I now use a sump pump and pump it into the sewer. I still spray it on my gardens, but only 1-2 times per year. When nearly empty, I lift the kiddie pool up and scrub it out with animal-safe cleanser. The edges crack after a couple of years. As a result, I have to buy a new kiddie pool every 2-3 years.

  • @zeffersstudios
    @zeffersstudios 9 лет назад +2

    You're brilliant! Thank you

  • @kellyjones1189
    @kellyjones1189 7 лет назад +1

    Great idea! How often do you clean it?

  • @jenniferfarsh675
    @jenniferfarsh675 9 лет назад +25

    "I don't know why they keep throwing rocks in here"... that made my day!! I have ducks too and they are hilarious.

    • @julieenslow5915
      @julieenslow5915 6 лет назад +2

      I expected him to say "I will have to give them a stern lecture about that!" LOL

    • @theducklinghomesteadandgar6639
      @theducklinghomesteadandgar6639 6 лет назад

      Julie
      Lmbo!!! Yup!

    • @theducklinghomesteadandgar6639
      @theducklinghomesteadandgar6639 6 лет назад

      Jennifer Farsh
      I love all of my criiters, I have Muscovy ducks, what kind do you have? I know why they're throwing rocks up in there, well in truth there ain't no throwing to it or even kickin to it...lol...I bet the rocks he is getting are too big for them to swallow but small enough they think well...maybe this one..lmbo!! They have to have gravel same as a chicken!!! Lol!!!

    • @kamauwikeepawikk9520
      @kamauwikeepawikk9520 5 лет назад

      I think its for the gizzard to assist grinding their food as they posses no molars. If you dress any form of poultry this is what you will find.

    • @cliffcampbell8827
      @cliffcampbell8827 5 лет назад +1

      @@theducklinghomesteadandgar6639 He should give each one a quick pat down (contraband search) before putting them back into the clean exercise pool.

  • @Horselackey
    @Horselackey 6 лет назад +5

    They do so love to put rocks in their water ! or knows why, but my geese also do it... I had drains also....finally I gave up and just get heavy duty kid ponds or those cement mixing containers at Home Depot and dump them.... (I do have more than a dozen as I raise them)... I put plastic around the pools or wood to keep them cleaner...but they do so like to make mud!) Or put their food in it ...they are ducks.... We had a 4" drain in one and they still clogged it and I got tired of reaching my hand down there in it..... If you can find those turtle pool/sandbox for kids they are thicker and last for years.... the blue pools only last a year or 2 at most.If you get them on sale at end of summer you can buy more and double them up , it makes them thicker and less likely to crack at the bends....but they can't take the suns rays as well as the heavier sandbox type.

  • @jzfloorman
    @jzfloorman 11 лет назад +5

    I raise ducks and have drains on all of my ponds, I use 2" PVC and have a ball valve at end on outside so you never have to go in and it don't clog. And yes this stuff is awesome on your garden in small increments

  • @FostaFunk
    @FostaFunk 8 лет назад +2

    So can your ducks can get in and out of the pond easily without any steps?

    • @hossitis
      @hossitis  8 лет назад

      they have no problems getting in and out

    • @FostaFunk
      @FostaFunk 8 лет назад

      awesome! good to know, think Im gonna build something very similar. Great video!

  • @hossitis
    @hossitis  11 лет назад +5

    I'm going to put a pvc ball valve on as soon as I can. ever time I'm at the plumbing store I forget to get one.thanks for watching

  • @brendalynblanco
    @brendalynblanco 8 лет назад +4

    I was thinking to do something similar but to have the water run out to the compost pile and or garden as this would be good fertilizer water. How often do you change your pool? I have been changing ours weekly with 3 ducks and 2 geese.

    • @luislabrado8491
      @luislabrado8491 8 лет назад +2

      I pull out water with pitcher n pour it on my flower bad n rose bushes

  • @sciencemansandera
    @sciencemansandera 7 лет назад +27

    You should build you a little Garden at the end of the drain pipe then you are 100% sustainable with a great Liquid Fertilizer

    • @jsweevil
      @jsweevil 6 лет назад

      It would be over fertilized and would kill more than it helped.

    • @michelemichele5204
      @michelemichele5204 5 лет назад

      @@jsweevil yea ducks poop 24/7! little poop machines!

  • @MatthewCuba
    @MatthewCuba 7 лет назад +3

    I like the basket strainer idea - good thinking! We've been pondering how to set up our duck pond for the spring. I think the thing with the duck manure water and fertilization is that it is pretty "hot" - high in nitrogen - we raise chickens and it is hot too so I usually let it compost first with some wood chips or leaves or something like that. Maybe if it drained into a pile of wood mulch or something like that Anyhow, thanks for posting this. It gave me some ideas.

  • @DebbieTomkoSUNSHINE
    @DebbieTomkoSUNSHINE 6 лет назад +1

    My duck pulls the drain plug and hides it....lol

  • @amychappell4423
    @amychappell4423 4 года назад +2

    This is so simple and so brilliant! I'm going to do that for my kid's wading pool.

  • @feltingme
    @feltingme 8 лет назад +3

    You need to dilute this water, if you want to use it as fertilizer, otherwise it will burn plants. But for that you need to catch it first somehow.

    • @Elementaldomain
      @Elementaldomain 6 лет назад

      Chicken poop will do that, but not duck. I use the duck kiddie pools to water everything on this farm. I fill them up each day and in the evening I use a dirty water sump pump ($50) to pump it out to the trees, bushes and veggie gardens.

  • @tksts37
    @tksts37 10 лет назад +2

    Great Idea! .... I showed my wife your video and off to town we went total investment less than $40 ... only thing is that we had to spray the bottom of the pool around the fitting with flex seal because there was a small leak ..I bought my daughter two ducks for her birthday ..I didn't know that they would grow so fast!

    • @michelemichele5204
      @michelemichele5204 5 лет назад

      they grow up too fast cuz they have been man made engineered to do so so that people can eat them quicker :( its a bummer in 3 months they go from tiny fluffy yellow puffballs to adult looking ducks. :( i want babies for much much longer!

  • @terryrhuebottom
    @terryrhuebottom 8 лет назад +2

    Dude I love this fricken Idea!!!! I always play hell cleaning out the small Pools that my ducks use.

  • @chickenheavenonearth9430
    @chickenheavenonearth9430 6 лет назад +1

    I like your video so much I just did it to my kiddie pool for my ducks and it works awesome!! Thank you for this great idea, I hope it's okay with you I am sharing it on my website Chicken Heaven On Earth to help my viewers out. I will include a reference and ask to subscribe to your channel.

  • @bethjohnson4269
    @bethjohnson4269 8 лет назад +2

    Got to show this to my husband! He has been struggling emptying out the two kids pools we have for our geese for several years now. Now even I could do this!

  • @denisespivey6127
    @denisespivey6127 7 лет назад +3

    Thanks so much for this practical advice.

  • @chickenheavenonearth9430
    @chickenheavenonearth9430 6 лет назад +1

    I really like this..um that wasn't a piece of grass clogging it up it looked like you had a small toad go down the drain.

  • @ginomazzamuto
    @ginomazzamuto 10 лет назад +1

    good idea just a thought, maybe a bigger pipe 4'' and more of a angle would give better drainage.

  • @taramcadams5996
    @taramcadams5996 2 года назад

    Ours is the same concept but flat on the ground so it runs back in. I still have to pick it up to get it extra clean.
    We did however take plywood pieces and sanded them down to baby soft smooth. We then put them on/under the sides of the pool. We decided this way the ducks would hopefully have cleaner feets getti😂ng in. We like to play pretend😂

  • @michelemichele5204
    @michelemichele5204 5 лет назад

    cayugas and pekins (alfek ducks) cant fly so they are great pet ducks. they cant get out of their pens/yards to end up being eaten by dogs or the neighbors animals ect. they stay where you put them. great and sweet little creatures. from far away pekin duck eyes look red, but lose up they are a gorgeous shade of blue! i love to watch their butts waddle and listen to their feet when they walk on concrete. mine are such good fishermen they can eat 60 fish from a kiddie pool in like 10-20 minutes!

  • @surimaribo24
    @surimaribo24 8 лет назад +1

    thank you this pool lasted me over the harsh winter also i need to apply your idea on the drain part .

  • @buchsm1
    @buchsm1 8 лет назад +3

    awesome idea!!!

  • @elianazz
    @elianazz 9 месяцев назад

    i just use a sump pump w a hose attached so i can water the garden

  • @henhero
    @henhero 9 лет назад

    I put roof runoff directly in the pool and when it rains it cleans it too :) but I fave 200 gallons

  • @747epecan1
    @747epecan1 9 лет назад +2

    Genious idea-Love it Buddy

  • @Kate98755
    @Kate98755 3 года назад

    too much nitrogen for the plants is what i read

  • @JenniferCooperbowlfull
    @JenniferCooperbowlfull 8 лет назад +1

    Can you explain to me... a non plumber, how you installed the drain and pipes? I love this idea, though I will have my run out fill some kind of water catchment so I can use the mucky water for watering my garden.

    • @hossitis
      @hossitis  8 лет назад +4

      you can look on youtube and there is videos how to install a basket strainer you can use the cardboard washer to draw a circle in your pool and use a utility knife to cut out the hole and then install basket strainer you can also buy an adapter at Lowes to screw on the bottom buy an elbow in a short piece of pipe it will be inch and a half

    • @JenniferCooperbowlfull
      @JenniferCooperbowlfull 8 лет назад

      +HOSS-IT-IS thanks so much

  • @Kate98755
    @Kate98755 3 года назад

    how did you put the strainer etc in there

  • @DivineZeal
    @DivineZeal 6 лет назад

    1) my duck pool is in our 40 tree orchard! 2) put a pump and hose in the big pool and we feed our trees!

  • @PaperFlowerJunkie
    @PaperFlowerJunkie 8 лет назад

    Love this idea...thanks so much... and YES ducks are very dirty....

  • @vivienscotson
    @vivienscotson 3 года назад

    Why don’t you just lift the bucket up and flip it out? That’s what I do 🤷‍♀️

    • @hossitis
      @hossitis  3 года назад

      These small plastic pools are made out of nothing they will break

  • @petrieme283
    @petrieme283 8 лет назад +1

    I love this idea! Thanks for sharing :)

  • @truthseeker3967
    @truthseeker3967 7 лет назад +1

    how did you drill a hole in the pool without forming cracks and ruining the pool? Also how did you prevent leakage?

    • @hossitis
      @hossitis  7 лет назад +4

      Heat the pool with a hair dryer and use a razor knife to cut hole I use silicone to seal

    • @truthseeker3967
      @truthseeker3967 7 лет назад

      Thank you for responding quickly. How often do you change the water and how many ducks does this accommodate? Is this better than a little pond with a pump considering the amount of muck and duck poop?

    • @hossitis
      @hossitis  7 лет назад

      Truth Seeker I had three ducks I changed it everyday

  • @Kani71854
    @Kani71854 8 лет назад +1

    I have got to to do this for my ducks pool someway somehow I may waste a pool but practice makes perfect , I'm so tired of having to wait til he gets home to dump it for me . was any glue needed and if so what kind ?

    • @hossitis
      @hossitis  8 лет назад +7

      you could put silicone around the drain to keep it from leaking

    • @Kani71854
      @Kani71854 8 лет назад

      Thank you Hoss !

  • @GlorifiedGardens
    @GlorifiedGardens 11 лет назад

    This IS a great design. But yeah there is a lot of water & fertilizer not being utilized right there! Plant some fruit trees or perennial vegetables at the end of that drain pipe soon please.

  • @SiempreBajoCero
    @SiempreBajoCero 6 лет назад

    That's some Grade A MiracleGro coming outta that pipe. See those plants growing near the end of the pipe?

  • @nonnie943
    @nonnie943 8 лет назад

    omg! genius! wow. thanks for this awesome idea. you rock! :)

  • @outinspace3083
    @outinspace3083 6 лет назад

    I have a couple of kiddie pools for all my ducks. I just tip it over and hose it out and all the water runs down to our trees

  • @Mary-had-a-lil-farm
    @Mary-had-a-lil-farm 5 лет назад

    This is a great idea and also when I empty my duck pool out in their pen area it constantly stays wet and mucky. I know they are ducks ,they like the wet and that’s OK, that’s what they do but I think this will help a little bit thank you so much.

  • @JanColdwater
    @JanColdwater 6 лет назад

    This has me thinking... there has to be a way to put a water catchment system under the ground like a duck septic system, then put a pump in it with a hose to water gardens and compost piles with it!

  • @sansomspressurecleaningpoo9519
    @sansomspressurecleaningpoo9519 6 лет назад

    I just bought a kids pool today I was thinking about doing something similar. I Think your idea is better than mine I’m going to steal it. Thanks for sharing

  • @denisemartinez6456
    @denisemartinez6456 7 лет назад

    great info! We were recently given ducks and it was starting to get to my back, cleaning that pool. thank you so much. blessings to you

  • @agustasister5624
    @agustasister5624 6 лет назад

    Lol...well im gonna steal this idea...but use the water direct into the garden

  • @93543
    @93543 6 лет назад

    Nice video,
    Now about those rocks > maybe one them likes to eat them as part of their diet ?? Hahaha

  • @shawnaitken7212
    @shawnaitken7212 2 года назад

    Brilliant!

  • @rodgerburns4810
    @rodgerburns4810 4 года назад

    Im a new duck owner and im flipin that kiddie pool every other day good idea im goin try it

  • @virginialacar3218
    @virginialacar3218 5 лет назад

    Awesome!!!Thank you for sharing your thoughts!!!!

  • @moonydoo1
    @moonydoo1 4 года назад

    hello thank you for your video, where did you get this kiddie pool?

  • @Joseph102169
    @Joseph102169 5 лет назад

    Couldn’t you put a valve on the pipe so you would need the basket strainer

  • @jimiliev3924
    @jimiliev3924 Год назад

    Waste of time watching a person draining a pool

  • @barryfigel9957
    @barryfigel9957 5 лет назад

    I take it you didn't do a film on how to put the strainer in the bottom of pool right

  • @VillageTV
    @VillageTV 7 лет назад

    kool

  • @Debauched5000
    @Debauched5000 2 года назад

    Well done

  • @Rockusweet
    @Rockusweet 11 лет назад

    I was wanting a steal over flow tank(costly!)
    till I seen this, can they swim much in that depth?

  • @melissaoncoast
    @melissaoncoast 3 года назад

    I love it

  • @mrcrobertw
    @mrcrobertw 11 лет назад

    That's a really cool idea! Love simple solutions to tasks that we make unnecessarily hard on ourselves.

  • @battechocolahte68
    @battechocolahte68 8 лет назад

    Great idea and video :-) Thanks for sharing :-)

  • @steveelkins52
    @steveelkins52 6 лет назад

    Friend of mine uses an old shower tray, drains fast and big enough for several birds to get in.

  • @donnaauten2140
    @donnaauten2140 11 лет назад

    Brilliant idea! I think I have something to put on my hubbys 'to do' list. Thanks for sharing!

  • @pipperlue
    @pipperlue 11 лет назад

    is the smell bad since the ground seems like it would always be wet?

  • @hossitis
    @hossitis  11 лет назад

    I don't put water in it in the winter.

  • @blingthingschar6530
    @blingthingschar6530 6 лет назад

    so very clever! thanks for the video

  • @sindycarolina2722
    @sindycarolina2722 3 года назад

    This is genius!! Thank you.

  • @tenmilechicks
    @tenmilechicks 10 лет назад

    by the way, i have a feeling your ducks aren't flipping up rocks, it is more like in one end and out the other end of the duck. I have actually seen my ducks eat rocks (goofy things)....real nice video.....we have done the same thing with our duck pool, love it, makes cleaning so much easier and faster, we have ours drain into our garden are into a holding tank where then bucket it to the rest of the garden, our garden was amazing this year :-)

    • @sellersmike
      @sellersmike 9 лет назад +1

      By now I hope you know that duck eat rocks for the same reason chickens do; the need them to grind up the food they eat in their gizzards.

  • @kidznkiddz07
    @kidznkiddz07 6 лет назад

    Your go pro idea is awesome.

  • @murielredd364
    @murielredd364 6 лет назад

    How do you attach the drain to the plastic pool ? We tried this once and could not get a water tight seal. How do you have your ducks getting in and out of the pool ? thanks

    • @hossitis
      @hossitis  6 лет назад

      Muriel Redd if you have to put silicone I just tighten mine really tight. the Ducks will find their way in and out you may have to put a small ramp for them when they're small

  • @chickensandotherpetsinclud4080
    @chickensandotherpetsinclud4080 10 лет назад

    Get some pivot head glasses

  • @josephrdupont
    @josephrdupont 11 лет назад

    nice idea.. how about feeding a garden???

  • @amfris2
    @amfris2 11 лет назад

    Such a nice idea. Thank you for sharing!

  • @SweetComfortScents
    @SweetComfortScents 8 лет назад

    Awesome idea, we'll be trying this soon!

    • @hossitis
      @hossitis  8 лет назад +1

      Thanks for watching the video

  • @hollyedwards1396
    @hollyedwards1396 7 лет назад

    That is brilliant! Thanks for sharing. What does it look like underneath?

    • @hossitis
      @hossitis  7 лет назад +1

      Holly Edwards you just have to stub your pipe through the dirt then just push your sink drain with a adapter on it down on the pipe it's just sand underneath the kiddie pool

  • @brendaterrana4567
    @brendaterrana4567 8 лет назад

    Thank you !! Awesome !!

  • @manchestermoon8170
    @manchestermoon8170 8 лет назад

    great idea. Thanks

  • @projcoo9005
    @projcoo9005 11 лет назад

    rocks aid ducks for digestion

  • @hossitis
    @hossitis  11 лет назад

    thanks

  • @hossitis
    @hossitis  11 лет назад

    no

  • @hossitis
    @hossitis  11 лет назад

    yes

  • @theducklinghomesteadandgar6639
    @theducklinghomesteadandgar6639 6 лет назад

    Awesome set up!!!

  • @michelemichele5204
    @michelemichele5204 5 лет назад

    great idea!

  • @rhiannonneubert3769
    @rhiannonneubert3769 8 лет назад

    awesome. idea

  • @baocheng2119
    @baocheng2119 7 лет назад

    Nice I like it

  • @حسينالبصراوي-ر7م3ف

    ههههههض

  • @butterball3897
    @butterball3897 8 лет назад

    Thank you!

  • @tlgardens7598
    @tlgardens7598 6 лет назад

    great idea

  • @dougcarter454
    @dougcarter454 5 лет назад

    Thanks.

  • @goodgirl99us
    @goodgirl99us 9 лет назад

    great idea

  • @Toltecgrl
    @Toltecgrl 7 лет назад

    Great Idea!

  • @intelisecurity
    @intelisecurity 10 лет назад

    Pp

  • @realtalkwithmadelynandella1082
    @realtalkwithmadelynandella1082 6 лет назад

    Cool!

  • @darnbunny1
    @darnbunny1 9 лет назад

    Genius

  • @christinescorner1858
    @christinescorner1858 10 лет назад

    how often do you do this?

  • @ZWATER1
    @ZWATER1 6 лет назад

    👍

  • @Addysmommy1217
    @Addysmommy1217 9 лет назад +1

    How did you attach the strainer to the plastic?
    I attempted this with a marine sealer and it didn't hold up well and leaked. Your creation looks great and I would love to recreate it if you could share! Thank you!

  • @msheadhunter
    @msheadhunter 8 лет назад

    This is awesome ! I have 6 new ducks so this is very useful! Thx

  • @Toltecgrl
    @Toltecgrl 7 лет назад

    What did you use to cut the hole so that the pool doesn't crack. I tried piercing a hole once and it just cracked in a straight line.

    • @hossitis
      @hossitis  7 лет назад +6

      Aztec Girl take your hair dryer and heat it up first

    • @Toltecgrl
      @Toltecgrl 7 лет назад

      HOSS-IT-IS eww okay! Great Idea! Thank You!

  • @AnasDen
    @AnasDen 8 лет назад

    5 minutes???? You could have just shown a pic. I really didn't care to watch you rinse and refill . Editing is your friend. Otherwise, Great Idea.

    • @hossitis
      @hossitis  8 лет назад +2

      +Ana's Den Sorry you did not like the video.

    • @Droopy808
      @Droopy808 8 лет назад +3

      +Ana's Den No one forced you to watch the whole video.

    • @AnasDen
      @AnasDen 8 лет назад

      +ISeeYouFapping I know. and I didn't. mind your own. and.read the comment for.what it was.

    • @Droopy808
      @Droopy808 8 лет назад +2

      Ana's Den Mind my own? This is the internet. And I read the comment, it was just bitching about a video that isn't edited to your standards.

    • @AnasDen
      @AnasDen 8 лет назад

      ISeeYouFapping You see, you read like most insecure ppl do. You read what you wanted into it, instead of what it really was meant to be. Go away child, you bother me.