Do-it-yourself duck pool: how to make a pond at home, drawings

Experienced poultry farmers state that ducks and their offspring grow up he althy and quickly gaining weight, swimming in a spacious pond, and not in a trough or puddle. If there is no natural reservoir near the places of their maintenance, an artificial one can be built. Independently, with your own hands, creating a pool for ducks is not as difficult a task as it might seem at first glance.

Why do you need a pool for ducks

The main task of the duck pool is to ensure the rapid growth of the bird and maintain its immunity. Without water, waterfowl experience discomfort and he alth problems.

Young duck offspring bathe for the first time:

Waterfowl, ducks, having the ability to swim even in a small pond, provide owners with higher quality meat. In a bird growing without a pond at home, there are excessive fatty layers in the meat, and this negatively affects its taste.

Also, water is an excellent means of prevention against parasites that settle in bird plumage (downy eaters). Water also protects ducks from heat strokes, in the hot season, birds cool down by swimming in the water.

The benefit of the reservoir is that it reduces the cost of feed. Ducks replenish their diet with aquatic vegetation (duckweed), aquatic insects, and small fish. Solves a reservoir and another problem - a drinking bowl.

What you need for construction

Before constructing a bird pool, it is required to carry out certain earthworks - digging a hole according to the size of the future artificial pond.For ducks, a reservoir with a depth of about half a meter is preferred. In such a pool, the water warms up faster, which will allow small ducklings to live there without any problems.

Moreover, if duckweed fills the water surface, waterfowl will receive additional green food. However, we must remember that ducks pollute water quickly, and if it is not replaced, it will bloom, turning into a fetid puddle.

Those who cannot get to groundwater should use waterproofing when equipping the pool. As a rule, these are ordinary PVC or special (butyl rubber) films.

The latest is easy to get. Sold in rolls. The main goal is the creation of artificial reservoirs. This waterproofing is safe, does not cause harm to nature, the ecosystem. Tolerates both low and high temperatures, with a long service life of 10 years or more.

Pool space

One of the basic requirements for a duck pool is that it must not be a swamp. To prevent the water from turning into a dirty, foul-smelling slurry, the water must be circulated and filtered.

The most preferred position is the poultry farmer, on the site of which there is a lowland. There, groundwater is shallow, at a level of 1.5-2 m. In this case, an hour of work of a hired excavator allows you to find a foundation pit, which will instantly turn into a small lake.

However, we must remember - over time, the water will wash away the banks, the artificial pond will become larger and shallower.

In order to create a duck pond on your own, you should initially take care of choosing a place. Usually, for this, the territory is chosen at the corners of the land plot, with the presence of natural recesses (pits, beams, ravines).

Drawings and materials

Capital duck pools, requiring financial costs, are built for waterfowl, whose livestock is more than 100 pieces. For reference - a pool with dimensions of 7 by 7 m satisfies the needs of about 300 ducks. Larger ones are considered unprofitable, since the cost of their construction pays off for a long time. Usually, a large reservoir is trusted to be built by specialists who can work according to drawings and diagrams. One example would be a pond built according to the drawing below.

Duck pool must be equipped with a drain system. For the production of earthworks, special equipment is used, a concrete mixer or ready-made concrete. It is estimated that a pool with a diameter of 6 m or more will pay off in 4-5 years. But the cost of its construction can be afforded by farms that routinely breed ducks.

Work on the creation of a capital reservoir for waterfowl begins with the selection of a site and the preparation of project documentation.

Next, a pit is dug, a trench for the drain system and the drain pit itself. The volume of the latter should be the same or greater than that of the reservoir being created. The definition of its place is also important. It must be done with great depth.

Dug earth should be taken as far as possible. If you leave it nearby, then the ducks will start swarming in it, turning the surroundings into a swamp. Along the perimeter of the pit, metal reinforcement and stones are laid out. The bottom of the artificial pond is being concreted.

Concrete walls are erected using formwork and reinforcement. After drying, they are treated with a special primer to prevent leaks and ensure a long service life.

The edges of the pool are closed in such a way that the birds do not damage them.

An example of creating a capital pool for waterfowl:

How to make a duck pool with your own hands

Poultry farmers who own a small number of ducks usually use makeshift ponds. Without any problems, you can also buy a plastic bathing container, which is placed in a dug hole with subsequent strengthening.

A drawing of one of these artificial reservoirs is shown below.

There are many options for home-made ponds. Often there are made from film, slate, ground stone, dug holes.

Those who do not want to burden themselves with any work with an artificial reservoir will need a bath, a trough, and other household containers.

An example of creating a bird pond with your own hands:

The principles of a homemade duck pond are few, but they must be taken into account.

So, one gentle shore should be provided so that the bird enters the water freely.

We need to create conditions for water retention in the basin. If the soil is sandy or otherwise freely permeable to water, and there is no waterproofing, a systematic topping up of liquid is required. To reduce evaporation, you can create a canopy or choose a place with natural shade.

The bottom of the duck pond is covered with clay 10 to 15 cm thick, which is rammed. Then a layer of pressed sand is poured on top of 10-15 cm.

However, the most rational use of waterproofing materials. They are laid at the bottom of the pit. The budget option is a thick plastic film laid in 2 layers. Its edges that come to the surface are reinforced with stones. And the film coating lying on the bottom is covered with soil (sand) so that the ducks do not tear it with their paws.