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Whether you have pet ducks or a few wild mallards have found your yard and decided to stay, you can build a duck house to keep them safe from predators and provide a safe nesting spot. Domestic ducks rarely fly, so the time to build their house is before their wild peers fly south for the winter.
Use one piece of the plastic composite sheeting as the bottom of the duck house and another piece for the top. You may substitute regular waterproof plywood for the top panel to save money.
Attach the first row of 1"x12" wood boards, cut to 3' pieces, to the bottom panel with screws. Do this by inserting the screws from the bottom side of the panel into the board when the entire thing is upside down.
Cut two more 1"x12" boards 2' long and use one of them along the front side to make the front wall. There will be a 12" opening for the ducks to enter the house. Any wider, and they may not feel secure enough to nest; any narrower, and they may not attempt to enter the house.
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HowardBThiname said
on 7/26/2008 This is great. I would love to raise ducks.