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Mini duck-pond leak test!

As long as it checks out, I’ll be building a retaining wall around it, and backfilling with gravel and river stones, so that the ducks that are coming later this summer will have a nice place to splash around.

@stevewa yeah - we have a decent flock of chickens already, and I had ducks years ago, so luckily it’s not all new territory. I’m mostly just planning how to make everything easy to drain and clean because of how sloppy they can be.

If you've had ducks before you likely know better than I do, but I had better flow and fewer clogging issues with my garden fish pond drain when I switched to a dome-shaped bottom drain (think inverted salad bowl 1/2-inch above floor)

@brad yeah - that helps with still flowing as it builds up - I suspect I’ll end up adding a dome over top of this one, but I’m going to wait and see. This will get drained and refilled probably every couple weeks, just because of the mess ducks make, so I’m curious if regular draining and hosing out will make a difference.