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Duck box day
Posted on 1/11/25 at 8:10 am
Posted on 1/11/25 at 8:10 am
Like clockwork, I had two hens land on my boxes this morning. Time to clean out and refill with shavings. I have to move two off of trees as I can't keep critters out of them.
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Posted on 1/11/25 at 8:47 am to AlxTgr
I have the materials to build a couple and need to do that soon. Would like to have some using the lake at my farm.
Posted on 1/11/25 at 9:42 am to AlxTgr
We put two new ones out by our pond last weekend. Hoping to get some action now that we have rebuilt our pond from the dam breach last spring. We put one back in the woods on the creek and the other in the corner of the pond.
Posted on 1/11/25 at 10:31 am to AlxTgr
You should have put posts in the bayou when it was dry.
Posted on 1/11/25 at 10:43 am to AlxTgr
Is it a necessity to add shavings to the box or will the wood ducks gather their own nesting material?
Posted on 1/11/25 at 11:24 am to Bow08tie
You have to add shavings. It mimics the shavings leftover from woodpeckers chipping their way into a tree.
The easiest is to get cedar chips from just about any pet section of Walmart and it’ll work fine. Dump and replace each year, as old sites will have old egg shell and crap in there.
Best way to check the boxes is to put an iPhone on “video” in landscape mode, then hit the arrow and put flash to “on”. You’ll then have a way to inspect the box without opening it up. Saves a bunch of time and potential run-ins with snakes, wasps, squirrels, and hen wood ducks.
The easiest is to get cedar chips from just about any pet section of Walmart and it’ll work fine. Dump and replace each year, as old sites will have old egg shell and crap in there.
Best way to check the boxes is to put an iPhone on “video” in landscape mode, then hit the arrow and put flash to “on”. You’ll then have a way to inspect the box without opening it up. Saves a bunch of time and potential run-ins with snakes, wasps, squirrels, and hen wood ducks.
Posted on 1/12/25 at 11:36 am to ultralite
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potential run-ins with snakes, wasps, squirrels, and hen wood ducks.
Posted on 1/12/25 at 6:23 pm to AlxTgr
Will Mexican Whistlers use duck boxes? We have several around the south end of Indian Creek but they seem to like nesting on the ground.
Posted on 1/12/25 at 6:33 pm to duckblind56
They will, but they generally best a good bit later than woodies.
Posted on 1/12/25 at 6:58 pm to AlxTgr
Anyone have any plans they want to share for a box?
Posted on 1/12/25 at 7:27 pm to Major Dutch Schaefer
Posted on 1/13/25 at 9:15 am to Bow08tie
Yes, I get shaved cedar at Tractor supply. Put two boxes out yesterday and have one more todo. Ducks are looking now. You can use cypress leaves in a pinch.
Posted on 1/13/25 at 10:49 am to BIG Texan
They will nest in hay as well.
Posted on 1/13/25 at 10:53 am to Churchill
It's been an absolute surge in the last few days. Really wish I had more than 4 boxes.
Posted on 1/13/25 at 3:54 pm to Major Dutch Schaefer
What type of wood are you guys using? Plans call for 1x10 cedar, not seeing that size around my location.
Posted on 1/14/25 at 2:17 am to duckblind56
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Will Mexican Whistlers use duck boxes?
Yep, my Uncle has a few boxes, they live an 1/4 mile from the Mississippi River. The littles get kicked out the box. Walk over the levee, start swimming in a borrow/bar pit.
Posted on 1/14/25 at 9:02 am to LSUDad
One of my boxes had a full blown cat squirrel nest in it complete with the squirrel. I scared the crap out of her and trimmed as much of the surrounding limbs as I could. My sig sauer air rifle will be on the ready.
Posted on 1/14/25 at 9:35 am to AlxTgr
I had a family of flying squirrels in one of mine one year. I get a little owl every year in one box.
Posted on 1/14/25 at 9:36 am to Major Dutch Schaefer
Just go with a 1x12.
Posted on 3/31/25 at 7:17 pm to AlxTgr
First duckling just jumped. Kinda worried about the rest. Hope it's not a flaw in my box.
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