[kuftram]

I've made Duckingham Palace for 2 bantams. For water a pond I've used a plastic garden pond and kept it above ground. The wood ramps I built have rotted very quickly. I'd like to find two plastic ramps. Is there such a thing?

[mumofstig]

hello and welcome kuftram

I'll move this question over to the Hen House where more people might find it.
Why don't you pop back to 'welcome' and tell us a bit about yourself

[joyfull]

I am a little bit puzzled. You say you've got two bantams (bantams are either a smaller version of a large fowl or a true bantam which has no large fowl equivelent) so why do they need a pond? What breed of bird are they - duck or bantam?
Hello by the way 

[kuftram]

I am a little bit puzzled. You say you've got two bantams (bantams are either a smaller version of a large fowl or a true bantam which has no large fowl equivelent) so why do they need a pond? What breed of bird are they - duck or bantam?
Hello by the way 

Hello. they are two bantam ducks I inherited unwittingly. I built an enclosure but felt sorry that they had no water to get into (I'm not an expert but I just thought that ducks need to be in water). I bought a 3 ft. diameter plastic pond. I drain it and refill it weekly. To do so it was easier to keep the pond above ground but that required 2 ramps. The pond is about 16 inches high. 2 ramps are needed because they go halfway down aand then turn 90 degrees to go the rest of the way because of space limitations. I made a wood box to serve as a platform for the turn. It has all rotted in just under 2 years so I'm hoping to replace with plastic. Any advice is appreciated by me and ducks.

[joyfull]

could you not make steps out of bricks or breeze blocks? these would be a lot more waterproof 
Do you think you could post a photo of your ducks for us all to see 

[kuftram]

could you not make steps out of bricks or breeze blocks? these would be a lot more waterproof 
Do you think you could post a photo of your ducks for us all to see 

An idea, but I clean the run weekly a spray the duck debris off the stone slabs I have at the near end. Moving a bunch of bricks to do that is a bit like work. Thanks for the suggestion, tho. A breezeblock may be a good idea for the turning platform. Ideally, I want something that is 3 parts that I can remove in seconds.

[Caralou]

You can get skate ramps that are plastic and come to about the height of hard plastic pools - check out Argos. I too have this problem, a few bricks for steps is the most lasting way to do it, I just dust over with stalosan over night then wash down in the morning every two weeks or so to keep the area around the ponds clean 

[Evansent]

You can get pre-formed water-falls, could they be used in some way? Just a thought

C X

[kuftram]

You can get pre-formed water-falls, could they be used in some way? Just a thought

C X

Huh? You mean like water feature waterfalls? Hmmm..

[kuftram]

You can get skate ramps that are plastic and come to about the height of hard plastic pools - check out Argos. I too have this problem, a few bricks for steps is the most lasting way to do it, I just dust over with stalosan over night then wash down in the morning every two weeks or so to keep the area around the ponds clean 

Now there is an idea. Thank you

[TeaPots]

car ramps might work too?

[kuftram]

You can get skate ramps that are plastic and come to about the height of hard plastic pools - check out Argos. I too have this problem, a few bricks for steps is the most lasting way to do it, I just dust over with stalosan over night then wash down in the morning every two weeks or so to keep the area around the ponds clean 

Now there is an idea. Thank you

This was a great suggestion. in the end I bought a Rampage Connector Bridge. The ramps themselves were too long and had no overlapping lip on the top. The bridge had the lip on each end. I deftly cut the bridge in to a ramp and the angle created made the lip fit perfectly. Everyone is happy! Thank you!!

[Kate and her Ducks]

Glad you have sorted it out. 

Looks like you might have an East Indies duck there. They are a bantam breed of duck.