DIY Easy Drain Duck Pool
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We have the largest size kiddie pool. We drilled a 3” hole in one size 1” from bottom on the side of pool. Attached a 3” pipe with a drain valve outside the pool. Turn valve, pool drains into a field 10ft away. Turn valve back to normal position and fill pool. Works like a dream and no need to put your hand or anything else in the water to drain. Wish I could post a pic for reference. It’s really cool!
Sounds like a great setup! Thank you for sharing
put a stopper on the pipe and you don't ever need to find where the plug is in the pool, and drain the water to your garden :)
That is a good idea. Thank you for sharing!
Is duck doo bad for plants? I read that somewhere
@@HomesteadersOnTheHill nothing beats experience :)
@@Apb23 duck manure is the best for plants. as with all manure applications, put in the soil and not on the plants.
@@xyooj96 human poopoos too? 🤣😂
Thanks man! That was in my head glad to see it works!
I love what you are doing with your son, nothing like teaching the new generations to self sustain! I have a 11 month old baby and looking forward to do many task around our little farm.
God Bless and keep posting
Thank you for posting this! Been having issues with duck pool. Definitely going to try this.
Thank you! We are first time duck owners. I'm wanting to get a kiddie pool like this and was looking for ideas of how other duck owners manage their pools. This is a great idea! I will be using it. Blessing to you and your family!
Thanks for stopping by! In the summer months with the sun beaming down algae can form quickly so we drain and scrub it out every other day to make sure they have some clean water and the ducks love it when it’s clean. As far as your other comment for putting up the ducks, we starting when they were very young to direct them into the coop right at dark. And after a day or two at sunset as soon as it’s dark they went in on there own and we close up the coop. First thing in the morning we open it back up and let them out. They do not have food access or water while in the coop and they are doing well. We have auto feeder where they have access the whole time they are out and water as well. Hope this helps
This was exactly the video we were looking for! Thanks! We’re going to try this.
Awesome! Glad we could help and hope everything works out for you! Thanks for stopping by.
Excellent!! I need to do this for my sweet dirty ducks. Great work.
Thank you!
Thank you so much for sharing this. I've been trying to figure this out and you did it. Please do more videos for both rabbits and ducks as we raise them too.
You’re welcome and thanks for stopping by. Hope to have more videos soon
Great work! I am excited to follow along in all the upcoming projects!
Thank you for all of your support!
What a great idea for draining the pool. We are going to make a duck pen, which will be near the garden. Have to figure out how to install a drain to make things easier for changing the water. Love your pen set up.
Thank and hope it helps! We are a year into raising our ducks and it has been a great experience. Hope you enjoy your ducks!
Great video. Just what I’ve been looking for for our ducks. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you and glad it helped!
Good idea! My wife and I get 6 ducklings next week and I plan to build pool like yours...I even work at Lowes so I get a discount! Thanks.
Getting the discount is great!! It’s probably good I don’t work at Lowes for that reason. Might want to buy more things. The ducks are a lot of fun and hope all goes well for you all. Thanks for stopping by!
Super-awesome! What a great idea. I'm just getting ready to set up our duct area and if I use your idea I'll give you a shout out. Remember to keep on growing!
This was my third viewing, because I've neglected to take careful notes! I'm now prepared to take my local Lowes by storm, now that I know what to buy. Thanks you very much for sharing your process. I will be using a deeper stock tank, but I believe your system will work nicely on that as well.
Thanks for stopping by and hope your setup went well.
Thank you so much!! Your video makes things easy to understand. I need to make one of this for my new duck. She is disabled and needs help getting around.
That is very kind thank you!
I used a bar sink strainer. They are the perfect size 1 1/2 drains that do not take up a lot of space.
This video was extremely helpful, cost effective and very well explained. Thank you so much!
Thankful that you found it helpful. Thank you for stopping by!
Ima gona do this but with a shut off valve before the long pvc pipe love the idea
Great idea with the sink drain. I was trying to come up with something wide that would let the duck funk out, using a sink drain never crossed my mind!!
Thank you! It’s worked great all summer long since I installed it. Thanks for stopping by for your comments.
Great idea! I purchased a kiddie pool for my future ducklings purchase. Thank you for the draining idea. I will do this!
Just what I needed at this time. Thanks!
Great video!!! Very easy to follow.
Love this idea, just got two ducks
Wow, I need to do this! I just dump mine over every morning
Great idea. I think ill make mine with the drain closer to the edge for ease of use.
Closer to the edge would definitely be easier to reach. The reason I have mine in center is to be able to spin the pool itself around in a circle to be able to clean and reach each surface of the pool. If it was close to the edge I would not be able to spin the pool where it’s at instead having to walk around the pool to clean. If you are able to move the drain closer to the edge it would definitely help you on the reach. I just made another pool as the current one will be 2 years old in June and is finally done. Has a few cracks in the plastic here and there but super great investment for 2 year use
This is so helpful, thank you!
Great Video guys! Thanks for sharing !
Thanks for stopping by!
Great Job!
This is fantastic... I have been loving my 6 ducks but hate the mud, poop slick they make..
Yes they can be very messy. Have slowly transitioned to chickens.
I appreciate this video! Thank you... you help so many of us who are copying your example. (I have been using your duck hutch as an example as well!) And I must say, thank you for letting your son help and being so gentle as you teach him... it was a blessing to see.
Thank you for your comments and for stopping by. If I don’t know how to do something I usually turn to TH-cam so glad to be able to help some people getting started as well! Our kids are a big part of taking care of our animals so it’s a blessing to us when they want to help! Thanks again.
Thank you! I have been trying to find a simpler way to drain our duck pool until my budget allows me to add a bio filter. A note: the linked elbow is the wrong one. You need a 1-1/2 inch P-Trap, it has captured nuts so they can screw onto the drain and pipe.
Thank you for stopping by and commenting! This setup seems to work now for about a year and a p-trap might work just as well but we were looking at reducing the height of the pipe assembly so we didn’t have to put the pool any higher than it is. Hope this helps if you try it out.
Love this idea!
Thank you and thanks for stopping by!
Love this idea compared to the pool with the drain spout i already bought, just wish I was long enough to reach the middle of the pool where the drain would be.
It is somewhat difficult reaching the center which is why I use the skewer to unplug the drain. Not the most comfortable when cleaning out but I bought in the spring and installed and we are in February now and still working with the original pool with no issues. I think the small investment was definitely worth it. Thanks for stopping by!
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Great idea!.. to add to it... If you hook up a small pump, ($55 on Amazon).. and a garden hose..you can use that amazing duck water for your plants. My plants have grown sooooo beautiful after using the duck poop water. 🤗😍 I use a long extension cord, out to the pool, and put the pump in a tote...its a win, win, win.. ducks get clean water, plants get fertilized, water bill doesn't get higher! (Since I was already watering my plants daily)
We have considered that before with pumping the water but currently gravity fed is working for our needs. Thanks for stopping by!
Thank you so much for sharing! I'm excited to not have to use buckets to dump out the duck's poopy water anymore!🤣
Yes I understand the struggle. This method still requires you to toss what collects in the strainer as it’s draining but still much Breyer than removing with buckets or damaging your pool by trying to tip it over to dump out. Thanks for stopping by
Forget ducks, I wish I would have done this for the kiddie pool(s) my children had!
Definitely would have made cleanup much easier
Thanks! Nice video!
Nice idea 👍🏻💡
Thanks this helps a lot works for me 👍👍
Thank you for stopping by and glad it worked out for you!
Great video man 👍🏽
Glad you liked it!
This was very helpful Thanks a millon
Thank you for stopping by and glad it helped!
Great idea. Im now thinking I can build a system from a rain catchment tank that will fill our duck pool and then drain it either straight to the garden or to the compost bin.
Sounds like a good plan. Share a video if you end up doing it
If you do this rain catchment duck pool project, please make a video. Thanks!
thanks for help out
So awsome ❤
Good Job and well done video 👍
Thank you James! New to the video world. Enjoying the process though.
I did the same, but took the strainer out and added a ball valve outside the fence to drain it from outside the enclosure.
Great idea. Definitely opportunities to modify for best application. Thanks for stopping by!
How would you do that
Thats a good idea! We had ducks last summer but draining and cleaning the pond was such a smelly nasty chore we ended up giving them up! Saw you on the stive tribe just subscribed :)
Old Redding Farm, yes it can be a smelly chore but I don’t mind doing it for the eggs and giving them a good life while they are with us. Definitely nice to have an easier way to clean the pool. Thank you for stopping by and checking out my channel. Thanks for subscribing as well!
Awesome first video!
Thanks Bluegrass Bearded! I'll be looking you up for some ideas.
Thanku for this video.
Awesome
Great Video thank you so much
You’re welcome!
Awesome video!!!
Thank you! Now you just need to get someone else on board so you can get your chicks/ducks!
Nice...thanks for sharing.
You're welcome! The hassle of getting 5 gallon buckets and emptying the pool down to a manageable dump level was tedious. I figured this would be a quick drain setup and then be able to clean better that way without straining the back or constantly having to re-situate the setup. Thanks for stopping by and hope some other videos catch your eye and will explore your channel as well.
Fantastic
Nice! This doesn't just keep your hands clean and save time. It'll probably save your pool too. Growing up we ruined our duck pool by scraping buckets across the bottom or trying to tip it over. Very efficient idea!
Thank you sir! Seems to be working well so far. Hope you and your family are doing great! Thanks for stopping by.
@@HomesteadersOnTheHill We're doing well. Thanks! Are you raising ducks for meat or just eggs?
@@andrewhamilton5739, our ducks will be for eggs only at this point but may venture into meat down the road. Our rabbits will be for our meat production but will keep our breeders and sell an occasional bunny here and there because they are pedigree Rex and I'm sure someone will possibly want one once in a while. The kids will split the money for their hard work and taking care of the rabbits. We are currently looking into another meat source but won't comment on it yet and will have to have subscribers stay tuned to find out more!
Great idea. Put the drain to one side of the pool and then incline the pool slightly so that any debris will be directed downhill to the drain. Put a valve on the drain pipe, anywhere it's practical to reach. This way, cleaning the bottom is easier. You also don't have to drain the pool completely to get it clean, Saves water.
Just saw the date is 2020, so maybe this is redundant by now.....
Still good ideas, thanks for stopping by!
@@HomesteadersOnTheHill All good Brother. I moved to the Philippines and run an animal shelter here. Have ducks too.
Just found your channel and I like your drain but I can’t reach the middle of the the giant kiddie pool that I have. I might have to put mine drain hold not too close to the edge but not in the center. Just an idea for us older, handicapped people.
That is a great idea! Thank you for sharing!
We have tried to make the duck pool drain. Our four ducks bring so much mud and such into the pool that it clogs up and wont drain. Can you give me any suggestions?
I'm getting ducks next week I'm so excited! What breed are yours? Looking forward to seeing more videos from your channel....your newest subbie 😉
We have several Khaki Campbell and a few Muscovy as well. Thank you for subscribing.
What kind of pvc pipe did you hook to the sink drain?
I need a link to the coupling piece. I can’t find it
Our pool is working good. What was that long tool that you used to pull your drain out?
It was a skewer that you can use for Kabobs. We just hang it on the fence and the skewer has a curved end which grabs the drain plug and allows us to pull it out without getting hands in there until it's necessary.
Where can I find that 1 and 1/2 inch elbow? Can someone attach the link for it?
A valve at the end of the pipe would make it better. I appreciate the video. when I build my duck pond, I'll use the sink drain too but will put a valve at the end of the pipe to make it easier to drain without getting into the pen or reaching into the water. then I'll use a hose to rinse, then close the valve and fill.
Thanks for stopping by. I do like the valve idea. The only thing I will mention is, depending on how many ducks you have and how often you clean out the pool, you may still have to get in there and clean out some of the mess by hand from the sink drain as debris, dirt, and grass can clog up a little bit and will need some manual intervention to break it free. I know we aren't able to get in there every single day and filth starts to collect quickly. If it drains out completely on its own, then yes, I think the valve would be a very practical design but if it is installed in hopes of not going in to clean the pool itself, you may find that you're having to do so anyway. Thanks for the input and have a blessed day.
Have you had any leaking issues since this video. I was debating sandwiching pond liner sheet in the drain to coat the pool.
No leaks until start of second year winter. The plastic was cracking in areas on the sides of the pool and getting ready to install a new pool in a few days. It lasted almost two years and think it was a great investment and held up very well.
This is awesome I'm doing this. what was that wrench called ?
The wrench I used was a tongue and groove pliers 10” I believe just large enough to fit around the 4” basin nut. Thanks for stopping by
@@HomesteadersOnTheHill I subscribed going to implement some of your ideas 💡 don't have much space to work with but we'll get it
Awesome, but I've having a hard time finding that pipe elbow you used to connect to the sink drain assembly. If you have a link to that it would be really helpful.
*_* thank you for your response and I have updated my video description with the link for the 1-1/2 to 1-1/2 elbow that I bought from Lowe’s. Hope this helps. Any 1-1/2” to 1-1/2” elbow should work as long as your drain connection is 1-1/2”.
I found it at Lowe’s!
@@HomesteadersOnTheHill where is the link to the elbow?
@@dylanayars6103 1-1/2-in Plastic Elbow Coupling www.lowes.com/pd/Keeney-1-1-2-in-Plastic-Elbow-Coupling/1071543
How do you keep grass in your enclosure? Our 6 ducks have turned their entire pen into straight up sludge! Advice would be appreciated!
I think it will eventually get that way but it’s going on year 3 and I place all the water and food in one location and try to have area big enough to where animals still have some grazing area away from normal food water and coop so that may help prolong the issue. The other thing we do is put wood chips down in the area they most frequently use to help keep the mud down in that area. Thanks for stopping by
Hey duck friend! How's this working a year later? I've been struggling with this for about 4 years. After time, they all eventually start leaving. You know how flimsy those little pools are. Haven't tried this yet, but it'll be my next attempt. I got some really BIG pools last weekend. Same exact type, but more like a cattle trough. HUGE! And I sure don't want to mess them up.
This setup lasted almost 2 years in June. Works good only requires cleaning out every few days in the summer due to algae build up. Overall really impressed for plastic kid pool and small investment for long use. Getting ready to get the next pool up now that this one is cracked and ready to be replaced.
What did you do with all the dirt at the bottom? Did you just hose it out until the dirt went down the drain as well?
M Holmes, yes! The bottom mud pit is just sprayed until it goes down the drain. Occasionally the feathers try to go down the drain and have to be scooped out but with gloves it’s not a big deal. I will make an update video tomorrow on cleaning it out on video because that is a good question. Thanks for stopping by
I went to Lowe’s as well and could NOT find the right size elbow and ended up getting a bath drain rough in kit and that worked.
Anyway, thanks for all the projects and for answering my questions. Much appreciated!
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Nice, but might be easier if you leave the drain open and put a ball valve in the drain pipe for emptying.
I do like that idea as well thank you. If I had to try again I might consider that. Thanks for stopping by!
Can it be drained direct into the ground, under the pond?
Yes, you can drain directly to the ground underneath as long as the pool sits off the ground just a tiny bit to allow the water to drain. The only thing with that setup would be that the ground directly around the pool would be soaked and the ducks would probably start digging holes around it making a muddy mess. Thanks for stopping by!
Does the ground nearby not become swampy and disgusting? I'm very interested in getting ducks, but I don't want to turn a section of my backyard into a swamp from emptying the pool over and over.
Where the water drains is temporarily soaked which is why I liked draining it outside the run. Currently we drain every other day inside the run area and we have wood chips along the path where it drains and it is controlled. If you didn’t have some type of absorbent or protectant then it could become messy very quickly. Thanks for stopping by
Hey hi i love ur video, but instead of putting the drain in the middle. U think i can put it on the side panel.
You could always try on the lower side panel as long as it’s sealed well it shouldn’t be a problem. The only thing I think might be difficult is if you wanted to get the dirt out of the pool you would have to lift and dump it out and spray it out to clean it. That would definitely work it’s just that I didn’t want to have to lift up the pool and dump it out every time causing more wear on the plastic itself. This same pool is going on 2 years now with this setup and will have to change out in the spring as some of the plastic is starting to wear thin.
I set my pool up about a year ago with drain on lower part of side panel and connected to ball valve. This works just “okay”’ but not good enough because not all the water and muck at the bottom can drain out, so I have to flip the pool and rinse. The next time I’m definitely putting the drain at the bottom.
the parts you have linked do not work with each other. the elbow you listed does not connect to the sink drain. I bought all the pieces you listed, drilled a hole in my pool and now nothing works together. Googling seems like I need a tailpipe to make the sink drain connect to the below.
I do apologize that they don’t work. I’ll have to look back at the video and see if there was something I listed incorrect
Hey. What size hole saw do you use? I’m new at this
I believe it was a 3.5” hole saw adapter for the sink drain I had. You want to get the hole big enough for drain to fit through but small enough to where the outer lip of the drain is bigger than the hole to make a good seal.
So smart!!!
Do you just use water from the hose?
Initially when we started out, Yes! Now that we have a rain water collection system, I just run a hose from it to the pool and fill it up that way.
@@HomesteadersOnTheHill ahhhh okay :)
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1. How many ducks dyou have in there? Looks like kiddie pool would be adequate for 6 or less?
2. This drain helps get water out quicker but what about duck poop?
3. Would a filter/pump be needed ever?
4. Have you ever considered a ram pump from a water source and just let excess water continually push out? Would that be a mess?
Hello! Thanks for stopping by. Yes we usually get 6 at most in the pool however they don’t always all try to get in at the same time unless we’ve just filled it up.
The drain does help with the water but the rest of the mess will have to be sprayed out to get totally clean. I’ve never tried a pump but imagine that it would work for this setup but have no experience with it. If you did have continual water draining, the ducks would have a continual field day with the drainage water making holes in the puddles as splashing mud everywhere so I would not think continually draining water would be the best choice in at least what we have and our experience. Thanks for the questions and hope that helped.
That sounds like a huge mess and waste of water. They can still drink it after they poop in it.
@@HomesteadersOnTheHill so no such thing as a self maintained duck pond?
@@ipromisemusic i would love to dig one but not sure how successful that would be
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Not a good idea. The ducks can get hurt in the inside metal stopper. You can buy ready plastic stoppers that have open and close faucet on the outside.
Why don’t you just flip ur pool over and done, no need draining…. Omg so easy
Yes that would seem much more simple however when you have a pool full of water and you lift an end up to dump out you put quite a bit of pressure in that thin plastic and over short amount of time you will get cracks and breaks in the plastic not allowing you to hold water anymore. Thanks for stopping by
Not as easy as it looks.
Did you run into problems with your install? I just made a second one 2 years later and was pretty smooth project second time around.
Why????????? Why not just pick the pool up and dump the water out???
The pool is actually pretty heavy when it’s full and can’t lift it with all the water in the pool and doing so will most likely damage the pool. If you only plan on having and inch of water in there, it would probably be more beneficial to just dump it but we like to fill it up almost to top for the ducks and also change the water out every 2 to 3 days with new collected rain water. I have a video for that as well 👍
If you’ve never owned a blue pool then you don’t realize how flimsy it is and hard to drain when full
That is not 2” pipe. It’s 1 1/2” pipe with a 1 1/2 ID. 2” pipe has 2” ID. YOU ARE QUITE THE AMATEUR!
Yes I was thank you for stopping by. This was my very first video created and probably just messed the numbers up in my head but thanks for letting me know.
Lol relax there bud.
Don't be dick
You’re a loser