We have a beautiful pond and enjoy having ducks living on the pond. We prefer not to pen our ducks but, unfortunately, we have many predators. The worst are bobcats, dogs, and coyotes but fox and even raccoons can cause problems for ducks. So we need to make sure our ducks spend the nights away from shore.

To do this, we made them some 'sleeping docks' where they can sit and sleep throughout the night. They are very safe on these docks as most of the predators don't want to swim and even when they swim, ducks are much better swimmers and able to get away easily (owls may cause problems in some areas - we have owls here but they don't bother our grown ducks at all). Wild geese, wild ducks, and a great blue heron also enjoy sleeping on these pallets.