you should not keep ducks and chickens together ducks carry deases that chickens can not fight with their ammune system.You should keep all your poultry separate in different pens have read lots about this cause was going get turkeys but didnt want to build another coup
if you get peeps they would not lay till june most breeds dont start laying till they are 6 months old so i would get pullets if ya want eggs in the spring.Peeps can go outside after they are 8 to 10 weeks old or fully feathered
skunks will kill and eat chickens and they will kill just for the sport of it neighbor lost four birds in one night thought it was a coon next night he found a skunk in the barn with chicken in mouth skunk does not exist any more
Sounds Like Fox Or Bobcat Coon Would Only Go So Far Before Stopping To Eat Had A Possium Get In My Coop Last Night But I Got Him Before He Could Get My Girls Thank God For Baby Moniters I Have Not Lost A Chicken Since I Put It In The Coop
if your sure it is dehydration give them some pedialite i give it to mine and they seem to like it and havent lost one for that reason but had some with dehydration