Should i get ducks

[Pepperthechicken]

I am a chicken man but I also really want ducks but we don't have room for them or water. My brother said that we shouldn't.

 

[Naisha]

Well if you don’t have room or water I agree with your brother
I always try to accommodate the place where my animals will be before getting them, so if there’s no space, then no new animals.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

The answer is obvious. If you don't have the space (water isn't as necessary as people claim), then you can't add any new animals

 

[U_Stormcrow]

I have both. DUCKS are NOT like chickens. Unless you are willing to essentially start all over - and it sounds as though you don't currently have the resources to make that practical - it is better for you, better for your chickens, and better for the ducks that you don't yet have that you NOT add ducks to your flock.

 

[fatty and friends]

ducks do need swimming water, no matter what people will tell you. they are waterfowl and are happy with daily swimming water, not just a bucket to dunk their heads

The answer is obvious. If you don't have the space (water isn't as necessary as people claim), then you can't add any new animals

 

[JacinLarkwell]

ducks do need swimming water, no matter what people will tell you. they are waterfowl and are happy with daily swimming water, not just a bucket to dunk their heads

Mine did just fine for years with a bucket for head dunking and normal waterers. Granted maybe they would have been over the moon to have a pool, but they didn't need it.

 

[Banana01]

Depends on where you live. Not really enough information in your post to answer. They need space to be free and at least a tub of water that you change every day, better is a pool or natural pond.

 

[LavenderDaFlerf]

Don't get new animals if you don't have the room.

 

[CoriM]

If you want your ducks to be most happy, you'll have a place for them to swim, or at least play around in the water. It's what they love and what they're made for! Ducks are so much more effort than chickens, in my opinion, they've lots of needs and health issues. They need constant water changes, unlike chickens, and they make a huge mess of everything. If you don't have room you absolutely should not get ducks.

 

[Jenessa_096]

Yes make sure you have water for them that’s really really important, they need to at least be able to dunk their whole head in their water. But keep in mind that water will need to be changed every single day, it gets dirty as soon as your ducks take one sip from it. And trust me I found out the hard way!