They do tend to be a bit more skittish. And they are messier. We originally had them in with our chickens, but I ended up separating them. The ducks would jump into the waterer and splash around, making a mess. Not good for the chickens.
We tried letting the ducks run free range for a...
We have runners. We got a runner pair with some random ducks that we bought last spring, a year and a half ago. This past spring the hen was intent on sitting on her eggs, so we let her. Runners are not known as "good parents", but this one did a good job...
Can't tell me that Runners won't go broody. Our Runner hen sat on a bunch of eggs under an evergreen tree in our yard, and...well...
Now, as we have four males (one each Pekin, Black Swedish, Runner, and Khaki Campbell) and one hen of each of those four breeds we are not sure of the...
We have 8 ducks to go with our chickens, and our ducks are free range around the yard. We have four pair - hen and drake each - of Khaki Campbell, Black Swedish, Pekin, and Runners. A couple of the hens had previously tried - and failed - to hatch. Then we saw that the runner was broody and...