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    Hello! Longtime reader. Just now joining!

    I try to keep my life centered around the land I live on and the birds I care for these days.
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    Hello! Longtime reader. Just now joining!

    UPDATE: I decided id take a week off work and let the ducks out with the chickens to free range and the ducks pretty much stick around the coop and the house. I am pretty much not even worried about them going any where near the pond anymore! It's been almost three months and while I know...
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    Free range concern

    UPDATE: Shortly after I made this post I decided id take a week off work and let the ducks out with the chickens to free range and the ducks pretty much stick around the coop and the house. I am pretty much not even worried about them going any where near the pond anymore! It's been almost three...
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    Hello! Longtime reader. Just now joining!

    Thank you for sharing!!! Ive set up several pools around the cool also placing one a bit further away i. The opposite direction of the pond in hopes it keeps them plenty happy! Tomorrow will be day one for them free ranging and Im crossing my fingers!!
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    Free range concern

    thank goodness i don't have to carry water for them!
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    Free range concern

    lol yeah obviously. it's been pretty dry around here so far this season, so i get to control where that mudpit is gonna be by providing the water.
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    Free range concern

    I suppose I should have said a "square acre". The pond is probably around 350-400 feet away. We only have female ducks for this reason. The drake I was referring to was years ago and he was not great for our chickens, especially having no lady ducks around.
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    Free range concern

    Thanks! I really do love them so much and am really glad I spontaneously brought them home! I have some trail cams set up as well and I occasionally see coyotes come through, which is why we don’t open our birds up for free range until 12pm and we have them locked up well before dark. We have...
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    Free range concern

    I recently got 4 female pekin ducks and I am in LOVE. This weekend I plan to integrate them into our big coop with our chickens and then hopefully start letting them free range! My concern is that I live in Florida and an acre or so away is a small pond that will sometimes attract a lone gator...
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    Hello! Longtime reader. Just now joining!

    Yes I know it’s always a possibility. Luckily we’ve never had one wonder over to our chickens. I suppose also If the ducks do ever touch the pond it might give them a reason to try to.
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    Hello! Longtime reader. Just now joining!

    Thanks! yes I was going to make another post over on the ducks thread!
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    Hello! Longtime reader. Just now joining!

    I live in north central Florida, been keeping chickens for years, flock has 17 birds and Im getting another 7 this week! And I recently got 4 female pekin ducks! They’ve been living in their own coop confined to a kind of small run with a couple small swimming pools in it. But this weekend I...
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