I have a female Duck who will go in at night and sit on the eggs she and my two chickens have laid in the same nest area they made with hay. Usually she and the male duck sleep on the other side of the coop not near the eggs. Since she does this he won't come in the coop at night. Like he's...
My two hens, Laverne and Shirley, live in a castle converted playscape coop with a female Muscovia Madonna and male Mallard Rodman. The hens are usually large and in charge, Madonna and Rodman were brought in later. Madonna has more confidence lately. Rodman is super skittish and ladies rule...