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well the problem is, they made a new secret nest behind this fence i have. so i blocked it off so they cant get behind there. but they pace back and forth trying to still get over there!

thank you for the advice, i will have to try a few things and see what happens. i feel like my ducks are a little smarter than the chickens... they know whats happening. poor girls, they keep looking for those darn eggs!

what do you mean by destroy the nest?

is it a crazy idea to let her lay on eggs that cant hatch?

Hello, I could use some advice. I have three Muscovy ducks.. one male and two females. the females have been laying eggs for about 3 months now and in the beginning I would go out in their Coop every morning and collect the eggs and they really didn't seem to care what I was doing. but recently...

Is there any plant a duck wont eat?? we have 3 Muscovy ducks and we have a small pond area with some rocks, grass and a few pond plants that i have put in there to make it look nice. except they keep eating the plants and ruining them! is there something i can try that they are not interested in?

Here is an updated image of maggie..

She also does a lot of hissing and tail wagging and I've even seen her puff up her feathers before which is what has made me think she could be a male

Can you tell if its a he or she?

i think i fixed the photo situation......

So.. a few months back, I adopted a sweet little duckling from my local animal shelter (that I volunteer at) The shelter had no information on "her"... they assumed that she was a few months old, possibly a he OR a she... and not too sure what breed of duck. Ive done some research online...

that is awesome! and a really great idea for the bunnies to be able to get away when they want I am in the process of introducing my duck to my group of chickens. my duck likes all of them BUT one! lol thanks for sharing!

How did you introduce your chickens to the ducks and bunnies? did everything go smoothly for them to live together like this?

-- What pros and cons have you experienced when deciding to free range your flock? Pros for my chicks, our coop area tends to become confined and repetitive for them (in my own opinion) so its nice to let them roam, stretch their legs, get away from each other and explore new grounds. You can...

Okay, those are good ideas! Thank you. And how did you find out the sex of the duck?

Its been about 2 weeks. And we adopted our duck from an animal shelter that didnt have any information about her. So ive done some research and im pretty positive its a female magpie duck.

I have thought about trying it again with all the chickens.. im just a little worried. My duck still hisses at her through the fence. She remembers which one it is!

I am trying to covert my duck and chickens into one coop area. For a few months we have had just a fence between them so they can get used to each other. The other day I put all the chickens in the fenced in yard with the duck and it went well. They all seemed to get along and hang out.. until I...

Hello, I am new to this, so here goes nothing! My name is Karli and i am excited to be apart of the BYC. The Cobb farm has 9 chickens and 1 Magpie duck. we are currently trying to convert them into one big coop and have a happy family. thats all for now thanks :)