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  1. BDutch

    I wonder to let my broody chicken hatch a few duck eggs.

    We don't have much predators here (Netherlands in a small town). We don’t have turtles, otters, raccoons and mink. A hawk is a possible killer but so far my small chickens free range and were never taken by one. I have been reading about predators on a Dutch site. For adult ducks they name only...
  2. BDutch

    I wonder to let my broody chicken hatch a few duck eggs.

    I wonder. What predators kill ducks who sleep in a shelter on a raft? Because there are less predators where I live (europe) than in the US I hope this might be a good solution? btw I stumbled onto a new problem this evening. My dh says he doesnt like the idea of keeping ducks. Maybe it takes...
  3. BDutch

    I wonder to let my broody chicken hatch a few duck eggs.

    Thanks @MasterOfClucker I mean with a duck cage someting like a coop for chickens, but smaller and without a roost, to sleep in. How do you call a secure place for ducks? I do want the ducks in a safe place at night. Because there have been foxes in our neighbourhood a few times. So I thought...
  4. BDutch

    I wonder to let my broody chicken hatch a few duck eggs.

    I have small bantam chickens who get broody every spring. Just 6 meters (20’) behind my yard there is a spring with a stream for bathing water. There is plenty of green grasses too. If I can buy fertilized eggs from a small duck species somewhere, I wonder if I can keep a group of ducks. The...
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