I get that too and i was a little afraid of that. . I was at the house this morning after work and they seemed to be more cohesive than i’ve seen them in the past. They were sharing the food and the bowls and the tub for swimming. In counting from their date of hatch, the babies are only 8 weeks...
That’s pretty much what i figured. Ive noticed the same thing among the chickens too and as the pullets mature and start to lay, they seem to “move” up to the “hen” group. It’s like they’ve created their own elementary/middle/high school progression 🤣
Honestly, I’d be happy just for the babies...
My flock consists of 7 various breed young female ducks that are about 5 months old, a drake that is about 6 months old and 4 twelve-week-old unknown sex ducks of various breeds. The drake is the lone survivor of a house fire and was raised with chickens until the 7 oldest females were old...
