duck&chickencrazy :
I prefer ducks...if you get a new duck the other ducks don't really freak out...they accept the new bird and act like they have known each other forever. But with chickens it like their whole world is ending because there is a new bird its kinda annoying. And ducks are more...
Do both! I couldn't decide either,,so I separated the fenced area and have 3 ducks on one side and my hens on the other with their own coop.
it's true that ducks are terribly messy,and smelly,,and you definitely want to keep the two separated! I mixed the two for a couple years and I found more...