Adopted mama died. need advice!

[onmelissa]

I bought a broody with a few chicks and ducklings a few weeks ago. The mama died today. (I don't know why. She stopped eating yesterday. No symptoms except loss of appetite/weight loss).
So now I have a broody coop full of orphans. 2 little black copper Marans (about 3-4 weeks), 2 ameraucanas (6 weeks maybe), and 3 moscovey ducklings (3-4 weeks).
It's super hot here, so I think they'll be okay temperature wise.
But the ducks are suddenly very aggressive towards the ameraucanas! I don't know what to do. Everything was fine until mama died.
Do I move the chicks into the garage and leave the ducklings outside or vice versa?
Do I let them work it out?


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[lightchick]

I'd let them work it out for now.......if it gets worse I'd separate them.

 

[jlynnp]

I bought a broody with a few chicks and ducklings a few weeks ago. The mama died today. (I don't know why. She stopped eating yesterday. No symptoms except loss of appetite/weight loss).
So now I have a broody coop full of orphans. 2 little black copper Marans (about 3-4 weeks), 2 ameraucanas (6 weeks maybe), and 3 moscovey ducklings (3-4 weeks).
It's super hot here, so I think they'll be okay temperature wise.
But the ducks are suddenly very aggressive towards the ameraucanas! I don't know what to do. Everything was fine until mama died.
Do I move the chicks into the garage and leave the ducklings outside or vice versa?
Do I let them work it out?


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I have found that chicks and ducks do not do well together. I would separate them.

 

[onmelissa]

I'm letting the ducks roam free in the yard during the day and only putting them together at dusk when it's time for them to go to bed. It seems manageable right now.
But I have noticed that the BCM chicks, which are the smallest, are loosing feathers on their bellies. And the bigger one's tail feathers are looking ratty. So I have a mystery.

 

[onmelissa]

I had started them all on Corid the day the mama died because I thought I might have seen some red in some poop, and I continued that just in case it was the cause of death for the hen.
Could the Corid be causing feather loss?