Mousiechan
In the Brooder
- Nov 26, 2018
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These two new 18 month old Khaki Campbells had lived with two Indian Runners in an earth pen and had a large shed to sleep in. We brought them to our house to join our two 10 month old KCs who roam around the garden in the daytime and go in and out of their run as they please. As the older birds are not hand tame and would love to escape, I thought we should keep them in the run for a few days then let them out where they would, I hope, join the other two as they forage. That’s the first question: how long to stay in the 8’ x 6’ run?
These older ducks are quite aggressive towards the younger ones, making head down darting and pecking movements to the younger ones and again, how long should we let this go on before making other arrangements? They are not in good condition and one has no wing feathers on one side making me think this is a bullied or very old duck. They produced one egg with a very thin shell that broke before we got inside the house so I want to feed them up before letting them go outside but also don’t want the younger ducks to be picked on!
These older ducks are quite aggressive towards the younger ones, making head down darting and pecking movements to the younger ones and again, how long should we let this go on before making other arrangements? They are not in good condition and one has no wing feathers on one side making me think this is a bullied or very old duck. They produced one egg with a very thin shell that broke before we got inside the house so I want to feed them up before letting them go outside but also don’t want the younger ducks to be picked on!