Appropriate duck house size?

[cluckingheck]

I have a duck house that my dad built for my previous ducks a few years ago ( predators got them ) and I was wondering if it was big enough? I’m not sure of the dimensions, but I think it’s a 4x4 or a 4x5 structure. It previously housed 4 pekins, but I ordered ducklings and they’re supposed to ship out around the beginning of February. I’m just wanting to know if I’d have to expand a bit. I don’t have a picture of the duck house on hand and it’s night right now. Also, i’m bouncing around the idea of them being free-ranged or having a run for them

Ducks total: 5

• 1 white pekin hen
• 1 black runner hen
• 1 blue Swedish hen
• 1 khaki Campbell hen
• 1 buff drake

 

[Duck mommy 2019]

no pekin drake with khaki hen!!

 

[cluckingheck]

no pekin drake with khaki hen!!

Would he be too big for them?

 

[Duck mommy 2019]

Would he be too big for them?

he would hurt or even kill them when mating

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Each duck should have at least 4 feet of space if they're let out of the coop, more like 20 feet of they aren't

 

[cluckingheck]

he would hurt or even kill them when mating

Okay, well, I already have 4 pekins ( different pekins from the ones that got eaten by predators a few years ago lol ) that I thought about selling, but he can go in with them. Would a buff drake be okay?

 

[cluckingheck]

Each duck should have at least 4 feet of space if they're let out of the coop, more like 20 feet of they aren't

So it’d probably need to be a tad bigger? I’d let them out of the coop everyday, but there’d be some days where they wouldn’t due to nobody being around to watch them.

 

[Duck mommy 2019]

Okay, well, I already have 4 pekins ( different pekins from the ones that got eaten by predators a few years ago lol ) that I thought about selling, but he can go in with them. Would a buff drake be okay?

yeah that would work perfectly, if possible i recommend a mallard or call drake because if the drake is smaller than the hens it’ll be a lot better

 

[cluckingheck]

yeah that would work perfectly, if possible i recommend a mallard or call drake because if the drake is smaller than the hens it’ll be a lot better

But a buff drake would be okay, right? I’m not a fan of mallards and I’m not really sure where I could get a call duck haha

 

[JacinLarkwell]

A buff will be fine.