Can call ducks live with mandarin ducks?

[Ashleymarie529]

You can co-mingle any breed

 

[buff goose guy]

It's all about how you introduce. You can't just chuck the ducks into the chicken coop. You have a slowly integrate just like you would integrate ducklings into the duck flock.

1. Put them close by in an enclosure where they can see and talk to each other but not harm. (Do this for a week)
2. Supervised co-mingling forage time (a week)
3. Do things that solidify the flock unity (I.e treat time together, feed time together, and eventually bed time together.) chickens roost and ducks don't, so bed time is actually a safe time.

No mandarins are exotic waterfowl if they get any of the same illnesses that chickens get they get it 10x worse, also mandarins if stressed die at the drop of a hat, they are not like normal ducks that are much more fragil !

 

[buff goose guy]

You can co-mingle any breed

No you can't

Exotics require a whole different set up.

 

[buff goose guy]

Do you have exotics ?

I have silkie chickens with my Buffs, blue swedish and pekins.

Those are not exotics, trying to say this without any offense but you don't know what your talking about until you actually own the birds that are being discussed.

 

[Ashleymarie529]

Define exotics. And why exactly do they need a different set up? Does the Post creator have exotics?

 

[Spyderk117]

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[Ashleymarie529]

Those are not exotics, trying to say this without any offense but you don't know what your talking about until you actually own the birds that are being discussed.

I never said I had exotics. I told you what I have sir.

 

[buff goose guy]

Mandarins are exotic birds exotic birds are birds that could be found in zoos and other places like that, they require special care and cannot be treated like average domestic ducks becuase they have a high mortality rate in captivity. They require special care / ornamental fowl are exotic fowl.

 

[Ashleymarie529]

I'm trying to learn something from you, and I'd appreciate it if you were a bit more accommodating. I'm not challenging you, I'm asking questions to gain more knowledge. Thank you

 

[buff goose guy]

I'm not trying to be challenging I just don't misinformation to be spread.