can ducks live with chickens happily?

[sdsmowen]

Our ducks are bullies to the chickens.

Mine too the ducks were pulling the tail feathers off our hens so we seperated them

 

[growyourbrew]

I have 5 ducks with about 80 chickens. They each do their own thing and don't bother the other

 

[GardenerGal]

I had my chickens and ducks together for a while but keep one thing in mind, if you have young chicks and a pool/pond in there for your ducks, some chickens are so dumb that they will climb up to get a drink of water and fall in. Some won't know how to fly out. We lost at least 6 pullets this way. We even put a smaller pool in there with bricks on the bottom but they still drowned.

Yes. That's another reason why I don't let the chickens mingle with the waterfowl during the day. The chickens stay in their covered run and barn, away from the swimming pool for the ducks/geese. It's bad enough I have to fish out drowned chipmonks, voles, mice and starlings that fall in while drinking or chasing each other.

 

[wasatusay]

I have had ducks with chickens for years and no problems....except the male ducks will try to mate with my chickens. I got rid of my males years ago but lately I picked up an egg on the grass in Orangeburg SC Memorial Gardens and now have an unknown breed, beautiful male, hatched by one of my hens and he has started chasing some of my chickens. Keeping the chicken water clean is a problem, but I change it out a few times a day anyway with all the heat to keep it cool and fresh. Ducks will muck up any water they can get to.

 

[MommaK6]

Our ducks are about 15 weeks old, males....they appear to "court" the hens, which just offends them. It's quite funny. They all share a coop and no fighting. The chickens stay out of the way of the ducks.