chicken duck mix

[journey of an orphan egg]

All of our chickens are hens, and we have four drakes. our ducks have been trying to mate the hens every chance they get though they aren't left alone together. only in the process of relocating goats and everyone for milking and feeding do they have a moment but they really try. Now our chicken has gone broody and I checked her eggs out just for fun and I started to wonder if that is at all possible for a red frizzle bantam chicken to lay an egg fertilized by a duck? If so would that survive?

 

[needlessjunk]

Welcome! Absolutely impossible. Also you must keep the drakes away from the chickens. Drakes have a penis that can harm chickens.

 

[MysteryChicken]

All of our chickens are hens, and we have four drakes. our ducks have been trying to mate the hens every chance they get though they aren't left alone together. only in the process of relocating goats and everyone for milking and feeding do they have a moment but they really try. Now our chicken has gone broody and I checked her eggs out just for fun and I started to wonder if that is at all possible for a red frizzle bantam chicken to lay an egg fertilized by a duck? If so would that survive?

It's possible, but rare. There's still on going studies on this subject, also.

 

[annageckos]

Not possible. Also ducks have a corkscrew penis and chickens do not have a penis. A duck can seriously injure a chicken or even kill her trying to breed.

 

[Painted Calls]

Not possible for your drakes to fertilize your hens eggs, but 100% possible to seriously injure or kill your hens. Keep them separate at all times.

 

[21hens-incharge]

As others have said.....separate for safety.