Chickens and Ducks laying together

[BreeShu]

I have two pekin ducks in my flock and I was surprised to find their first eggs last week. What was truly surprising though was where I found them. While collecting chicken eggs from the nesting boxes I kept finding a big jumbo egg among them. I have three young hens that I knew would be just starting so I was a little worried for whatever poor soul was popping this bad boy out daily. It was only after I found the fourth one I started to suspect the ducks. Mind you its a skinny, but sturdy ramp to get up into the coop. I just can't believe my very hefty pekin girls were managing. With the false spring I took the time to clean all the houses including the duck's and moved their house closer to the chickens. I've since found two jumbo eggs in their house now.

I feel a lot better about the idea of them not trying to scale the ramp or potentially crushing the chicken eggs. Anyone else with mixed flocks find their birds communally laying together?

 

[nchls school]

Yes, I often find duck eggs in the chicken nests or vise versa. The same is true of my turkeys and, one time, pigeons laid eggs in a hens nest.

 

[BreeShu]

Yes, I often find duck eggs in the chicken nests or vise versa. The same is true of my turkeys and, one time, pigeons laid eggs in a hens nest.

Oh wow, I cant imagine a turkey making it through the narrow coop door let alone fitting in the nesting box!

 

[AngelinaThePekin8]

My ducks don't go into the nesting boxes because the nesting box's aren't big enough for them and they are also a few inches above the floor. But i have seen chickens laying in the nests the ducks make. They haven't been laying recently as it is winter.

 

[nchls school]

Oh wow, I cant imagine a turkey making it through the narrow coop door let alone fitting in the nesting box!

My turkeys are Midget Whites; probably not a lot bigger than your ducks.