Chickens and Ducks

[anniescritters]

first off my wife and I live in Michigan... we just got 13 hens and we think 3 roosters about 2 weeks ago, I have built a 6x12 coop 6 ft tall the run is 17 x 27.... the problem I have is that our neighbor seen the chicks and he and his wife went and got two little ducks about 2 days after we got our chicks... I went over there today and the ducks were huddle in the corner of there pen because the pen was so dirty ... ( I could hardly take a breath) to make the story short the ducks are now in a clean pen next to our pen that our chicks are in. We have a pond out back that is plenty big we have mallards that stop in and feed quite often but we have 5 dogs ... I was thinking of putting a duck house out by the pond after they were old enought am I crazy?

 

[duckgirl_19]

no your not crazy that was nice of you to take them in cause there living conditions were bad. i would first see how the dogs react to the ducks and see if they get along if not i would put some kinda fencing around there house and let them out during the day or while your whatching them. also i did this once i put a duck coop on the water it was a floating one and my dogs were to scared to go out there so it worked.

 

[anniescritters]

thanks alot I'm sure that two of my dogs are not gonna like them 1. Charlie aka jack russell... spends 90 % of his time trying to catch my bullfrogs ive been raising for 2 yrs
and 2. Dixie minature Dutson and is jealous of everthing...

 

[duckgirl_19]

im am very sorry do they attack your chickens to?

 

[anniescritters]

naw we keep them away from them im hoping after we get the chicks to there pen that the dogs will adapt... all our dogs but 1 are adopted... so they adapted to each other the chicken pen and coop are safe... we just never had ducks on the farm when I was a kid I may try and put them together for a while untill I figure out something better

 

[duckgirl_19]

that or build the ducks the same coop as the chickens ?